It is now RATHER Rare to find an ORIGINAL *matched SET of FOUR* "Open Salts" Salt Boxes or Salt Cellars

ESPECIALLY when they RETAIN their ORIGINAL COBALT GLASS Liners 🙂

Sterling silver and lovely cobalt blue glass "open salt" *set of four*

Hallmarked =  Birmingham, year might be 1895

MAKER =  M Bros.

SIZE = Each 50 x 32mm, 

WEIGHT = 64.6 grams without glass.

A salt cellar (also called a salt, salt-box) is an article of tableware for holding and dispensing salt.

In British English, the term can be used for what in North American English are called salt shakers.

Salt cellars can be either lidded or open, and are found in a wide range of sizes, from large shared vessels to small individual dishes.

Styles range from simple to ornate or whimsical, using materials including glass and ceramic, metals, ivory and wood, and plastic.

Use of salt cellars is documented as early as ancient Rome.

They continued to be used through the first half of the 20th century

However, usage began to decline with the introduction of free-flowing salt in 1911, and at last they have been almost entirely replaced by salt shakers

Salt cellars were an early collectible as pieces of silver, pewter, glass, etc.

Soon after their role at the table was replaced by the shaker, salt cellars became a popular collectible in their own right.

British Assay Office hallmarks legally attest to AGE, Maker, & Purity = 92.5% pure Sterling Silver

Manufactured in Birmingham made in the year 1895?

PERFECT working order

130 years old and ONE has some MINOR damage 🙁

No previous owner's initials

CONDITION = there is a MINOR (easily repairable?) SEAM SEPARATION ("CRACK") shown in the last photo, and a small CRACK to one of the Cobalt Glass liners 

(I will ADD a photo of that soon)

This LOVELY matched set has been PRICED ACCORDINGLY and are OTHERWISE still a SUPERB *used* SET

HIGHLY COLLECTABLE antique items that have been impeccably CARED FOR and EXCEPT for the NOTED DAMAGE? Do remain in wonderful HEIRLOOM CONDITION.

 Exactly as seen in my close-up images which ARE the most IMPORTANT PART of my item's condition description, so do please review all images before bidding. If I have overlooked anything ? do please ask a question or request more images well before the time that my auction will end

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