Lutma used two different techniques for a series of salt-cellars. The salt-well at the top was beaten from a single sheet of silver, and is unique. The figures below, the stem in the shape of a small boy, and the foot done in the auricular style, was cast with the lost wax technique in several versions as part of a larger series. By assembling stems and feet in different combinations he was able to produce a whole range of objects.
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