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Culture:English
Title:salt
Date Made:1830-1850
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: red earthenware, copper lustre (lusterware), overglaze polychrome enamels
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire (probably)
Measurements:overall: 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.
Accession Number:  HD 71.028
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Edgar Bibas
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
English lusterware open salt with a flared rim, bulbous body, and footed base, covered in copper lustre and decorated with a band of floral sprays in white, orange, and purple. Its copper lustre decoration is created by applying gold salts to the red earthenware body, where in the heat of the kiln the metal is deposited as a thin layer on the surface.

Subjects:
Pottery; Copper; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome

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