VesselsFrench16th century
Salt Cellar with Episodes from the Life of Hercules
c. 1550
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Dimensions
sight: 7.3 x 7.6 cm (2 7/8 x 3 in.)
Provenance
Mrs. Jessie Isidor Straus, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957
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