15929845140001312637261000Standard Recordobject-131181170206260105416909667250001702062268746fitz-onlineadlib-object-131181https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131181cbf3e028-d30f-3e65-ae4a-91abcf31a30f13referenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainred, yellow, green, brown and blackreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsDecorationin red, yellow, green, brown and black enamelsreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazeApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain Crayfish Salt, moulded, and painted naturalistically in enamelsSoft-paste porcelain Crayfish Salt, moulded and painted in red, yellow, green, brown and black enamels. The salt is formed of a deep open, oval shell, resting on a rocky mound base modelled with seaweed, and applied with crustacea, a large naturalistic crayfish flanking the shell. The whole is painted in naturalistic colours.referenceexhibition-3815adlib-exhibition-38158e5244e3-f18e-3d6b-9c58-5238f666b36eRefugee Silver: Huguenots in BritainEC.23-19411accession numberEC.23-1941131181priref131181urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131181https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/131181a red anchorbasepainted in redan anchorfactory markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by the National Art Collections Fund as Trustee of the R S Cochrane Fundreferenceagent-149857adlib-agent-149857470046d4-9799-31c0-81c7-49c04a9f9bb1National Art Collections Fund194119411941-06-12given175217521752circa175217551175517551755factoryreferenceagent-157802adlib-agent-157802e51ed5e2-3605-39a0-b953-487f1f622a3aChelsea Porcelain ManufactoryThe form of this salt is similar to a pair of silver-gilt crayfish salts in the Royal Collection which were made by Nicholas Sprimont and bear date letters for 1742-3. These were probably inspired by a design by the French architect and Dessinateur du Roy, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750), which was reproduced in a large set of prints after Meissonnier titled 'Livre de Legumes', published by Jacques Chéreau (fol. 72, pl. 15, after 1534).referenceterm-106451adlib-term-1064519cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad0863118th Century, Midreferenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-110762adlib-term-11076292b555c4-d666-3846-a471-77585013d6c6Red anchor period (1752-1756)presumed lead-glazereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainHeightcm7Heightin2 3/4Widthcm11.5Widthin4 1/2referencemedia-3564539487portfolio-media-3564539487642da2d5-23bf-3d40-823e-32e3faf95eefjpegportfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/432/939/large_EC_23_1941_200809_mfj22_mas.jpg1heightpixels683widthpixels102415291988830001imagejpegportfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/432/939/mid_EC_23_1941_200809_mfj22_mas.jpg1heightpixels333widthpixels50015291988830001imageEC.23-1941_200809_mfj22_mas.tif152919888300011imagejpegportfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/432/939/preview_EC_23_1941_200809_mfj22_mas.jpg1heightpixels167widthpixels25015291988830001imagepyramid tiffportfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/432/939/EC_23_1941_200809_mfj22_mas.ptif1heightpixels2912widthpixels436815291988830001image0media
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imagereferenceterm-91292adlib-term-91292d8901c0c-4f46-3a5a-b7db-d7013fed9c66salthistory noteDr Bellamy Gardner collection; sold Sotheby’s, 12 June 1941, Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Chelsea Porcelain, English Ceramics and Enamels, the property of Dr and Mrs Bellamy Gardner, lot 4referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-3305adlib-publication-3305c8232eb4-f7fd-3c29-b7e4-619898493a9bCatalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Chelsea Porcelain, English Ceramics and Enamels, the Property of Dr and Mrs Bellamy GardnerCf., pp.26-7, no. 7 and no. 8. The shape is based on a silver prototype by Nicholas Sprimont, in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor. No. 7 has a blue triangle, and no. 8 has an incised triangle.26-27referencepublication-2848adlib-publication-2848a942bdbc-f783-3c09-af7f-0ddd821c2525Chelsea Porcelain at WilliamsburgCf., p. 23, pl. 1, no. 2, for a similar example23referencepublication-3298adlib-publication-32988bfc4bf4-1db2-3cf0-831c-af75ff0b46edChelsea Porcelain, the Triangle and Raised Anchor WaresCf., pp. 20-36, for similar examples.20-36referencepublication-200001911adlib-publication-200001911528a7042-f827-3a92-b175-234a4320c6baChelsea, The Triangle WaresCf., p. 7, no. 5, for an example with an incised triangle mark.7referencepublication-3274adlib-publication-327477dbee1b-5bbc-354c-b60f-d90fd25e8d55Chelsea China from Private Collectionsreferencepublication-5777adlib-publication-5777d9d47ad8-32be-3ce2-ba21-5c78d38f6eecCatalogue of English Pottery and Porcelainreferencepublication-2070adlib-publication-2070a50dbd51-87b2-373a-9a6d-3ad0194779baFine British CeramicsCf., p.161, lot 316, for a similar example. (Est. £4,000-£6,000)161referencepublication-2581adlib-publication-25811028337b-2c06-329b-ac8e-30af68e34013Ceramics from the Rous Lench Collection including British Pottery and Porcelain, Dutch Delft . . .Cf., p. 83, lot 246, for two white examples with incised triangle marks. (Est. £5,000-£8,000)83referencepublication-5151adlib-publication-51513500e091-1c5d-399a-8aaf-19a20d1185f5British and Continental Ceramics, 25 November 1991referencepublication-2150adlib-publication-21500f45160a-fce9-37ca-a7d6-244f0e99e110English and Continental CeramicsCf. p. 26, fig. 3.2, on the left, a coloured crayfish salt with a red anchor mark, c. 1755-6, and on the right, a white crayfish salt with an incised triangle mark, c. 1745-9, both in the British Museum.26referencepublication-3303adlib-publication-3303f17f31f0-efff-37a5-9c0d-9bb56e47381bChelsea PorcelainRef. and cf. p. 110, fig. 8, two silver-gilt crayfish salts by Sprimont in the Royal Collection (RCIN 51393 1-2), and fig. 9, a coloured Chelsea Crayfish Salt in the Victoria and Albert Museum (C.73-1938)105-27referencepublication-200003233adlib-publication-2000032332f55c8c8-ef94-3c54-bc9c-1d56fbbf0eadSome new connections between Nicholas Sprimont’s silver and early Chelsea porcelainreferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoanimalreferenceterm-121290adlib-term-121290ab415c7f-e411-302c-8bc4-070034033346crayfishplantreferenceterm-107634adlib-term-107634bad89850-f36f-37a8-aa6d-440b13ea7056seaweedliteralcrayfishcrayfishliteralseaweedseaweedreferenceterm-91292adlib-term-91292d8901c0c-4f46-3a5a-b7db-d7013fed9c66saltsaltsoft-paste porcelain, moulded and painted overglaze in red, yellow, green, brown, and black enamelsreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingpresumed lead-glazereferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)Crayfish Saltobject
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