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| Keywords: Workshop of Guido Durantino - Salt Cellar with a River God - Walters 481338 - Profile.jpg A salt cellar such as this was typically part of a larger set of decorated table ware including plates and bowls as well as matching basins and candlesticks The river god alludes to the element of water and perhaps therefore to the sea as the source of salt In the depression for the salt is an image of Athena the Greek goddess of wisdom On one of the short sides is a coat of arms with three turtles and the Greek word meaning slowness The coat of arms and therefore the owner remains unidentified; however there were many contemporary sayings similar to haste makes waste thus linking wisdom with carefulness ca 1540 1550 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 7 7 14 5 accession number 48 1338 8799 William Beckford London 1844 mode of acquisition unknown Hamilton Palace date and mode of acquisition unknown no 817 J E Taylor date of acquisition unknown by purchase no 246 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters William Beckford 1760-1844 An Eye for the Magnificent The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts Design and Culture New York; Dulwich Picture Gallery London 2001-2002 place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Guido Durantino Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Salt cellars | ||||
