Salt Cellar
ca. 1760-70 (made)
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Salt cellar of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. In the form of a female human-headed sea-monster supported on a round base moulded with rococo scrolls, with lion's paws on the fore-limbs and fish's tail upturned to support a scallop-shell.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded |
| Brief description | Salt cellar of hard-paste porcelain, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, ca. 1760-70 |
| Physical description | Salt cellar of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. In the form of a female human-headed sea-monster supported on a round base moulded with rococo scrolls, with lion's paws on the fore-limbs and fish's tail upturned to support a scallop-shell. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '6' (In blue) |
| Gallery label | Sweetmeat Dish
Porcelain
Mark: "6", in blue
ITALY (DOCCIA); about 1780
Gift of Mr J.H. Fitzhenry
C.32-1910
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr. J. H. Fitzhenry |
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| Accession number | C.32-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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