FREE: TWO "1910" NIEKERK DUTCH sterling silver salt spoons

The listing, TWO "1910" NIEKERK DUTCH sterling silver salt spoons has ended.

TWO "1910" NIEKERK DUTCH sterling silver salt spoons ornately decorated with a Milkmaid & Milkman.
It is my understanding that NIEKERK Bros only made a few spoon patterns while they were in Groningen 1905-1927. I had 3 in my collection and these 2 are the last ones.
History...
A few hundred years ago salt used to be served like sugar in an open bowl. These salt bowls were quite small and meant for only one person to use. As a result there were several on the table during a Victorian dinner party. These salt bowls were called salt cellars and they required tiny silver salt spoons to extract the salt. These spoons were usually no more than 3 inches long with a bowl that measured around ½ an inch to ¾ inch across. Each sterling silver salt spoon was ornately decorated.

As time went by the salt cellar became obsolete and the salt spoons became antiques as well as collectors’ items.
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