Salt Cellar
ca. 1750 (made)
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Triple salt-cellar of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in the form of three valves of Tridacna with applied models of smaller shells, coral and seaweed painted in natural colours. In the middle at the junction of the three valves is a whelk shell with coral and seaweed; the base is of trefoil form and is also decorated with applied shells, coral and seaweed. The inside of the lasrge shells is painted with sprays of flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, with applied decoration, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Salt-cellar, soft-paste porcelain, moulded, with applied decoration, painted in enamels, made by the Bow Porcelain Factory, England, ca. 1750 |
| Physical description | Triple salt-cellar of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in the form of three valves of Tridacna with applied models of smaller shells, coral and seaweed painted in natural colours. In the middle at the junction of the three valves is a whelk shell with coral and seaweed; the base is of trefoil form and is also decorated with applied shells, coral and seaweed. The inside of the lasrge shells is painted with sprays of flowers. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Accession number | 2872-1901 |
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| Record created | June 23, 1998 |
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