Skip to main content

Salt: C.40.189-1928

An image of Salt

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: uncertain (Probably)

Entities

Categories

Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, and red with stylized floral motifs and an upper border of petals striped in red reserved in a blue ground

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, and red. Of capstan form with an outward curving rim, and a shallow bowl-shaped depression for the salt in the top. About two-thirds of the lower part is missing. The sides are decorated in all three colours with stylized flower and leaf motifs with detached blue flower heads and paired leaves between them. There are two blue bands round the lower edge, and on the rim, a border of semi-circular petals striped in red reserved in a blue ground. The middle of the salt pan is decorated wtih a pair of leaves within two concentric blue circles.

Notes

History note: Found in Mill Lane, Cambridge in 1902

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England
  • Bristol ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J.W.L.

Dating

1720s
Circa 1720 CE - 1730 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, red)
Rim Width 7 cm

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Mill Lane/1902
  • Location: On inside of the side
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in red ink
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.40.189-1928
Primary reference Number: 137870
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 24 August 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Salt" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/137870 Accessed: 2024-11-02 16:25:11

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/137870 |title=Salt |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 16:25:11|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-137870

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_40_189_1928_1_201011_amt49_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Salt"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Salt</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...