Definition of Saltcellar. Meaning of Saltcellar. Synonyms of Saltcellar

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Definition of Saltcellar

Saltcellar
Saltcellar Salt"cel*lar, n. [OE. saltsaler; salt + F. sali[`e]re saltcellar, from L. sal salt. See Salt, and cf. Salary.] Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.

Meaning of Saltcellar from wikipedia

- of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Salt-cellar". Medieval and Renaissance Saltcellars Open Salt Collectors website Cracow Saltworks Museum...
- The Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures is a salt cellar in carved ivory, made in the Kingdom of Benin in West Africa in the 16th century, for the European...
- Bini-Portuguese Artist ("Master of the Heraldic Ship"), Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures, ca. 1525–1600, Nigeria, ivory, accession no. 1972.63a, b. Metropolitan...
- colored background). Saltcellars and breadboxes were significant pieces of household wares in Russian hospitality. Many of these saltcellars were carved in...
- carved items of ivory made by Benin's artisans in the form of carved saltcellars, spoons, and hunting hornspieces of African art produced for sale...
- December 13, 2022. Bernstein, Richard (January 26, 2006). "For Stolen Saltcellar, A Cellphone Is Golden". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived...
- be other ivory spoons or lidded saltcellars from the same time period and location. Ivory Lidded Saltcellar Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures "Spoon"...
- Lidded Saltcellar Year c. 15th-16th century Medium Ivory, bone Location Metropolitan Museum of Art...
- (2003). "Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper: The Case of the Overturned Saltcellar". Artibus et Historiae. 24 (48). JSTOR: 65–72. doi:10.2307/1483731. ISSN 0391-9064...
- inclusion of the human figure, which was typically absent in Portuguese saltcellars. In African art, the human figure can symbolize the living or the dead...