Design for a Salt Cellar
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Designer
content: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elevation of a salt cellar. The cup is a breast-shaped mastos form with fluting on the body and gadrooning at the rim. The vessel is supported by two Egyptian-style terms on a stepped, beveled platform.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1163
objectType: label: Type
content: tableware designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.5 × 10.9 cm (6 1/8 × 4 5/16 in.)