Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1740-1750 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Subjects:heraldry classical deity
Dimensions:Height: 4 centimetres Width: 7.70 centimetres
Description:
‘Grisaille’-painted salt cellar with a scene from Greek mythology and an English coat of arms. This small oblong octagonal vessel has a high splayed foot, flat protruding rim and a shallow oval depression on top for the salt. This is painted ‘en grisaille’ with a goddess holding a burning torch and accompanied by a cockerel, driving a chariot through the sky pulled by winged horses. The sun is appearing behind her. The foot of the vessel bears a coat of arms, the back and sides flower sprays.
IMG
![图片[1]-salt-cellar(?) BM-Franks.1438-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00299098_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-salt-cellar(?) BM-Franks.1438-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00357275_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-salt-cellar(?) BM-Franks.1438-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00301010_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The goddess represents Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn, who causes the day to break by leading her brother Helios, the sun god, into the sky. The engraving on which this design is based is not yet identified. The coat of arms belongs to the Humbertson family and it has been suggested that the service was commissioned by Matthew Humbertson of Humbertson, Lincolnshire (Howard, 1974, p. 334) for whose son-in-law a very similar service was made, which included the salt cellar below (see BM Franks. 1437). Howard 1974, p. 334, BM 1407, for a soup-plate from the same service.In Europe salts were made in a great variety of shapes, styles and sizes, ranging from lavishly ornamented tall standing salts which were used at ceremonial banquets, to simple squat salt cellars for everyday use. The form of the present salt which derives from English silverware is known as a ‘trencher-salt’ and was the most common shape between 1710 and 1740; a related silver example made by the London silversmith Paul de Lamerie in 1712, is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain. Such silver salts are also known with a coat of arms, crest or cypher engraved on one side of the foot. A dinner plate from this service is also in the British Museum (see BM Franks. 1407). see also Franks 1407 for a plate from the same service
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Subjects:heraldry classical deity
Dimensions:Height: 4 centimetres Width: 7.70 centimetres
Description:
‘Grisaille’-painted salt cellar with a scene from Greek mythology and an English coat of arms. This small oblong octagonal vessel has a high splayed foot, flat protruding rim and a shallow oval depression on top for the salt. This is painted ‘en grisaille’ with a goddess holding a burning torch and accompanied by a cockerel, driving a chariot through the sky pulled by winged horses. The sun is appearing behind her. The foot of the vessel bears a coat of arms, the back and sides flower sprays.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The goddess represents Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn, who causes the day to break by leading her brother Helios, the sun god, into the sky. The engraving on which this design is based is not yet identified. The coat of arms belongs to the Humbertson family and it has been suggested that the service was commissioned by Matthew Humbertson of Humbertson, Lincolnshire (Howard, 1974, p. 334) for whose son-in-law a very similar service was made, which included the salt cellar below (see BM Franks. 1437). Howard 1974, p. 334, BM 1407, for a soup-plate from the same service.In Europe salts were made in a great variety of shapes, styles and sizes, ranging from lavishly ornamented tall standing salts which were used at ceremonial banquets, to simple squat salt cellars for everyday use. The form of the present salt which derives from English silverware is known as a ‘trencher-salt’ and was the most common shape between 1710 and 1740; a related silver example made by the London silversmith Paul de Lamerie in 1712, is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain. Such silver salts are also known with a coat of arms, crest or cypher engraved on one side of the foot. A dinner plate from this service is also in the British Museum (see BM Franks. 1407). see also Franks 1407 for a plate from the same service
© Copyright
The copyright of the article belongs to the author, please keep the original link for reprinting.
THE END
![[Qing Dynasty] British female painter—Elizabeth Keith, using woodblock prints to record China from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China—1915-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-191x300.png)
