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On the top is a circular well for the salt. It is brightly painted in blue, green and yellows with the design drawn in manganese. Two sides of the column are painted with a bird among leaves and flowers; the other two sides with a pyramid-shaped building, one of straw and the other of bricks, also set among leaves and flowers. \r\nRound the base and top of the pedestal are 4 blue lines. The feet are defined blue. 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When I attended a congress of the Centro Ligure per la storia della Ceramica I was shown as a great rarity a blue and white salt in the collection of Professor Guido Farris, and on return I put pressure on poor Robert to abandon his pin-tray to the Museum Collections. John Mallet.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Salt cellar in  tin-glazed earthenware, Savona, Italy, mid 17th century","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Salt cellar\nMade in Italy \nS, for sale\nTin-glazed earthenware\n\nC.100-1972 Given by R.J. 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