Double salt cellar
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Porcelain decorated in enamel paint with gilt scrolls on base
Place of origin
Meissen
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Croome Park, Worcestershire
NT 171150
Summary
A late Meissen double-salt modelled as a boy wearing striped and floral clothes, seated between two oval baskets on an oval base with gilt and green scrolls (one handle lacking, chipped), circa 1880.
Provenance
Manufactured in Germany at the Meissen Porcelain Factory circa 1880. Loaned to The National Trust by The Croome Heritage Trust in December 2007.
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, porcelain manufacturer