Saltcellar, mid-13th century
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Saltcellar

mid-13th century

Medium
Gold, rock crystal, emeralds, pearls, spinel or balas rubies
Classification
Metalwork-Gold
Dimensions
5 7/8 × 3 7/16 in. (15 × 8.8 cm) Rock Crystal: 1 5/16 × 2 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (3.3 × 5.4 × 8.5 cm) Diam. of foot: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Culture
French
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters
Credit line
The Cloisters Collection, 1983
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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