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Standing salt
English (London, probably Southwark)
about 1675
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 × 12.1 × 11.4 cm (4 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne H. and Frederick Vogel III
Accession Number2018.5
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionTriangular, undecorated standing salt. Press-molded side panels framed by free-standing columns, with cut-out lion, unicorn, and griffin, assembled with overhanging press-molded top having circular central well. The molded base stands on three ball feet.
Marks
unmarked
ProvenanceBy 1987, with Jonathan Horne (dealer), London; March 3, 1987, sold by Jonathan Horne to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Vogel, III, Milwaukee, WI; 2016, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Vogel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2018)