# Salt

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lutma-johannes-the-elder-r2f07ab162f19a8/salt-r362105dd5f5c3e>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [LUTMA, Johannes the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lutma-johannes-the-elder-r2f07ab162f19a8>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Silver, parcel-gilt, height 24,2 cm

## Commentary

Lutma used two different techniques for a series of salt-cellars. The salt-well at the top was beaten from a single sheet of silver, and is unique. The figures below, the stem in the shape of a small boy, and the foot done in the auricular style, was cast with the lost wax technique in several versions as part of a larger series. By assembling stems and feet in different combinations he was able to produce a whole range of objects.

## Related artworks

- [Basin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lutma-johannes-the-elder-r2f07ab162f19a8/basin-detail-r4eed5ae9c6a2d4>)
- [Cartouche in auricular style](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lutma-johannes-the-elder-r2f07ab162f19a8/cartouche-in-auricular-style-rbcfe8412620f1b>)
- [Dish](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lutma-johannes-the-elder-r2f07ab162f19a8/dish-r6d09495f823f13>)
- [Ewer and basin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lutma-johannes-the-elder-r2f07ab162f19a8/ewer-and-basin-r6d691b0b6529b7>)
- [Ewer and basin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lutma-johannes-the-elder-r2f07ab162f19a8/ewer-and-basin-rb4bec4a18f5e32>)
- [Two salts](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lutma-johannes-the-elder-r2f07ab162f19a8/two-salts-rc8ca0676f96bf0>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)