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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 146614, member: 111&quot;]It&#039;s a salt, fairly common form, especially in Russian silver, it&#039;s unlikely there was a glass liner, and the interior may or may not have been gilt - salt only damages silver if left to gather moisture.&nbsp; While gilding or a liner would certainly be desired, many silver salts were sold with plain interiors, sometimes offered with optional gilding, and often those with gilt interiors right next to others without on a catalog page.&nbsp; Etiquette and household guides, as well as ladies&#039; magazines advised removing the salt from the cellars after use, though I&#039;m sure it was also just common knowledge...</p><p><br /></p><p>Faberge should bear the proper marks, there were somewhere around 40 workshops that provided precious metal goods for Faberge - and the marks are so commonly faked that the term &#039;Fauxberge&#039; has been coined.&nbsp; Russian silver is a complicated field, filled with intricacies, and complicated by the morass of fakes and forgeries - even among those who are well-schooled, differing opinions are common.&nbsp; Faberge did produce similar salts, one can be seen in the 1893 Faberge catalog on the link below, first pic on the Sept. 12, 2011 post, second row, third from right - it&#039;s #53 on the last page shown on the Sep. 09, 2011 post, described as &#039;Salt cellar, silver, matte&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&amp;t=25506" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&amp;t=25506" rel="nofollow">http://925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&amp;t=25506</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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