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ANTIQUE #SA1091025

Lignum Vitae Salt

£495    $660    €588
In the finest homes across Europe, table salts were the art of the greatest goldsmiths and silversmiths of their time. In the homes of the more common yeoman, salts were likely to be made of wood; treen. In this example is a turned Lignum Vitae table salt, English, late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, the block of wood considerately chosen to make the most of the contrasting heart wood and sap wood.
 
3 7/8 in dia x 2 ½ in high
 
Lignum Vitae; wood of life; the name by which this wood was known from early in the 16th century, due largely to the belief that its sawdust could be taken as a curative, especially of the pox. By the end of this same century, the great advantages of turning this wood were well understood and the difficulties of turning such a hard wood had been overcome by those who needed to know.
 
 
Internal Reference: 5460
Antique Number: SA1091025
Dateline of this antique is 1900
Antique #SA1091025, shown on this page, originates from 1900. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1900
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