Salt Cellar

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V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Derby (made)

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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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Salt cellar
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded Soft Paste Porcelain Painted 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.
Dimensions	Height: 15.2cm Width: 12.4cm
Marks and inscriptions	'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons and six dots (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in red on underside) '33' (Painted (overglaze) in red on underside)
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
Subject depicted	Roses (Flowers)
Other number	Sch. I 421 - Schreiber number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	414:464-1885

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Record created	August 14, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O165785/salt-cellar-derby-porcelain-factory/

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