芥末锅 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	芥末锅
品名（英）	Mustard pot
入馆年号	1968年，68.141.187
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Alexis Micalef【1726 至 1818】
创作年份	公元 1762 - 公元 1768
创作地区
分类	金属制品银（Metalwork-Silver）
尺寸	高: 4 1/2 英寸 (11.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	在十八世纪，芥末以干粉或与醋混合形成糊状或酱汁在餐桌上供应。干粉装在一个未刺穿的脚轮中，或装有可拆卸的套筒，以堵住孔。博物馆收藏的大部分芥末罐都是用来将调味品混合成酱汁的;它们采用小罐的形式，与带嘴的带盖牛奶罐几乎没有区别。一些带盖的锅有一个开口，可以容纳一个小勺子。银匠亚历克西斯·米卡莱夫（Alexis Micalef）（48.187.132;48.187.279;和68.141.187）制作的三个芥末罐都展示了洛可可的圆形，性感的形式，但这是MMA重要收藏中唯一一个由镀银制成的。到18世纪中叶，芥末罐也用瓷器制成。事实上，巴黎奢侈品经销商的日记和库存，即Marchand Merciers，逐项列出了由陶瓷制成的芥末罐比银制成的芥末罐多得多，并且经常被列为具有高原和勺子。这些很少在银中幸存下来，尽管一些贵金属的例子有一个匹配的高原，正如Marchands仁慈者的账簿中所记录的那样。
介绍（英）	During the eighteenth century, mustard was served at the table either as a dry powder or mixed with vinegar to form a paste or sauce. The dry powder was contained in a caster left un-pierced or fitted with a removable sleeve that blocked the holes. Most of the mustard pots in the Museum’s collection were made to serve the condiment mixed into a sauce; they take the form of a small jug barely distinguishable from a lidded milk jug with a spout. Some lidded pots have an opening to accommodate a small spoon. The three mustard pots in the collection made by the silversmith Alexis Micalef (48.187.132; 48.187.279; and 68.141.187) all display the rounded, voluptuous forms of the Rococo but this is the only one in the MMA’s significant collection to be made of silver gilt. By the mid-18th century, mustard pots were also made in porcelain. Indeed, the journals and inventories of the Paris luxury dealers, the marchand merciers, itemize many more mustard pots made of ceramics than of silver, and often were listed as having a plateau and a spoon. Rarely do these survive in silver, although some precious metal examples had a matching plateau as recorded in the account books of the marchands merciers.