Salt Cellar

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

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

Salt cellar or sweetmeat dish (from a set of three) of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue; in the shape of a large shell, painted inside with a willow, fencing, and a rock, and with a border of cresting; supported on a three-pointed base composed of smaller shells and rocks.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Salt cellar
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain and painted in underglaze blue Porcelain Painted
Brief description	Salt cellar or sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, and in the shape of a large shell, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1750.
Physical description	Salt cellar or sweetmeat dish (from a set of three) of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue; in the shape of a large shell, painted inside with a willow, fencing, and a rock, and with a border of cresting; supported on a three-pointed base composed of smaller shells and rocks.
Dimensions	Height: 7.3cm Width: 11.7cm
Style	Chinoiserie
Credit line	Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history	One of a pair of salt cellars with 414:90/A-1885 (Sch. I 22A) The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Walker's sale, Sotheby's, for £4 8 shillings in April 1868
Subject depicted	Shell
Other number	Sch. I 22 - Schreiber number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	414:90-1885

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Record created	December 2, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O176462/salt-cellar-bow-porcelain-factory/

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