Anonymous, French School
16th cent.
Pair of Saltcellars
St. Porchaire, France, ca. 1540-1560.
Lead-glazed earthenware, inlaid with slip.
AZ037.1: 5 3/4 x 3 3/8 inches (145 x 85 mm); AZ037.2: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (140 x 95 mm); "Salamander": height: 5 1/2 inches (140 mm); "Three Crescents": height: 5 inches (127 mm)
AZ037.1-2
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AZ037.1: M. Lazare, Marseilles, 1850; Mr. George Field, London, 1893; M. Charles Stein, Paris, 1899; M.J.H. Fitzhenry, Paris, 1910; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan. AZ037.2: M.P. Jamarin, Paris, 1900; Wencke, Hamburg; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan through Jacques Seligmann & Co., 1906.
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