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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 155623, member: 360"]Salt-cellars which were gilt (fire-plated in gold) were safe to use without glass liners (gold is inert so the salt doesn't act on it), but plain silver salt-cellars corrode when in contact with salt, hence the glass bowls. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an example of what I'm talking about. Salt cellar with missing glass insert. Someone kept putting salt in it...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.hermansilver.com/salt-corrosion.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>See all the ugly black marks? That's where the salt's burned into the silver. I've seen one at a flea-market which was even worse than this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 155623, member: 360"]Salt-cellars which were gilt (fire-plated in gold) were safe to use without glass liners (gold is inert so the salt doesn't act on it), but plain silver salt-cellars corrode when in contact with salt, hence the glass bowls. Here's an example of what I'm talking about. Salt cellar with missing glass insert. Someone kept putting salt in it... [IMG]http://www.hermansilver.com/salt-corrosion.jpg[/IMG] See all the ugly black marks? That's where the salt's burned into the silver. I've seen one at a flea-market which was even worse than this.[/QUOTE]
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