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shaker, salt

human history
  • Other Name

    Salt cellar from RMS Niagara sunk in NZ waters on 19 June 1940, WW2 (descriptive name)

  • Description

    glass salt cellar with metal lid

    salt cellar from RMS Niagara, sunk during WW2; dome shaped metal [lead] lid, screw on, dented, ten holes in lid; Hazel Atlas logo "HA" on base; painted on side in red: "R M S / NIAGARA / FROM / GOLD GRAB / "FOREMOST 17".

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    1969.162
  • Other Id

    42082 (ethnology)

  • Department
salt shaker

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