Salt Cellar

1907

C.F.A. Voysey , Designer Edward Barnard and Sons Ltd. , Manufacturer

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About the Artwork

The prominent Arts and Crafts architect and designer C.F.A. Voysey created this salt cellar - and its accompanying spoon - in 1907 for his home, The Orchard, in Chorley Wood, England. These tablewares remained in his possession throughout his life and with his family until their purchase by the DIA.

Voysey was known especially for his modern country houses and his designs for domestic furnishings, including textiles, ceramics, and metalwork. As superbly exemplified by the salt cellar, Voysey's three-dimensional objects are characterized by their simple profiles and understated ornament employed to enhance the natural beauty of the materials he used.

Title Salt Cellar

Artwork Date 1907

Makers C.F.A. Voysey (Designer) English, 1857-1941 Edward Barnard and Sons Ltd. (Manufacturer) English, active 1829 - 1910

Medium Silver gilt

Dimensions Overall: 2 3/4 × 4 5/16 × 4 5/16 inches (7 × 11 × 11 cm)

Classification Metalwork

Department European Modern Art to 1970

Credit Founders Society Purchase, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts General Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2000.110.1

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(Haslam and Whiteway Ltd.);
2000-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Darr, Alan. P., Brian Gallagher. "Recent acquisitions (2000-2006) of European sculpture and decorative arts at The Detroit Institute of Arts." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1251 (June 2007): p. 456, (pl. XXIII) (ill.).

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C.F.A. Voysey; Edward Barnard and Sons Ltd., Salt Cellar, 1907, silver gilt. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts General Fund, 2000.110.1.