Antique Treen Pear Wood Salt or Spice Shaker

Object Description

A most attractive pear wood salt or spice shaker, having a screw top with five apertures that unscrews for filling purposes. The bulbous body is raised on a shallow angled foot and the whole has an excellent colour and patination.

Object History

Ex Deeley Collection

Object Literature

illustrated in A History of Cooking Through the Ages by Robert Deeley and Philip Drury on page 265.

Object Details