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Saliere

Salt Cellar
1776 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Form: two quatrefoil depressions
Ground: pink
Decoration: flowers
Rim hole

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSaliere (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Double salt cellar of soft-paste porcelain, made by Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1776
Physical description
Form: two quatrefoil depressions
Ground: pink
Decoration: flowers
Rim hole
Dimensions
  • Maximum width: 12.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's in blue enamel with date letter 'y' (Maker's mark)
  • 'x' in blue enamel, possibly for Micaud (Painter's mark)
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Object history
D.M. Currie Bequest.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.439-1921

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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