1989.002.0004b
Renaissance Standing Salt
Physical Object
1989.002.0004b
Nuestra Señora de Atocha (1622)
circa 1600
Middle section of three tiered salt. See also 1989.002.0004a, c. Herrera style, large stepped and graduated- upright rectangular form and in three sections, the upper section of domical form and surmounted by a pierced finial over a pierced cover chased with stylized scrollwork over a stepped- rectangular base, the mid-section similarly-stepped and decorated with conforming near-square panels centered by stylized lozenges on each side, the lower section comprised of a large stepped-rectangular base elaborately decorated with multiple C-scrolls and raised double-oval bosses, raised on four molded and spurred down-scrolling feet. 25.0 cm by 11.5 cm square (at base) and 6.3 cm (square) at top.