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They were made in plain, lightweight silver such as this one but also in pewter or ceramic. Trencher salts took their name from the large piece of coarse bread or the wooden platter from which diners ate.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>Salt was highly valued as preservative and flavouring and consequently salts were among the most important pieces of metalwork in a Tudor or Stuart household. Beautiful examples made of precious metals and gems were used to show wealth and status. These small salts represent the everyday, unadorned aspect of an object with great symbolic importance.<br><br>This salt and several other pieces of domestic silver were found in 1891 by a boy chasing rabbits at Stoke Prior, near Leominster. It is a particularly interesting group as this sort of relatively simple household silver rarely survives.","physicalDescription":"A simple spool supports the well. 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Larger and more elaborate pieces, kept for special occasions or associated with weddings, were not normally used daily.","briefDescription":"Silver trencher salt, English, early 17th century","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"<i>Englesko Srebro [English silver from the Victoria and Albert Museum]</i>, Belgrade : Muzej Primenjene Umetnosti, 1980","id":"AUTH351417"},"details":"","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis small salt cellar, known as a trencher salt,  is typical of the plain, lightweight silver made for daily use. Larger, more elaborate silver was kept for special occasions. 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