salt spoon

His hand fiddled with the small salt spoon on the table.

A salt spoon is a miniature utensil used with an open salt cellar for individual service.

Tiny salt spoons appear in the 17th century, and in increasing numbers as the use of trencher salts increased.

Mary Elwyn's silver pickle fork and salt spoon both have intricately patterned handles set with pearls.

Also available are numerous cigar boxes, priced from $490 to $1,230, and tiny items such as salt spoons, costing $17 to $42.

The food was either dipped into the small individual salt cellars or was scooped out with the small salt spoons and sprinkled over the food.

Due to these changes in the processing of salt for consumer use, the open salt cellar and its accompanying salt spoon have become largely obsolete, having been replaced by the everyday salt shakers.

"We cannot see how the definitions could be more specific," he observed, "and the remote possibility that they could apply to an antique salt spoon or a woman's pipe does not require a finding of vagueness."

Before long, I was browsing the antiques mall downstairs, where the choice collectibles included a 1950's baby stroller, a pie safe with "glue chip" glass doors, vintage tassel dolls, Toby jugs and salt spoons.

One gem of a discovery was a boldly shaped salt spoon made by Samuel Minott of Boston in about 1775 - the earliest American salt spoon that Mr. Kossack ever found for sale.

On view is a panoply of objects ranging from a Roman bottle dating from the fifth century A.D. and priced at $100, to a pair of George III silver salt spoons for $72, to Impressionist paintings upward of $2 million.