Antique Cerebos Table Salt Tin with Boy and Chick home decorating 9" wide x 8 1/4"

9" wide x 8 1/4" deep x 8 7/8" tall

--on the bottom in a calligraphic manner that I have not been able to decipher

and by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) had become one of its most appreciated art forms

and the betel box was an important object

Because it is so beautiful

Antique Cerebos Table Salt Tin with Boy and Chick home decorating 9" wide x 8 1/4"I just love the little boy in blue and white striped jumper pouring salt on a chicken on the front of the vintage Cerebos salt tin, circa 1920s. Established in 1894, Cerebos is an English brand of salt which continues to be sold in Europe, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The brand's enduring slogan, "See how it runs" refers to the salt's fineness and anti caking agents. The icon of the boy and chick derives from an old nursery rhyme saying