Salt Cellar
ca. 1760 (made)
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Salt cellar or sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded in the style of Japanese Kakiemon ware; in the form of a large conventional shell, painted inside with a floral spray and outside with two quails, flowering prunus-tree, and other plants; resting on rockwork set with smaller shells.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Salt cellar or sweetmeat dish, of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded in the style of Japanese Kakiemon ware, and in the form of a large conventional shell, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760 |
Physical description | Salt cellar or sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded in the style of Japanese Kakiemon ware; in the form of a large conventional shell, painted inside with a floral spray and outside with two quails, flowering prunus-tree, and other plants; resting on rockwork set with smaller shells. |
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Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgleish, London, for £1 10 shillings in November 1869 |
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Other number | Sch. I 82 - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:91-1885 |
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Record created | December 10, 2008 |
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