Salt Cellars

Armillary sphere salt cellar (Ethnologisches Museum III C 17036 a,b). Sierra Leone - 15th-16th C.

Ivory salt cellar (Ethnologisches Museum III C 4886 a,b). Sierra Leone - 15th-16th C. 

Ivory salt cellar (Ethnologisches Museum III C 4888 a,b). Sierra Leone - 15th-16th C.

Fragment of a salt vessel (Ethnologisches Museum III C 168). Sierra Leone - 16th C.

Salt cellar with horse riders (Ethnologisches Museum III C 4890 a,b). Nigeria - 16th C.

Salt cellar (V&A Museum C.2194-1910). Italy - 1525

Salt cellar & cover (V&A Museum 7142&A-1861). Italy - ca. 1525-35

Salt cellar with Hercules scenes (Kunstgewerbemuseum K 5030). France - 1534-66

Hercules salt cellar (V&A Museum 8427-1863). France - ca. 1540

Sexagonal salt cellar (V&A Museum 1189-1864). France - ca. 1547-59

Gadrooned salt cellar (V&A Museum 998-1853). France - ca. 1550-1600

Salt cellar (V&A Museum C.25-1923). Italy - 1550-1650

Salt cellar (V&A Museum 626-1865). Italy - 1560

One of a pair of salt cellars (V&A Museum 624-1865). Italy - 1570

Salt cellar (V&A Museum C.2267-1910). Italy - 1575-80

White glazed sallt cellar (V&A Museum C.27-1923). Italy - 1575-1600

Ceramic salt cellar (V&A Museum 8403-1863). Italy - 1580-1600

Lion's paw salt cellar (V&A Museum 4407-1857). Italy - late 16th C.

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