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

Salt

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salt cellar of lead glazed white earthenware, slip cast with inlaid colours and painted. In French Renaissance style, with three feet in the form of a triangle superimposed on a trefoil.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead glazed white earthenware, slip cast with inlaid colours and painted
Brief description
Salt cellar, Henry II ware, of lead glazed white earthenware, slip cast with inlaid colours and painted, modelled by Charles Toft Sr., and designed by Léon Arnoux, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1870.
Physical description
Salt cellar of lead glazed white earthenware, slip cast with inlaid colours and painted. In French Renaissance style, with three feet in the form of a triangle superimposed on a trefoil.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.4cm
  • Width: 13.2cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Minton'
  • Quatrefoil (Impressed)
Gallery label
Salt 'Henry II ware' Probably designed by LÚon Arnoux and Charles Toft, possibly made by Charles Toft, Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, about 1870-1880 Mark: 'Minton' and a quatrefoil, impressed Earthenware, inlaid with coloured earthenware and painted with coloured lead glazes C.36-2004 Gift of the Ten-Ten Foundation Inc. in honour of David T. Siegel(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of the Ten Ten Foundation Inc. in honour of David T. Siegel
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.36-2004

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Record createdFebruary 15, 2005
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