Salt Cellar
ca. 1525 (made)
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Salt-cellar in shape of a table. Very likely to have been a double salt-cellar, but damaged and as a result one of the salt containers was removed completely to create a neat hole. Painted in blue, green and with red and gold lustre.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Salt cellar, made in Gubbio, Italy, about 1525, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Salt-cellar in shape of a table. Very likely to have been a double salt-cellar, but damaged and as a result one of the salt containers was removed completely to create a neat hole. Painted in blue, green and with red and gold lustre. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'AF 50' (Provenance mark incised on the back) |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Object history | Fountaine Collection (Sale cat.nr. 382) see bibl.ref. |
| Production | John Mallet, 9-3-99 See 661 |
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| Other number | 660 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | C.2194-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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