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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 3955187, member: 111&quot;]It&#039;s a really sweet piece, and would certainly serve well as a pounce pot or sander, but believe it&#039;s more likely a shaker - the well on pounce pots and sanders are usually more typically concave, or less often, with a flared rim, the curved slope helpful in directing the excess pounce or blotting sand.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a stand with very similar shakers by George Fox, London, 1864:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/tableware/victorian-english-sterling-silver-cruet-set-george-fox-1864/id-f_16150051/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/tableware/victorian-english-sterling-silver-cruet-set-george-fox-1864/id-f_16150051/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/tableware/victorian-english-sterling-silver-cruet-set-george-fox-1864/id-f_16150051/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]323451[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And another, also by George Fox, London, 1877:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.chiswickauctions.co.uk/auction/lot/276-a-victorian-sterling-silver-novelty-breakfast-cruet-london-1877-by-george-fox/?lot=126880" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.chiswickauctions.co.uk/auction/lot/276-a-victorian-sterling-silver-novelty-breakfast-cruet-london-1877-by-george-fox/?lot=126880" rel="nofollow">https://www.chiswickauctions.co.uk/auction/lot/276-a-victorian-sterling-silver-novelty-breakfast-cruet-london-1877-by-george-fox/?lot=126880</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]323454[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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