Victorian Flow Blue Miniature Master Salt Cellar Antique

Victorian Flow Blue Miniature Master Salt Cellar AntiqueAdditional Description: A charming Victorian miniature master salt cellar in richly mottled flow blue earthenware, likely produced in Staffordshire, England during the late 19th century. The piece features a delicately scalloped and undulating rim above a rounded bowl supported by a pedestal foot, with two small applied side lug handles adding sculptural charm and balance to the form. The vessel is decorated in an atmospheric cobalt flow blue pattern,

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Late 20th C Italian Centerpiece Bowl

making this both a functional dressing table accessory and a highly decorative object

almost faux-medieval presence

likely a grotesque or mythological face

The book was issued with ecclesiastical approval (“Permis de publier”) from † Firmin

and relaxed pose convey the lighthearted spirit characteristic of late 19th-century decorative sculpture

The inscription “In the Collection of Dr

and symmetrical decorative elements

Large carved supports such as these were often used on settles

History: During the Victorian era there was renewed interest in the art and style of the French Rococo period

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