id:			124130
accession number:	1945.126
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.126
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Pair of Saltcellars, c. 1570–90. Circle of the Patanazzi Family (Italian). Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); overall: 20.3 x 21 x 12.8 cm (8 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Mather 1945.126

title:				Pair of Saltcellars
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creation date:			c. 1570–90
creation date earliest:		1570
creation date latest:		1590
current location:		118 Italian Renaissance
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Mather
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culture:	Italy, Urbino, 16th century
technique:	tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* the Patanazzi Family (Italian)  - maker

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measurements: Overall: 20.3 x 21 x 12.8 cm (8 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts
	opening date:   1949-09-30T04:00:00
	<i>Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949).

	title:		Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink
	opening date:   1983-07-26T04:00:00
	<i>Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 26-October 9, 1983).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* No legacy exhibitions.

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PROVENANCE

	Samuel Mather, Cleveland.
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fun fact:
During the Renaissance, salt was an expensive commodity and was used to both season and preserve food.

digital description:
During the Italian Renaissance of the 1400s and 1500s, nobles and merchants eager to express their wealth and sophistication ordered ceramics for dining, display, and storage. Known as<em> maiolica,</em> because it resembled the brightly colored ceramics from the Mediterranean island of Majorca, these ceramic vessels were covered with a tin glaze that provided an opaque white surface on which colorful decoration could be painted.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foote, Helen S. “Gifts to the Majolica Collection.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 33, no. 4 (April 1946): 36–38.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 36-7
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25141269

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. T<em>he World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 48, fig. 50
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IMAGES

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