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| Keywords: Jean Limosin II - Salt Cellar - The Muses - Walters 44360.jpg The concave hexagonal body flares into a molded circular base In the receptacle saleron is delineated a female bust in profile to the right against a black background powdered with gilt dots She wears a costume with square neckline showing the frill of the underdress and a blue bonnet encircled with a wreath of laurel The molded rim is decorated with scrolls Each of the six concave panels on the sides displays a full-length figure of a Muse playing a musical instrument One is following the notes on a score with her left forefinger The figures stand on basin-shaped podia supported by brackets of foliage and beneath canopies with lambrequins Vines twisted around gilt rods separate the panels The convex base is decorated with foliate scrolls animated by parrots The underside is enameled in black powdered with fleurs-de-lys quatrefoils and dots of gold On the panel representing the Muse playing the guitar is lettered in gold the signature I L with a fleur-de-lys painted faintly between the two initials The shape of the salt cellar a piédouche with hexagonal body appeared in metalwork towards the end of the 16th century Such enameled salt cellars were executed in pairs 1st quarter 17th century technique painted enamel copper cm 10 14 accession number 44 360 25558 William Cosier date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Christie's London April 5 1894 no 106 Charles Borradaile Brighton date of acquisition unknown by purchase George Robinson Harding London date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Muses | ||||
