Trencher Salt, 1690–1710, Made in New York, New York, American, Silver, 1 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (3.2 x 7 cm); 2 oz. 11 dwt. (80.3 g), Silver, Bartholomew Le Roux (ca. 1665–1713), By about 1700, as mores changed and salt became more easily obtainable, small individual saltcellars set one to each trencher, or plate, supplanted the large standing salt of medieval origin. This trencher salt and its mate are among the earliest American examples known
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Trencher Salt, 1690–1710, New York, American, Silver, 1 1/4 x 2 3/4, 3.2 7 cm, 2 oz, 11 dwt, 80.3 g, Bartholomew Le Roux, ca., 1665–1713, 1700, mores changed, salt, easily obtainable, small individual saltcellars, set, trencher, plate, supplanted, large standing, medieval origin, trencher salt, mate, earliest American, examples
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