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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Salt Cellar and Cover

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salt cellar and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Shell-shaped. Painted with sprigs.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Salt Cellar
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Salt cellar and cover of soft-paste porcelain, probably Alcora porcelain factory, L'Alcora, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Salt cellar and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Shell-shaped. Painted with sprigs.
Dimensions
  • Width: 11cm
  • Height: 5.5cm
Gallery label
  • Salt cellar and cover Made in Spain 1768-1784 Porcelain 331:1&2-1876 Gift of Señora Riaño(16/07/2008)
  • Salt Cellar and Cover Porcelain SPAIN (PROBABLY ALCORA); about 1770 331:1 & 2-1876 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000
Other number
409 - Spanish pottery, Ray (2000)
Collection
Accession number
331:1, 2-1876

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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