EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF TRIANGULAR SALT CELLARS, FRANCE, CIRCA 1600 in pewter with semi-spherical reserves, decorated in high relief with Indian masks, fruit falls and rows of pearls. They stand on three claw feet. A Lyon or Franche-Comté provenance is highly plausible. AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF TRIANGULAR SALT CELLARS, FRANCE, CIRCA 1600 8,30 x 12,20 CM - 3,3 x 4,8 IN. These salt cellars are a magnificent example of "Edelzinn" production inspired by the Italian Renaissance, and to our knowledge are the first to be found in pairs. Museography An almost identical example is in the Grassi Museum in Leipzig. Bibliography For a similar example: - Catalogue Ph.Boucaud, 1996, N° 23018 - Les étains de la collection Ritleng" by R.Forrer, published in 1905. Other simpler models of the same shape are reproduced in the following works: - Artcurial sale catalogue, lot 28014 - Les étains" by Ph. Boucaud and Cl.Frégnac - Tin door de Eeuwen" by AJG.Verster