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

Salt Cellar

1768-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salt cellar of white glazed hard-paste porcelain in the form of a large shell resting on a heap of smaller shells and coral


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed hard-paste porcelain; made from casts of shells and coral
Brief description
Salt cellar of white glazed hard-paste porcelain in the form of a large shell resting on a heap of smaller shells and coral, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, 1768-1770.
Physical description
Salt cellar of white glazed hard-paste porcelain in the form of a large shell resting on a heap of smaller shells and coral
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.3cm
  • Width: 12.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:710/A-1885 (Sch. I 689A)
These two pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mr C. Prideaux, Knightsbridge, for £2 in November 1868
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 689 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:710-1885

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2009
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