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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 salt cellar of porcelain on three modelled feet, painted in underglaze blue. On the top two roosters by flowering plants; on the rim hatching interrupted by flowers. The wall is pierced in a honeycomb pattern with around it flower branches and lacework. On the rim and feet 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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