Henri II Ware salt

Designer Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux French
 Modeler Charles Toft British
 Manufactory Minton(s) British

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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.

Henri II Ware salt, Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux (French, working England, Toulouse 1816–1902 Hartshill), Glazed earthenware with enamel and inlaid slip decoration, British, Stoke-on-Trent

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Henri II Ware salt, Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux (French, working England, Toulouse 1816–1902 Hartshill), Glazed earthenware with enamel and inlaid slip decoration, British, Stoke-on-Trent
Henri II Ware salt, Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux (French, working England, Toulouse 1816–1902 Hartshill), Glazed earthenware with enamel and inlaid slip decoration, British, Stoke-on-Trent
Henri II Ware salt, Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux (French, working England, Toulouse 1816–1902 Hartshill), Glazed earthenware with enamel and inlaid slip decoration, British, Stoke-on-Trent
Henri II Ware salt, Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux (French, working England, Toulouse 1816–1902 Hartshill), Glazed earthenware with enamel and inlaid slip decoration, British, Stoke-on-Trent
Henri II Ware salt, Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux (French, working England, Toulouse 1816–1902 Hartshill), Glazed earthenware with enamel and inlaid slip decoration, British, Stoke-on-Trent
Henri II Ware salt, Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux (French, working England, Toulouse 1816–1902 Hartshill), Glazed earthenware with enamel and inlaid slip decoration, British, Stoke-on-Trent
Henri II Ware salt, Joseph Francois Léon Arnoux (French, working England, Toulouse 1816–1902 Hartshill), Glazed earthenware with enamel and inlaid slip decoration, British, Stoke-on-Trent

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