Glass Salt cellars, Royal Glass Factory La Granja, 18th Century

Three blown glass salt cellars of The Royal Glass Factory of La Granja, Spàin, 18th Century.
Description

Salt cellar. The Royal Glass Factory of La Granja, Spain. 1770-1787.

Mould- blown glass. Wheel engraved and gilded decoration.

Height: 4 cm.

Rim diameter: 6 cm.

Foot diameter: 4,7 cm.

Comparative literature:

• Paloma Pastor, “La Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja. Historia. Repertorios decorativos y tipologías formales”, 1998. P 71, fig. 39.

• Olga Mijailova, “Spanish glass in the Hermitage” 1974. Nº 189-191.

Salt cellar .The Royal Glass Factory of La Granja, Spain. Late 18th Century.

 

Mould- blown glass and gilded decoration.

Height: 4,5 cm.

Rim diameter: 6 cm.

Foot diameter: 4,8 cm.

A similar salt cellar is exhibited at Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio, San Ildefonso.

 

Salt cellar. The Royal Glass Factory of La Granja, Spain. Circa, 1787-1810.

 

Blown glass and gilded decoration.

Height: 5 cm.

Rim diameter: 6,5 cm.

Foot diameter: 4,5 cm.

Comparative literature:

• Paloma Pastor, “La Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja. Historia. Repertorios decorativos y tipologías formales”, 1998. P. 109, fig. 75.

• “Vidrio de La Granja,” Ministerio de Cultura, 1988. P. 193, nº 577 and 578.