Weird Object Friday 3
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."
Certainly not as scary as boulder man! Does the wheel actually turn, so you can push little cupid down the table to the next saltless dinner guest?
Comment by Margaret — February 29, 2008 @ 10:29 pm
Yes indeed!
Comment by admin — February 29, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
cool! Did you ever use it, or did your Mom keep it out for decoration only?
Comment by Margaret — February 29, 2008 @ 11:33 pm
I never saw it used. I didn’t even know what it was until I started researching it last week. I emailed my dad and my sister for more information but they didn’t know much either. I wish I could have asked my mom. She was the one who would have known..
Comment by admin — March 1, 2008 @ 8:12 am
I love it!! I don’t think it’s weird at all. It’s beautiful. That’s a treasure, hang on to that one.
Jessica
Comment by Jessica — March 1, 2008 @ 8:28 am
I believe it quite a bit more sophisticated and even dainty than my sister’s boulder man. They would not go well together.
Comment by Ben — March 1, 2008 @ 11:30 am