Standing salt
On display
Standing salt and cover, agate, with silver-gilt mounts. The finial, on a sphere, supported by three grotesque monsters, represents Hercules.
Details
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Title
Standing salt
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Associated place
France (probable) (probable place of creation) -
Date
c. 1560 -
Material and technique
agate, silver-gilt
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Object type
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Dimensions
22 cm (height) -
No. of items
2
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.46
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Further reading
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015)
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