Salt Dish

1786

Closed, oval cylindrical piercework salt on four cast claw-and-ball feet with a low bell-domed hinged lid topped by a leafy pinecone or berry finial; clear, cobalt blue glass liner. Plain or empty rectangular reserve on front of body. Flat frame on bottom. Inside of lid and bottom underside are struck with three hallmarks (those on bottom partial), two interlaced L's, a maker's mark including the initials "NN", and an imperial crown marked "86" above the script letter "P"; a small pitcher or ewer is stamped on the front edge of the lid exterior and overstruck on the interlaced L's on bottom underside.