S/5226 Antique Treen Pear Wood Salt or Spice Shaker of the Georgian Period

A most attractive pear wood salt or spice shaker, having a screw top with five apertures that unscrews for filling purposes. The bulbous body is raised on a stepped and vertical foot and the whole has an excellent colour and patination.

Ex Deeley Collection and illustrated in A History of Cooking Through the Ages by Robert Deeley and Philip Drury on page 257, 260 and 265.

Sold 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.,) High
2¼ in. (6 cm.) Diameter English Circa 1800