Seashell Salt with Shell and Crab Spoon

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Cleveland Museum of Art

The object is a silver-colored bowl with an irregularly shaped rim resembling a seashell. The bowl's interior is smooth and shiny, reflecting light. The exterior has a decorative edge with a raised design on the right side featuring three-dimensional seaweed-like details and one large and two small crab-like figures. The bowl rests on a pedestal base. The background is a gradient from dark to light gray.