salt cellar
a container for serving salt
TRANSLATION
salt cellar = das Salznäpfchen, der Salzstreuer --- GOOGLE INDEX salt cellar: approximately 200,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Grandma's SALT CELLAR collection, seasoned with love
(Los Angeles Times - News Headlines)
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This triangular SALT CELLAR is like a miniature altar dedicated to salt.
(Amsterdam Museum for Art and History)
(Los Angeles Times - News Headlines)
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This triangular SALT CELLAR is like a miniature altar dedicated to salt.
(Amsterdam Museum for Art and History)
Did you
know?
salt cellar (salt shaker, mainly U.S.)
noun
- a small container with holes in it for shaking salt on food
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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From the Middle Ages until at least the 16th century, salt was a relatively expensive commodity. It was kept at the table in elaborate vessels that were in line with this status. Medieval inventories have records of fantastic salt cellars that include figures of human beings and animals, some of which still survive.
The most famous salt cellar in the world is a gold, ebony and enamel piece made by Renaissance master Benvenuto Cellini. It has been valued at around $55 million.
It was stolen in May 2003 by a thief who used conveniently placed scaffolding to break through a first-floor window at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Austrian police pursued the thief for three years until they received a mobile phone text message that said: "Thank you for your efforts. We will get back to you shortly."
They used the text message to track down the whereabouts of the thief and recovered the Cellini salt cellar undamaged.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Would you be so kind as to pass me the salt cellar please?"
noun
- a small container with holes in it for shaking salt on food
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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From the Middle Ages until at least the 16th century, salt was a relatively expensive commodity. It was kept at the table in elaborate vessels that were in line with this status. Medieval inventories have records of fantastic salt cellars that include figures of human beings and animals, some of which still survive.
The most famous salt cellar in the world is a gold, ebony and enamel piece made by Renaissance master Benvenuto Cellini. It has been valued at around $55 million.
It was stolen in May 2003 by a thief who used conveniently placed scaffolding to break through a first-floor window at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Austrian police pursued the thief for three years until they received a mobile phone text message that said: "Thank you for your efforts. We will get back to you shortly."
They used the text message to track down the whereabouts of the thief and recovered the Cellini salt cellar undamaged.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Would you be so kind as to pass me the salt cellar please?"
