page_title: Salt cellar
section_title: Collectibility
hierarchical_section_title: Salt cellar / Collectibility
caption_attribution_description: English: Open salt dish, pressed glass; Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 1830-1835. Glass exhibited in the DAR Museum, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1776 D Street NW, Washington, DC, USA.
context_page_description: A salt cellar is an article of tableware for holding and dispensing salt. In British English, the term is normally 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 classical 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 early collectible as pieces of silver, pewter, glass, etc. Soon after their role at table was replaced by the shaker, salt cellars became a popular collectible in their own right.
context_section_description: Silver, glass, china, pewter, stoneware, and other media used in the creation of tableware are collectible and have most likely been collected for centuries.  By extension, salt cellars first became collectible as pieces of silver, glass, etc.  Whether because of their commonness (and hence affordability), or the wide variety of them, or because of their slide into anachronism and quaintness, salt cellars themselves became collectible at latest by the 1930s.
  Although antique salt cellars are not difficult to find and can be very affordable, modern manufacturers and artisans continue to make salt cellars.  Reproductions are common, as are new designs that reflect current tastes.
caption: Open salt dish, pressed glass; Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 1830–1835.
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