Salt
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Precious and heavily taxed, salt was displayed at sixteenth-century France’s wealthiest households. This vessel for salt was possibly made for a local noble of Saintonge, where the famous potter Bernard Palissy began his experimental workshop. In 1542, Saintonge’s peasants revolted against the salt tax.
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