Salt Cellar
mid 17th century (made)
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The salt cellar is shaped as as a square pedestal with wide base and top, standing on 4 lion-feet. On the top is a circular well for the salt. It is brightly painted in blue, green and yellows with the design drawn in manganese. Two sides of the column are painted with a bird among leaves and flowers; the other two sides with a pyramid-shaped building, one of straw and the other of bricks, also set among leaves and flowers.
Round the base and top of the pedestal are 4 blue lines. The feet are defined blue. The top of the salt-cellar is painted with a flower and leaves in each comer, round the top of the well are four blue lines.
Round the base and top of the pedestal are 4 blue lines. The feet are defined blue. The top of the salt-cellar is painted with a flower and leaves in each comer, round the top of the well are four blue lines.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in enamel colours |
| Brief description | Salt cellar in tin-glazed earthenware, Savona, Italy, mid 17th century |
| Physical description | The salt cellar is shaped as as a square pedestal with wide base and top, standing on 4 lion-feet. On the top is a circular well for the salt. It is brightly painted in blue, green and yellows with the design drawn in manganese. Two sides of the column are painted with a bird among leaves and flowers; the other two sides with a pyramid-shaped building, one of straw and the other of bricks, also set among leaves and flowers. Round the base and top of the pedestal are 4 blue lines. The feet are defined blue. The top of the salt-cellar is painted with a flower and leaves in each comer, round the top of the well are four blue lines. |
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| Credit line | Given by R. J. Charleston |
| Object history | This standing-salt was for many years used by Arthur Lane as a tray for keeping pins on his desk. After Lane's death the salt passed by natural succession to Robert Charleston. When I attended a congress of the Centro Ligure per la storia della Ceramica I was shown as a great rarity a blue and white salt in the collection of Professor Guido Farris, and on return I put pressure on poor Robert to abandon his pin-tray to the Museum Collections. John Mallet. |
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| Accession number | C.100-1972 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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