Antique pottery open salt cellar box is in great is a
beautiful mustard yellow, & white vertical lines in
affects the closing of the lid. No indication of
maker.
Measurements. 6in. wide, 5 3/4in. tall &
3 1/2in.deep.

History Of Open Salt Containers:
expensive. The necessity for a receptacle in which
to serve the salt resulted in the first open salt, a
crude, hand carved, wooden trencher. As timed
passed, salt When salt was first mined, the supply
was limited and receptacles were refined in style
and materials. In the 1500's both master and
individual salts existed. By the 1700's firms such
as Meissen, Waterford, and Wedgewood were
making glass, china and porcelain salts. Open
salts were the only means of serving salt until the
appearance of the shaker in the lated 1800's.