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Hexagonal salt cellar with two cocks near flowering plants and pierced sides
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Hexagonal salt cellar with two cocks near flowering plants and pierced sides

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1724 · turning; vitrification; paint; drawn thread work; fired; formed; glaze; cobalt (mineral); porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Hexagonal porcelain salt cellar on three modeled feet, painted in underglaze blue. On the top two roosters among flowering plants; on the rim hatching interrupted by flowers. The wall is openwork in a honeycomb pattern with flower branches and napkin work around it. On the rim and the legs the glaze has loosened in some places. Blue and white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHexagonal salt cellar with two cocks near flowering plants and pierced sides. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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