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Drawing, Design for a Salt Cellar in the Shape of a Sleigh

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1675-1690 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on 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.

Its dimensions are

15.4 × 20.9 cm (6 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below (in ink; inscription cut off at bottom): "bilthaure arbeit 65" (sculpture work no. 65).

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Salt Cellar in the Shape of a Sleigh; Germany; pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on paper; 15.4 × 20.9 cm (6 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-402

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