Salt cellar with figures of gods and goddesses Salt vessel with gods figures; Salt vessel; enamelled on copper with a round top and bottom and a hexagonal stem. The dark background has gold ornaments. On the black interior small decorations in gold and on top a feminine bust with a laurel wreath (Minerva?). Marked; (story of) Mercury (Hermes); (story of) Juno (Hera); Apollo and the Muses; Apollo Musagetes; (story of) Venus (Aphrodite); (story of) Minerva (Pallas; Athena); Joseph Limosin; Limoges; c. 1600 - c. 1650; copper (metal); gold (metal); h 9.0 cm x d 14.0 cm d 14.0 cm