salt cellar with spoon, unknown maker from Sweden

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salt cellar with spoon , date unknown
Where object was made: Sweden
Material/technique: silver; glass; enamel
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): a 4 x 3.5 x 8.3 cm
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 x 3 1/4 in
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): b 1.7 x 3.1 x 5.5 cm
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 0 11/16 x 1 1/4 x 2 3/16 in
Object Length (Length): c 6.4 cm
Object Length (Length): 2 1/2 in
Credit line: Gift from the Hoffman-Cohen-Rose Collection
Accession number: 1982.0324.a,b,c
On display: Stewart Gallery

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Salt is vital to survival and the scarcity of naturally occurring salt deposits led to it becoming a popular trade commodity. Some of the earliest and most prominent salt trade routes traversed inhospitable landscapes from Morocco, through the Sahara Desert, and on to Timbuktu. Others linked Egypt, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean with the Libyan Desert. Salt was so valuable it was used as currency, traded ounce for ounce with gold in parts of Africa.

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Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2022–2027
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2022–2027

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