Salt-cellar dish

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Salt-cellar dish
Salt-cellar dish
Artist/Maker
Date5th-4th century BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 × 2 7/8 × 1 9/16 in. (7.3 × 7.3 × 4 cm) Base: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm) Mouth: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
Credit LineIsaac Hollister Hall, Class of 1859, Collection. Transferred from the Hamilton College Archives; Gift of Janet M. Bates.
Object number2015.6.22
On view

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Salt-cellar dish
Exhibition History 2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," May 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
Provenance 2013: Hamilton College (Archives), by gift of Janet M. Bates;
1999: Janet M. Bates, by bequest of her husband, George P. Bates;
?: George P. Bates, Class of 1936, by gift or bequest of his mother, Mary Hall Bates;
?: Mary Hall Bates, by gift or bequest of her father, Isaac Hollister Hall;
1875-77: Isaac Hollister Hall, by gift of General Luigi Palma di Cesnola;
1875-77: excavated by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola
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