Salt, 1575/1600, Netherlands. Silver gilt, 10.3 × 21.4 × 21.4 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Stanley Keith, 1944.781. An allegorical female nude in a landscape appears on each of the four sides of this work, while a frieze of putti and fantastic...

Lot 10. Galatea and the Sea Monster. A Dutch silver salt, Adam van Vianen, Utrecht, 1624; 19.5cm., 7 3/4in. high, 589gr., 18oz. 19dwt. Estimate 3,000,000 — 5,000,000 GBP . Courtesy Sotheby's Embossed and chased with Galatea, her hair encrusted with shells,...

Nicholas Sprimont (1716-71), Pair of salts, hallmark 1742-3. Silver gilt, 8.5 x 17.6 x 12.0 cm. RCIN 51392. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Provenance: Commissioned by Frederick, Prince of Wales, in 1742-3. Frederick Louis, Prince of...

Salt, France, Limoges, Pierre Reymond, 1540. Painted enamel on copper with gilding. Height: 7 cm, Width: 9 cm, Depth: 7.8 cm. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, inv. 8426-1863 © V&A Images. Hexagonal copper salt, painted on a black ground in polychrome...

A pair of Chinese Export French Royal sugar bowls and covers, circa 1732-38. Photo Christie's ImageLtd 2012 Unusual domed knops and leaf feet, two upright green and two curling yellow; gilt and enamel motifs inside the covers and on the bases 5 1/8 in....