Salt spoon

[citation needed] It is a historical and nostalgic item from a time before table salt was free-flowing, as it is today.

They can be found in a wide range of materials including glass, Sterling silver, plastic, wood, ivory, bone and shell.

[2] Salt absorbs moisture from its surroundings, and had a tendency to clump together into one large lump.

It was then broken up with a knife handle or other utensil and placed into smaller, individual salt cellars, often matching the larger one in design.

[citation needed] In the early 1930s, a process was developed which coats each grain of salt with the anti-caking agent and keeps them from sticking together.