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Elizabethan Standing Salt
Unknown artist, 1562–1563
Circular pedestal or column salt bearing a London mark belongs to small group of this period. Distinctly Mannerist decoration of the drum, the form of caryatids suggests the influence of French/Flemish rather than the more usual German patterns.
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Title of artwork, date
Elizabethan Standing Salt, 1562–1563
Date supported
1973
Medium and material
Silver-gilt
Dimensions
29 cm
Grant
2000
Total cost
22000
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