Open Footed Salt - Marked only 1835

Hehe - sounds like Bakersgma wants to put me to work. Just haven't had a chance to sit down and look through my salt books or any old catalogs - looks like silverplate to me too and would guess it's probably from right around the 1860s, only have a few American catalogs from that era...

~Cheryl

 

Thank you, Cheryl - I had no idea it might be that old.
Don

 

Finally had a chance to sit down and look through some references, didn't find this salt, but there is a similar piece, in both shape and decoration, in Heacock & Johnson's '5000 Open Salts', #4731, described as Meriden silverplate, circa 1880 - possible, but over the years have found this book, while excellent in some areas, is often incorrect or a bit 'off' on silver, and didn't find similarly decorated pieces in 1883 or 1886 Meriden catalogs. Also found pedestal salts with similar decoration, dating from 1859 into the 1860s, in the Tompkins' 'Gorham Handbook of Open Salt Dishes', and Rainwater's 'American Silverplate' has a cut from the 1867 Meriden catalog showing a similar pedestal salt with beading, diamond knurling, and monogram cartouche (page 331, figure 12). The other two clips are from Strickland's 1866 catalog, showing a couple of pedestal salts, one with engine-turned band, and and similar banding on a goblet.

~Cheryl

From H&J's '5000 Open Salts' (best pic I could get):

From Rainwater's 'American Silverplate':


From Strickland's 1866 catalog:

 

I knew we could count on you, Cheryl!

 

Thank you, Cheryl, I appreciate that you've gone to so much trouble on my behalf. I do have H&J but missed it. The Rainwater book sounded familiar so once I dug through my reference books and I found that too. There are a few variations (like the pattern of the cartouche) but it's certainly very, very, close. Again thank you and Bakersgma for all your help.
Don