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Maker: Unidentified Savona factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and dark manganese-purple
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall, except for the undersides of the feet. Painted in bright blue outlined with manganese. Hollow square pedestal, splaying outwards at the bottom, with four paw feet, terminal figures of winged putti in relief at each corner, and a shallow circular depression in the top for salt.
The sides are decorated with flowering plants, except for the splayed area which is striped vertically. The winged terms and the feet are coloured blue overall. The salt pan has a blue `S' in the middle and a border of a wide blue line between two narrow lines. The area between the salt depression and the outer edge is divided by short radial lines into four compartments filled with foliage.
History note: Lausanne, where purchased on 30 June 1894 for 15 francs by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 11.0 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1630
CE
-
1680
CE
Probably made in Savona or Albisola
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in bright blue outlined with manganese)
except for undersides of feet
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Moulding
: Earthenware, tin-glazed overall, except for the undersides of the feet. Painted in bright blue outlined with manganese.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2220-1928
Primary reference Number: 73259
Old object number: 109
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Salt" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73259 Accessed: 2024-11-25 04:12:10
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