Miscellanea graphica : representations of ancient, medieval, and renaissance remains in the possession of Lord Londesborough (1857)
London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 50
times grotesque forms. Among these was the saliere, or, according to the modern, and in itself rather grotesque name, salt-cellar. The early inventories mention salt-cellars in the forms of ships, castles, chariots, shells, lions, serpents, and of men and women of various characters and in various… … the figures are composed of pearls, and set with stones.
Londesborough, Albert Denison, Baron, 1805-1860 -- Art collections · Art objects -- Private collections -- England
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