Salt Cellar
ca. 1820 (made)
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Salt cellar in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and in the form of three oval baskets joined together with a twisted handle topped by a gilt ring rising in the middle, and painted with sprays of roses in quatrefoil panels reserved on a ground of green dots.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Salt cellar in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and in the form of three oval baskets joined together with a twisted handle, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1820. |
| Physical description | Salt cellar in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and in the form of three oval baskets joined together with a twisted handle topped by a gilt ring rising in the middle, and painted with sprays of roses in quatrefoil panels reserved on a ground of green dots. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair with 414:464/A-1885 (Sch. I 421A) The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Partridge, London, for £3 in March 1878 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 421 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:464-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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