Henri II Ware salt

Designer Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux French

Manufactory Minton(s) British

ca. 1870

Not on view

During the Victorian period, Minton, the Staffordshire-based industrial manufacturer, introduced a myriad of historically inspired designs into British middle and upper-middle class homes. The French designer Léon Arnoux looked to the French Renaissance as inspiration for Minton’s line of Henri Deux wares, drawing upon the intricate inlaid slip motifs found on Saint Porchaire earthenware of the sixteenth century. The salamander seen at the top of the salt is a reference to the royal emblem of Francis I.

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Title: Henri II Ware salt
Designer: Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux (French, working England, Toulouse 1816–1902 Hartshill)
Modeler: Charles Toft (British, active ca. 1868–1882)
Manufactory: Minton(s) (British, Stoke-on-Trent, 1793–present)
Date: ca. 1870
Culture: British, Stoke-on-Trent
Medium: Glazed earthenware with enamel and inlaid slip decoration
Dimensions: confirmed: 4 × 6 3/4 × 4 7/8 in. (10.2 × 17.1 × 12.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Object Number: 2024.215.2
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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