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 Iordache Gabriel
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| General Description : | Series: Art Objects; The Cellini Salt Cellar (in Vienna called the Saliera) is a part-enamelled gold table sculpture. It depicts a male figure representing the sea and a female figure that represents the earth. A small vessel meant to hold salt is placed next to the male figure. It was modelled and cast by the Italian sculptor and goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini for Francis I of France sometime between 1539 and 1543. |
| Face value | 3.50 öS - Austrian schilling |
| Catalog code (Michel) | AT 1357 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number AT 892; Yvert et Tellier AT 1186; Stanley Gibbons AT 1607; AFA number AT 1257; ANK AT 1387 |
| Series | Obiecte de artă - Austria 1971 |
| Place in series | 3 |
| Stamp colour | Multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 2.900.000 |
| Issue date | 22/03/1971 |
| Designer | Adalbert Pilch | Alfred Nefe (E) |
| Paper type | Stamp |
| Print technique | Photogravure and Recess |
| Perforation | comb 14 |
| Height | 40.00 mm |
| Width | 33.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
![Austria #Mi1357 MNH 1971 Saliera C 1541 Benvenuto Cellini [892]](https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/3hUAAOSwoIZlFeZr/s-l225.jpg)
