Maiolica salt in the form of a square pedestal

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Maiolica. Salt. In the form of a square pedestal with projecting upper and lower edges, sides pierced with an openwork four-petalled flower, and in the top a circular depression for the salt. The lower edge is painted in blue with a zig-zag and spot border, and the upper edge with a row of blue spots between manganese-purple lines. The angles of the top are each painted with a floral spray, and there is a flowerhead in the salt depression surrounded by a manganese circle between two wider blue circles. Earthenware, pierced, tin-glazed and painted in blue and manganese-purple. 1620-1700. Production: Liguria, Italy.

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Accession Number: C.1454-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 970 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 165.45kB
Exposure time: 1/45
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:05:12 11:18:32

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17th Century blue and white earthenware Fitz_AA floral flowers glazed Italian maiolica openwork pedestal pierced pottery salt salts spray sprays tin-glazed

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