AI Overview
This item is a vintage
glass open salt cellar
(or salt holder) with an intaglio-style design of a Scottish Terrier.
Product Details
Type:
Open salt cellar or salt dish.
Material:
Clear pressed glass, possibly crystal.
Design:
Features a detailed, reverse-engraved (intaglio) image of a Scottish Terrier, a popular motif in the 1930s-1950s.
Era:
These types of Art Deco glass items, often from Czechoslovakia (Bohemia), typically date back to the 1930s or 1940s.
Shape:
It has a small, octagonal or rectangular, beveled shape.
Use:
Open salts were used to hold table salt, which diners would pinch from the dish during meals.