Weird Object Friday: Week Three

My mother displayed this silver salt dish featuring a cherub pushing a wheelbarrow, in her formal living room for many years. My sister Rosemary remembers that it originally belonged to our grandmother Irma. I searched for this specific piece on the net and sadly came up with nothing. Here is what wikipedia has to say about salt dishes in general.


" Salt dishes, are not cellars at all, but an open dish, without a lid, that was used by wealthy families from the middle ages until WW II. The bowl, along with a very small spoon, was passed to guests by the head of the household. It is still possible to find salt cellars today, but they are not used as table decorations."