Design for a Saltcellar
date: label: Date
content: 1524–46
name: label: Artist
content: Giulio Romano, Italian, 1499–1546
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a saltcellar with the bowl of the vessel in the shape of a shell supported on the back of a bearded triton who swims through waves.
place: label: made in
content: probably Mantua, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-35-a
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 brown ink, brush and brown wash on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 7 × 12.9 cm (2 3/4 × 5 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 5.4 × 11.3 cm (2 1/8 × 4 7/16 in.)