Pair of Glass Salt Dips
Credit LineGift of Mr. George Bycraft, London, Ontario, 1963
Object number1963.003.093
Label TextThese are salt dips or cellars, articles of tableware for holding and dispensing salt. Salt cellars are known to have been used as early as in ancient Rome and continued to be used through the first half of the 20th century. Before the introduction of free-flowing salt in 1911, salt cellars were the best way to dispense salt. With the addtion of anti-caking agents in salt, however, salt shakers began to salt cellars.
NameSaltcellar
