Pair of Saltcellars
The coarse-grained salt available during the 16th century was expensive, and only the wealthy could afford to use it to season their food. In consequence, salt cellars, bowls for salt placed on the table, were prestige items. They usually come in pairs to accommodate a long ta...
Artifact
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77432
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Visconti Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Paris, March 13-16, 1854, lot 55; William Cosier [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Christie's, London, April 5, 1894, lot 105; Charles Borradaile, Brighton, by purchase; George Robinson Harding, London, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.12 (44.348, 44.349) |
Terms
Medium
painted enamel on copper
Genre
saltcellars
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