A pair of French silver-gilt and rock crystal covered salt-cellars, Johann Remichius Berentz, Strasburg, circa 1740

A pair of French silver-gilt and rock crystal covered salt-cellars, Johann Remichius Berentz, Strasburg, circa 1740 

each octagonal rock crystal salt cellar with silver-gilt mounts, on four scrolled feet linked to the edge of the rock crystal by a moulding and hinged top with lid in the shape of a shell, 

height 1⅝in.; length 3⅛in.; width 2⅝in.; 4,2 cm; 8 cm; 6,6 cm.

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Paire de salières couvertes en vermeil et cristal de roche par Johann Remichius Berentz, Strasbourg, vers 1740

reposant sur quatre pieds en double console, le couvercle en forme de coquille

height 1⅝in.; length 3⅛in.; width 2⅝in.; 4,2 cm; 8 cm; 6,6 cm.