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
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?
19th century
First half of 18th century
First half of 18th c.
Late 18th - early 19th century
late 19th century
late 19th century
16th c. or early 17th c.
first half 18th century
late 18th early 19th century