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Drawing, Design for a Salt or Pepper Cellar

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giovacchino Belli. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray, blue wash, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

15.9 × 15.5 cm (6 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, lower center: Saliera o Pepiera

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Salt or Pepper Cellar; Designed by Giovacchino Belli (Italian, 1756 - 1822); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray, blue wash, graphite on paper; 15.9 × 15.5 cm (6 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-650

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