Salt cellar - cobalt, .925 silver - Antique silver salt cellar

This object is an antique silver open salt cellar with a cobalt blue glass inner bowl. This type of tableware was especially popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly within the Georgian style in England.

The design is characterized by a refined, pierced silver frame (pierced silver) with floral motifs and a central blank shield or cartouche where a family crest or monogram was often engraved.

The frame rests on elegant ball-and-claw feet.

The contrasting blue glass not only served an aesthetic function at the time, but also protected the silver from the corrosive effects of salt.