Salt cellar with figures of gods and goddesses Salt vessel with gods figures, Salt vessel, enamelled on copper with a round top and bottom and a hexagonal stem. The dark background has gold ornaments. On the black interior small decorations in gold and on top a feminine bust with a laurel wreath (Minerva?). Marked, (story of) Mercury (Hermes), (story of) Juno (Hera), Apollo and the Muses, Apollo Musagetes, (story of) Venus (Aphrodite), (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena), Joseph Limosin, Limoges, c. 1600 - c. 1650, copper (metal), gold (metal), h cm × d cm d cm


Salt cellar with figures of gods and goddesses Salt vessel with gods figures, Salt vessel, enamelled on copper with a round top and bottom and a hexagonal stem. The dark background has gold ornaments. On the black interior small decorations in gold and on top a feminine bust with a laurel wreath (Minerva?). Marked, (story of) Mercury (Hermes), (story of) Juno (Hera), Apollo and the Muses, Apollo Musagetes, (story of) Venus (Aphrodite), (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena), Joseph Limosin, Limoges, c. 1600 - c. 1650, copper (metal), gold (metal), h cm × d cm d cm


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