Salt-Cellar
ca. 1780-1793 (made)
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Salt-cellar of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Scalloped edge, six sided. The centre is painted with a rococo scrolled cartouche in pink with a landscape, and the surround is painted with scattered flowers. The edges are picked out in blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Salt-cellar of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, Niderviller, ca. 1780-1793. |
| Physical description | Salt-cellar of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Scalloped edge, six sided. The centre is painted with a rococo scrolled cartouche in pink with a landscape, and the surround is painted with scattered flowers. The edges are picked out in blue. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Interlaced 'C's below a crown (Painted in underglaze blue, for Comte de Custine) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
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| Accession number | C.1331-1919 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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