Saltcellar

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saltcellar by unknown artist. The image shows a clear glass object with a wide, shallow shape and an irregular edge. The object has a flat bottom and a scalloped top edge. The surface features a pattern of raised diamond shapes with smaller raised dots around the diamonds and other raised decorative patterns. There are no handles, but there are small raised bits on either side in the back that could serve for lifting. The object sits on a flat surface against a dark background. The lighting highlights the raised patterns on the glass.