Pottery Salt Box and Spoon from a Maine Artisan                

Another departure from cups and bowls from the potter from Cassel by the Sea is this adorable salt holder. It is shaped like a beehive or an old fashioned bread oven. When I first saw it I thought it was a bird feeder for tiny birds. The potter said that was a nice idea and perhaps she'll try to create a bird feeder along these lines with a hole in the top for hanging and perhaps a little perch in front. The colors of this piece of pottery are evocative of a winter's day in Maine; the blue of the sky and the blue of the water of the Bay meeting. The brown and white along the top reminds me of water meeting the brown of the trees across the bay. There is a little figure on the back of a salt box which I thought was a bird but which she basically told me was a skip. It looks like it belongs though. She said this shape was a departure from her normal pieces but she would learn from  this one and go on to make others.  It is the colors of her pieces that are fascinating to me.

The spoon was found in an antique store in Bar Harbor, Maine. 

The saltbox is approximately 2 1/2 in wide by 4 in tall. All her pieces are dishwasher safe.