Armorial salt cellar
Maker
Workshop of
Leonardo Bettisi (known as Don Pino) (ceramicist)
d.ca.1589 (Life dates)
Leonardo Bettisi (known as Don Pino) (ceramicist)
d.ca.1589 (Life dates)
Title
Armorial salt cellar
Date of Production
circa 1570 - 1580
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm
Length: 23.5 cm
Length: 23.5 cm
Accession Number
O.1966.GP.144
Mode of Acquisition
Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
saltcellars
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Decoration: Unidentified oval coat of arms with a lion rampant on a six mounts flanked by a sun and a crescent moon on a azure ground, in between the initials B and C flanked by a sun and a crescent moon.
Inscription: .DO.PI.
Inscription: .DO.PI.
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