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Boat-Shaped Saltcellars with Figureheads in the Form of Sea Deities

Artist/Maker
Datelate 16th century
MediumGilded silver, iron, and enamel
DimensionsOverall (each): 4 3/16 × 4 7/8 × 2 7/16 in. (10.6 × 12.4 × 6.2 cm)
Credit LineMiscellaneous Acquisitions Fund in memory of Charles L. Freer
Object number1960.39A-B
Status
Not on view
Exhibition History
The Object Revisited: Four Centuries of European and American Decorative Arts
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 27, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
Afterlives of the Black Atlantic
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 20, 2019 - May 24, 2020 )
Collections
  • European