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Manufacture Jacques Hustin - Spice box - 1st half of the 17th century, Bordeaux<br/> &copy;  madd-bordeaux - L. Gauthier
Manufacture Jacques Hustin - Spice box - 1st half of the 17th century, Bordeaux
© madd-bordeaux - L. Gauthier
object n°15

Spice box

Gift of Eulalie Gouzenne, 1959 - Inv 59.7.3

This spice box from the first half of the 18th century is the work of the Bordeaux factory founded by Jacques Hustin. It is a tin-glazed earthenware with a grand feu decoration, i.e. a ceramic covered with a tin oxide glaze on which the decoration is applied. The whole thing is fired in one go at high temperature. The tin glaze is thick and waterproof and is particularly suitable for preserving spices...

object n°15 (pdf)

previous objects of the month

object n°16
Gift of the Viscount of Pelleport-Burète, 1927 - Inv 1085
object n°15
Gift of Eulalie Gouzenne, 1959 - Inv 59.7.3
object n°14
Gift of the Association of Friends of the Hôtel de Lalande, 1991 - Inv 91.2.6
object n°13
Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1975 - Inv 75.3.10
object n°12
Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1958 - Inv 58.1.11 350
object n°11
Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1959 - Inv 59.3.1
object n°10
Fnac deposit, 2009 - Inv D 2009.3.6
object n°09
Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1986 - Inv 86.3.1 & 86.3.2
object n°08
Gift of Viscount and Viscountess Alain de Baritault du Carpia, 2012 - Inv 2012.5.1 & 2012.5.2
object n°07
XVIIth century
object n°06
1767
object n°05
XVIIe siècle
object n°04
Legs d'André Lataillade, 1969 - Inv 69.3.198 & 69.3.199
object n°01
CAPC depot