Armorial salt cellar

by-nc

Maker

Workshop of
Leonardo Bettisi (known as Don Pino)
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

Object Number

O.1966.GP.144

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

  • saltcellars

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.

Provenance

Acquired by Thomas Gambier Parry at Christie's, London, 29 May 1857, lot 57 ('Property of a gentleman').

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