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Salt cellar

Salt cellar

  • Place of origin:

    Italy (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1560 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Gilt

  • Museum number:

    628-1865

  • Gallery location:

    Sculpture, room 111, case 4

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Bronzes often exist in a number of versions, made over many decades or even centuries. This is achieved through a variety of means, such as changes in the wax, new moulds taken from an existing bronze or the reuse of the existing model. With bronze a model could easily be reproduced and adapted. The original model for this salt cellars has been attributed to the important Veronese sculptor Girolamo Campagna (1549–1626), but it may have been created in one of the Venetian foundries. The shape made it easy to pick up and pass around a group of diners. The model became very popular and was frequently reproduced over the following centuries.

Physical description

Gilt bronze salt-cellar formed by a male figure kneeling and supporting a clam shell; probably moulded from a real shell.

Place of Origin

Italy

Date

ca. 1560 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Gilt

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in

Object history note

Bought from the Soulages Collection for £10.

Descriptive line

Salt-cellar, gilt bronze, Italy, about 1560

Materials

Gilt bronze

Categories

Household objects; Sculpture

Collection code

SCP

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Qr_O89867
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