Green Opaque Salt Shaker

Glassware

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Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

Name/Title

Green Opaque Salt Shaker

Description

Salt shaker, round; opaque green; pinecone pattern; screw tin lid; 4 section mold marks.

Use

by the donor's parents, John Charles (1864-1961) and Mary Crafton Diewert (1863-1929), in 1893.

Context

According to the donor, the parents never kept salt on the shaker because living on the farm they bought barrel salt for animal and table use; barrel salt was coarse and couldn't be grated fine enough for the holes in the lid.

Collection

Mabel D. Bobbit

Acquisition

Accession

1983.019

Source or Donor

Mabel Deiwert Bobbitt

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1893

Time Period

19th Century

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 9, 2001

Create Date

February 9, 2001

Update Date

April 4, 2025