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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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