SALTCELLAR
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The outside is painted in dark blue enamel with details in raised white enamel and gilt. On each of the three faces between the three feet is a cartouche with a raised gilt frame and painted with a landscape in colors. These landscapes are all with a shepherd with sheep or sheep and a cow in the countryside.
- Object name:
- SALTCELLAR
- Made from:
- Enamel -- copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1780
- Size:
- 3 × 6.4 cm (1 3/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.178
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973