antique Weidlich Brothers (WB Mfg Co) salt cellar, likely from the early 1900s. It is a model in their pattern #3853 and features an embossed silver-plated frame with a removable cobalt blue glass insert.
Material: Silver plate exterior with a cobalt blue glass liner.
Period: Early 1900s (Victorian/Art Nouveau era).
Purpose: Open salt cellars (or salt dips) were used at the dinner table to hold and serve salt, a commodity once considered a status symbol. The glass liner was necessary because salt corrodes silver.