Painted Tin-Glazed Salt Cellar

One intact and nearly complete painted tin glazed (delft) vessel, which is likely a salt cellar. The external surface is coated in a grayish white tin glaze. There is a polychrome floral decoration in cobalt (blue), orange, and yellow painted around the rim, which has broken off in several places. The body is fluted and there is a shallow depression on the top of the vessel where the salt would have been served. A possible mold hole is visible on the base. This salt cellar is 3 1/4 inches wide, 4 inches long, and 2 3/4 inches tall.

• Object number

  1105.1

• Date made

  Late-17th Century

• Dimensions

  Width 3.25 inches

  Length 4 inches

  Height 2.75 inches

• Decoration

  Handpainted

• Color

  Blue

  Cobalt Blue

  Yellow

  Orange

  Polychrome

• Animals/objects

  Salt cellar

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 26* Test Cut AS, Brownish Sandy Landfill (624.1105)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Tin Glazed (Delft)

• Techniques

  Wheel turned