id: 124130 accession number: 1945.126 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.126 updated: 2020-11-04 20:07:11.793000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: Italy, Urbino, 16th century technique: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * the Patanazzi Family (Italian) - maker --- measurements: Overall: 20.3 x 21 x 12.8 cm (8 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts opening date: 1949-09-30T04:00:00 Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts. 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 Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 26-October 9, 1983). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * No legacy exhibitions. --- PROVENANCE Samuel Mather, Cleveland. date: footnotes: citations: --- 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 maiolica, 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Foote, Helen S. “Gifts to the Majolica Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 48, fig. 50 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.126/1945.126_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.126/1945.126_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.126/1945.126_full.tif