Salt Cellar
ca. 1525 (made)
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Salt-cellar in the form of a reversible table with shallow well in the middle of both top and bottom, and six curved sides. Top and bottom are both usable and are of identical design. Painted in blue and green and with red and gold lustre.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Salt cellar in form of table with central shallow well and six curved sides, made in Gubbio, Italy, about 1525, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Salt-cellar in the form of a reversible table with shallow well in the middle of both top and bottom, and six curved sides. Top and bottom are both usable and are of identical design. Painted in blue and green and with red and gold lustre. |
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| Object history | Purchase: Soulages Collection. |
| Production | John Mallet, 19-1-1999. For a salt of this form, but Tuscan and late 16th-century: see a painting by Tarchiani in the Norton Simon Coll., Los Angeles. |
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| Other number | 661 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 522-1865 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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