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Oil and vinegar cruet

Oil and vinegar cruet
 (c. 1680)

Medium
glass (applied decoration)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
William and Margaret Morgan Endowment, 1973
Gallery location
Not on display
 

About this work

This ingenious cruet has a reservoir for oil on one side and one for vinegar on the other. It closely resembles a surviving drawing from the correspondence between the English glass seller John Greene and the Venetian glass dealer Alessio Morelli. Executed in Venice for the English market, these vessels attest to the popularity of salads on elite dining tables in the seventeenth century.

Artwork Details

Medium
glass (applied decoration)
Measurements
23.0 × 11.3 × 9.5 cm
Accession Number
D180-1973
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
William and Margaret Morgan Endowment, 1973
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
Not on display

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