Saltcellar in shape of a shell with sea monster and waves underneath.

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Drawing, Design for a Saltcellar, 1524–46

This is a Drawing. It was created by Giulio Romano. It is dated 1524–46 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

A ship-shaped bowl, supported by two mermaids, is surmounted upon a base representing the sea. The bowl is flanked by two high columns with mermaid finials connected to each other by a pole entwined with ribbon. Traces of framing lines are visible at the edges of the sketch.

Drawing, Design for a Boat-Shaped Vessel, possibly intended as a Festival...
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-169

Octagonal print showing a nosegay plant; two grotesque head-monsters flank the bottom of the plant; symmetrical arabesque motif with creatures.

Print, Plate 1, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of...
etching on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-28-2

Octagonal print showing a symmetrical architectural arabesque motif with creatures. Masks in the lowest scrolls, grotesque insects flanking the top.

Print, Plate 2, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of...
etching on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-28-3

Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Two grotesque birds flank the vase from which the nosegay rises.

Print, Plate 5, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträβe (Suite of...
etching on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-29-2

Octagonal; two grotesque birds flank the plant; symmetrical architectural arabesque motif with creatures.

Print, Plate 4, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträβe (Suite of...
etching on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-29-1

Double head of two men, one of whom wears a fool's cap, in the center, embodying Pride and Foolishness, which form the theme of the representations in the outer circle: the wife upon the dragon of the Revelations of St. John; Phaeton's death; the original sin; Marcus Curtius jumping into the abyss; a woman with a looking glass; a peacock; monsters. Inscriptions in Low German and French.

Print, Orgueille et follie (Pride and Folly), ca. 1578
engraving on white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-33

Its dimensions are

7.2 x 14 cm (2 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp of J. Richardson Sr. (Lugt 2184) very faint, in right bottom corner. Stamp of Earl Spencer, similar to Lugt 1531 written with ink on reverse "no 42".

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Saltcellar, 1524–46; Giulio Romano (Italian, 1499–1546); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper; 7.2 x 14 cm (2 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-35-b

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2B8Ng/
Accession Number 1911-28-35-b
Object ID 18171647