PENMART01 wrote:

>>ThunderbirdNewbie echoed:
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>>PENMART01 wrote:
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>>
>>>>"Gini"
>>>>
>>>>It sounds like you are looking for what is referred to as a "salt box."
>>
>>They
>>
>>>>were very common
>>>>at the turn of the last century and are probably reproduced today. They are
>>>>usually porcelain
>>>>or lithographed tin and may be covered (hinged) or uncovered. They were
>>>>frequently hung
>>>>on the wall near the stove but some were made as shelf sitters. You can
>>
>>find
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>>>>vintage/antique
>>>>salt boxes in antique stores or online at eBay.
>>>
>>>
>>>Actually "saltbox" is an architectural style (a frame dwelling with two
>>
>>stories
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>>>in front and one behind and a roof with a long rear slope) ... the salt
>>>container you're thinking of is called a "saltcellar"... larger ones used
>>
>>in
>>
>>>the kitchen, smaller ones for table use... nowadays the saltcellar has
>>
>>evolved
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>>>such that it has a cap with holes.
>>
>>Also salt pigs. . . Cute little open fronted ceramic pieces
>
>
> Too late.
>
That's right. The salt pig was in the second house the wolf blew down,
wasn't he/it?


jim