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Saltcellar (Salero)
Saltcellar (Salero)
Saltcellar (Salero)
DepartmentEurope

Saltcellar (Salero)

NameSaltcellar (Salero)
CultureSpanish
Dateca 1700
Place madeTalavera De La Reina, Spain, Europe
Mediumceramic; tin-glazed earthenware with cobalt, antimony, and iron in-glaze
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.1969.18.8
Collections
DescriptionTriangular shape. Dark brown paste, molded construction, three containers made sperately and fired with main shape in one piece. Crudely painted with blue, ochre, and brown decorations on white glaze on all sides. Human face in low relief on each side, or possibly crude attempt at lion head?
Salero o tintero
Jose Luis Martin Nieto
late 16th, early 17th century
Saltcellar
Artist unrecorded
Late 16th--Early 17th Century
Plate
19th century
Bowl.
First half of 18th century
Tazza
First half of 18th c.
Albarelo
Artist unrecorded
Mid-18th century
Bowl
Late 18th - early 19th century
Pitcher
late 19th century
Medium Jar
late 19th century
Plate
16th c. or early 17th c.
Salvilla
first half 18th century