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Salt Cellar with Birds and Scrolls
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Salt Cellar with Birds and Scrolls

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1749 · turning; vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; stoneware; glaze; cobalt (mineral)

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

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Salt cellar of stoneware with a square body and a round bowl. Decorated in cobalt blue. On each side, a printed and applied relief decoration of two birds standing on an inverted heart shape with scrollwork. Westerwald.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
salt (condiment vessel)
Credit lineSalt cellar with birds and scrolls. c. 1700 - c. 1749. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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