Antique Cerebos Table Salt Tin with Boy and Chick made in brazil and demonstrating the wonderful ingenuity

and demonstrating the wonderful ingenuity and design sensibilities of their makers

inexpensive frame measuring 11”x14”

There is a tiny hairline crack that runs from the lip about 1/3 of the way down the side of the vessel--this is documented in the photos

There would once have been a panel that slid down in a groove in front of the drawers to "close" them in

The surface of this piece is beautifully weathered to smoothness

Antique Cerebos Table Salt Tin with Boy and Chick made in brazil and demonstrating the wonderful ingenuityI 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