Pair of Saltcellars

1547

8 cm 6.8 cm

Citation Source image

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

id
id
77432
contentType
contentType
object
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
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.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
1
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.348-349_Fnt_BW_C39.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.348-349_Fnt_BW_C39.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.348-349_Fnt_BW_C39.jpg
imageCount 1
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.12 (44.348, 44.349)