Antique Silver Open Salts 1900 - 1920

Name: Pair of Open Salts
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1179609
Price: 365 GBP
Availability: InStock

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A pair of antique silver double open salt stands featuring central beaded handles and cut glass inserts on ball feet.

Pair of Open Salts

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Open salts are small, lidless vessels created to serve salt at table settings prior to the introduction of anti-caking agents and modern salt shakers in the early twentieth century. Popular from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, they allowed diners to pinch salt or use small silver salt spoons.

Antique open salts were commonly crafted from sterling silver, silver plate, or pewter, and frequently fitted with removable glass or cobalt blue liners. The glass liners protected the metallic framework from corrosion caused by salt contact.

Authenticity can be verified by checking for hallmarks or maker marks stamped into the silver base or handle structure. Additionally, period construction details like hand-cut glass inserts, weighted bases, and turned ball feet indicate genuine nineteenth- or early twentieth-century manufacture.

While originally designed for formal dining, open salts can be styled on a sideboard as decorative metalwork or repurposed on a dressing table to hold small items of jewellery such as rings and earrings.

Wash the glass inserts separately in warm water with mild detergent. Clean the silver framework using a soft cloth and non-abrasive silver polish, taking care to avoid harsh chemicals that could strip aged patination or plated finishes.

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