Not on display

Salt Cellar

ca. 1979 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salt cellar is basically cylindrical, with foot-ring and depressed top decorated with a radiating frosted pattern. The ridge around the top is broken in one place and below the break is a hole for the salt. Plastic plug in the filling hole beneath.

Box: Cardboard box.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, glazed with clear glaze tending to bluish-green where it accumulates in underglaze engraved pattern, and plastic plug.
Brief description
Salt cellar, from a condiment set. Japan, MODERN CRAFTS, PRODUCTION, CERAMICS
Physical description
Salt cellar is basically cylindrical, with foot-ring and depressed top decorated with a radiating frosted pattern. The ridge around the top is broken in one place and below the break is a hole for the salt. Plastic plug in the filling hole beneath.

Box: Cardboard box.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.5cm
  • Diameter: 6.8cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Greenish u'glaze mark, DESIGN.MORI MASAHIRO [kanji 'haku'] HAKUSAN JAPAN CBS/SONY FAMILY CLUB INC.
Object history
Given by the designer through the manufacturing factory.
Bibliographic reference
Japan Style handlist E1. Part of the 'Royal White Custom Set'. See FE.111-1981
Collection
Accession number
FE.110B-1981

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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