Salt and pepper cellar
Creation: after 1928Glazed fine earthenwareHeight (H): 11.3 cm
Object: Salt and pepper cellar
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker | Caster
- Title:
- Fireback
- Date:
- Creation: after 16XX
- Inventory Number:
- 1947-015/001
- Collection:
- Firebacks
- Domain:
- Metallurgy
- Designation:
- Fireback
- Iconography:
- Biblical scene
- Crucifixion
- mythical animal
- Material | Technique:
- Cast iron
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 115.5 x 116.5 x 3 cm
- Inscription(s):
- Inscription (-EN-SS-ZZ MAICHAS-ZZ-..MERI-Z.)
- Inscription (4-15)
- Inscription (B DEP)
- Inscription (INRI)
- Description:
- The Bronze Serpent, the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Crucifixion. These three scenes in a central panel with a legend at the bottom: -EN-SS-ZZ MAICHAS-ZZ-..MERI-Z. [caption illegible; casting defects] In the four corners, a small frontal head.
- Geographical Reference:
- Place of use: Luxembourg
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Acquisition date:
- 1947
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg (MNAHA)
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
- Metadata last updated on:
- 19.03.2026
Object: Salt and pepper cellar
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker | Caster
- Title:
- Fireback
- Date:
- Creation: after 16XX
- Inventory Number:
- 1947-015/001
- Collection:
- Firebacks
- Domain:
- Metallurgy
- Designation:
- Fireback
- Iconography:
- Biblical scene
- Crucifixion
- mythical animal
- Material | Technique:
- Cast iron
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 115.5 x 116.5 x 3 cm
- Inscription(s):
- Inscription (-EN-SS-ZZ MAICHAS-ZZ-..MERI-Z.)
- Inscription (4-15)
- Inscription (B DEP)
- Inscription (INRI)
- Description:
- The Bronze Serpent, the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Crucifixion. These three scenes in a central panel with a legend at the bottom: -EN-SS-ZZ MAICHAS-ZZ-..MERI-Z. [caption illegible; casting defects] In the four corners, a small frontal head.
- Geographical Reference:
- Place of use: Luxembourg
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Acquisition date:
- 1947
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg (MNAHA)
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
- Metadata last updated on:
- 19.03.2026
