Salt ('Craw fish salt')
Manufacturer
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(English, 1743 - 1769)
CultureEnglish
Datec.1745
MediumPhosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 7.2 × 12.5 × 12 cm (2 13/16 × 4 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
MarkingsIncised triangle
DescriptionAfter a silver prototype c. 1742/43, naturalistically modeled in the form of a crayfish on a rocky base, unpainted
Credit LineGift of William B.G. Humphries
Object numberG23.8.54
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainStatus
Not on viewArtist / Maker: Manufacture de la Veuve Perrin
1750-1800
Object number: G14.4.6
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1737-1741
Object number: G83.1.641