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1958.70

ID Number: 1958.70
Category: T&E For Materials
Sub-category: food service T&E
Item Name: saltcellar
Materials: GLASS
Description: .1 and .2 pressed glass; clear; cylindrical interior, bottom rounded; convex exterior; diamond design on bottom and four-leaf clover; prisms
History: larger salt dishes such as these were known as "salt dips" and were used singly or in pairs or at each place on the table. Salt dips, especially glass ones were common in the United States during the nineteenth century although smaller individual salt cellars replaced them by the 1880's.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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American subject

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