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Pair of Double Salt Dishes (Paire de salières)

1790
made by

Sèvres Porcelain Factory

(French, est. 1756)
France, Sèvres
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration
Overall: 3.5 x 12.4 x 7 cm (1 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1964.519
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This double-salt cellar would have held salts as well as a variety of spices such as pepper, nutmeg, and cinnamon.

Description

This double-salt cellar was added to a 525 piece dinner and dessert service commissioned by French King Louis XVI and known as the guirlandes de barbeaux (garlands of cornflowers) service. Between 1783 and 1790 broken or damaged objects from this service were replaced on an annual basis. Objects in this service were made of both soft and hard-paste porcelain, the latter made possible by the discovery of the ingredient kaolin in France in 1768-69.
  • Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. Versailles et les tables royales en Europe: XVIIème-XIXème siècles. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1993. p. 120, 291, illus. p. 142
    Miller, Markus, and Andreas Dobler. Königliches Porzellan aus Frankreich: Sammlerstücke und Service der Manufaktur Vincennes/Sèvres. Eichenzell: Hessische Hausstiftung, Museum Schloss Fasanerie, 1999. p. 82-83
    Peters, David. Sevres Plates and Services of the 18th Century. Hertfordshire: D. Peters, 2005. p. 663-65, 745-47, 847-48, 877-78, 911-12
  • Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).
  • {{cite web|title=Pair of Double Salt Dishes (Paire de salières)|url=false|author=Sèvres Porcelain Factory|year=1790|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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