Silverplate Swan Figural Master Salt Cellar with Cut Crystal Bowl Vintage

Silverplate Swan Figural Master Salt Cellar with Cut Crystal Bowl VintageElegant figural swan form master salt cellar featuring a cut crystal bowl set into a decorative silver plated metal mount. The swans arched neck forms the handle, while openwork wings extend along both sides of the bowl, decorated with a stylized floral medallion motif. The bowl is cut crystal with a starburst base and repeating diamond cut pattern along the sides. The mount is stamped SILVER PLATE, indicating electroplated silver over a base metal

referencing the Paris World's Fair held during the Second French Empire

Small keyhole suggests it originally had a working lock

A handsome Victorian photographic album bound in dark leather with gilt-tooled borders and corner ornaments

Visible craquelure through with visible age and surfact oxidation

Dante or Medici nobles

when elaborate scrollwork and asymmetrical ornament dominated interior design

Fire gilded or bronze patina finish

this work presents a comprehensive study of natural births

not printing order

Lined and ready to hang

complicated births

scrolling side handles