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Description

Early Victorian salt box

Lift up lid

Quality Pine

Wall hanging or table top

Date of Manufacture

Courtyard Antiques has dated this Wooden Salt Box to the 19th Century.

Physical Dimensions

Height

31cm (12.20")

Width

23cm (9.06")

Depth

18cm (7.09")

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA951455

Dealers Internal Reference

C6194

Dealers Notes

Always a varied selection of Windsor kitchen chairs in stock.

Delivery arranged to most UK destinations.

Enquiries replied to within an hour - please check junk file otherwise.

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NB We no longer ship to USA.

Description

Early Victorian salt box

Lift up lid

Quality Pine

Wall hanging or table top

Date of Manufacture

Courtyard Antiques has dated this Wooden Salt Box to the 19th Century.

Physical Dimensions

Height

31cm (12.20")

Width

23cm (9.06")

Depth

18cm (7.09")

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA951455

Dealers Internal Ref

C6194

About the Dealer

Courtyard Antiques

Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2009

Specialist supplier of windsor farmhouse country kitchen dining chairs

Dealer Profile

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Courtyard Antiques

Telephone 07581 457 143

Location

Unit 15
Upcott Farm
Bicknoller
Taunton
West Somerset
TA4 4EY
United Kingdom

Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/courtyard

Verified Since Jul 2009

Items For Sale 86

Items Sold 2,847

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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing

ObjectStorage Containers
Period19th century
StyleRustic Farmhouse
MaterialPine, Oak
ColourWarm Brown
MotifsSloping hinged lid, Shaped backplate, Suspension aperture, Plinth base
SizeH 31 cm (12 in) x W 23 cm (9 in) x D 18 cm (7 in)

FAQs

Historically, salt boxes were essential kitchen containers designed to keep hygroscopic salt dry near the hearth before the advent of modern domestic climate control.

These items were typically constructed from domestic hardwoods or softwoods such as pine, oak, or elm, utilising dovetail joints, pegged construction, and hinged sloping lids.

Authenticity is identified through period-appropriate hand-cut joinery, historic hardware such as brass or iron hinges, tool marks, and natural patina resulting from decades of use.

Mounting the piece on a kitchen wall or placing it on a countertop introduces historic texture and functional warmth to contemporary or rustic culinary spaces.

Preservation involves dusting with a dry microfibre cloth and periodically applying microcrystalline wax to nourish the wood without stripping its historic finish.