Pewter salt box? Touchmark helppp

I believe this is a wall mount salt box. Many are French. There are repros out there. Not sure if mine is original or a repro? Can’t tell if the animal on left of touchmark is a greyhound or a deer or neither. The right side a lion maybe? Any help on the mark would be appreciated.

 

lion & deer most likely....

neat item!!

 

https://en.todocoleccion.net/antiqu...angel-querubin-s-xviii-buen-estado~x429286337

 

The link Roaring posted says it is for holy oil. How big is it?

 

interior bottles...?

 

I can't see holy oils being transported in this ( you can even hang your oils on the wall !

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crismera

Crismeras usually being a bit more decorative

salt box for me too
maybe the height would help ?

if the "box" part is 10cms +- = probably matches

 

Same item here
https://www.paruvendu.fr/annonces/m...ns-gif-sur-yvette-91190/1255396633A1KBMADE000
This seller also says it's a salt box (no info on the origin/mark)

 

Thanks. Left at the very end of 2 or 3 day sale and acquired for a couple bucks. Even in those closing mins it was one of the cooler sales I’ve been to in a while. Deer lion sounds good.

 

Yeh I found things close called a few different things. Salt box for my style seemed to be a right after I averaged them all out. Watching the sunset on the porch. I’ll measure once it’s down. It’s relatively large.

 

Matches was my initial thought when I picked it up at the sale. At that point I didn’t know wall hanging salt boxes were a thing. Mine would be probably around double the size of most American cast iron wall mount match boxes I’ve see.

 

Thanks for the links guys!

 

The size and shape are right for a salt box, although I don't like the salt and pewter combo. Maybe it held a glass liner? Dutch salt boxes are usually ceramic.

Much more important than measuring boxes.

 

oops, didn't think salt + pewter

match pots can be quite large

• Hauteur : 16,5 cm
• Longueur : 14 cm
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Total dimensions 5”Lx4”Wx8”H. Could be matches it wouldn’t be shocking to me. I just saw more in this form and in pewter being called salt boxes.

 

> Everything else

I just got a little sterling/glass swan from salt cellar yesterday. The lady kept salt in it with the spoon kept in the salt for however many years/decades it had been sitting in its hutch. The spoon was not a happy camper when I found it. I have never seen how pewter reacts to salt over a long time period but I guess it’s probably not good either.

 

Whoops supposed to have been a sun emoji (sun>everything else) not sure where it went off to.

 

Don't worry, I got what you meant.

 

Pewter is tough, it can look really old even if it's just a bit old.

Just wanted to mention that I looked through two of my pewter marks books without seeing it. They were Tardy's Poinçons d´étain and Stara's Pewter Marks of the World. Always possible to miss something but didn't find anything close when I checked.

 

I think you’re right, in some cases it can be tough. Typically it will reveal itself for what it is in one way or another but not always. I appreciate you looking! If the web, users here, and your world books are all unfamiliar with the mark it will probably remain a mystery.