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)
