Author: MOLEN, JOH. H. TER (INTROD./GENERAL TEXT/CATALOGUE),
Title: Zout op Tafel. De geschiedenis van het Zoutvat. [Tentoonstelling Boymans-Van Beuningen, 14 oktober-28 november 1976].
Description: Rotterdam, Boymans-Van Beuningen, 1976. Square 8°., original printed and coloured wrappers, large illustration on front cover. 100pp., including preface, introduction, 125 black/white illustrations after photographs with extensive technical data, names of artists, locations and bibliographical notes, list of literature cited in catalogue, register of artists' names cited in catalogue, table of contents. Dutch language exhibition catalogue listing and describing 125 salt-cellars throughout history. Catalogue is preceded by a preface and an introduction to the history and development of salt-cellars through the ages, the use of salt, salt and salt-cellars in [dutch] literature, the manufacture of salt-cellars and application of various materials as silver, tin, ceramics, stone-ware and glass. Good to very good copy. (some very light dogearing, some minimal shaving to extremities of wrappers).

Keywords: exhibition catalogue history development culture heritage salt-cellar salt boymans beuningen rotterdam tentoonstelling zoutvaatje zoutvat artists applied art silver tin glass stoneware ceramics