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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 251497, member: 2844&quot;]Trade, auction houses and antique guides use both terms for both the open salt &#039;dishes&#039; and the closed salt dispensers. So salt and salt cellar are both correct. Here is an example of a site that uses both terms for both items:</p><p><a href="http://www.worksunlimited.com/saltspoons.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worksunlimited.com/saltspoons.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.worksunlimited.com/saltspoons.htm</a></p><p>Complicated, I know, but this is even more complicated, Cellini&#039;s famous salt cellar:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-ul8Sv88t3Kw%2FVdnH759DAiI%2FAAAAAAAEzkI%2FJwVPBfStxgY%2Fs1600%2FBenvenuto%252BCellini%252BSaliera%252Bor%252BSalt%252BCellar%25252C%252B1540-1543%252BTutt%252527Art%252540%252B%2525289%252529.jpg&amp;sp=a2dd87b4846d5ccf6278b019fdca89af" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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