SET OF THREE SALT SHAKERS 

The silver mounts rest on oval-shaped pedestals adorned with foliage-patterned rings. The ship-shaped bodies feature openwork decoration in the form of lancets and support a stylised, unengraved shield. The necks are adorned with friezes of palmettes, whilst the leaf-decorated side uprights are topped with eagle heads. 
Hallmarks: 1st Rooster, 2nd fineness mark, Brussels, 1798–1809, and silversmith’s mark: Joseph Germain Dutalis (1780–1852). 
Height: 9.5 cm.
Total weight: 287 g. 
With their cut, translucent glass liners. 
(Normal wear and scratches on the mountings; some chipping on the liners). 

Provenance: Orfèvrà (?) in Brussels, 13 April 1987. 

Exhibition: These 
were exhibited at a J.G. Dutalis exhibition at the Sterckshof (Deurne/Antwerp) from 7 September 2004 to 28 November 2004 and at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn (NL) from 18 December 2004 to 13 March 2005.

Publication:
Sterckshof Studies 26 on Joseph Germain Dutalis 1780–1852, Goldsmith to King William I – Published by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Council of Antwerp – D/2004/0180/149 – ISBN 90-6625-0534 (p. 232, no. D6).