Salt Cellar: The Muses

1st quarter 17th century

14 cm 10 cm

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The concave hexagonal body flares into a molded circular base. In the receptacle (saleron) is delineated a female bust, in profile to the right, against a black background powdered with gilt dots. She wears a costume with square neckline, showing the frill of the underdress, a...

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William Cosier [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Christie's, London, April 5, 1894, no. 106; Charles Borradaile, Brighton, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; George Robinson Harding, London, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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