Fine Antique Georgian Style Treen Salt Shaker Lorenzen Lantz Connecticut

Connecticut

I just love the specificity of the imagery

Inside are three yellow paint-encrusted blade handles and an assortment of blades all still in good working order

the details on what are left are pretty terrific I think--like the locks of her hair

Fine Antique Georgian Style Treen Salt Shaker Lorenzen Lantz ConnecticutI have found what appears to be an exact match of this treen Georgian style salt shaker described as 18th Century Colonial (and which sold at auction, with a matching pepper shaker, for $750.) I am not sure this piece is that old I think perhaps mid to late 19th century but certainly it is very finely made, lathe turned, of a beautiful hardwood. I have also found "muffineers" of the same style, used for sprinkling cinnamon or sugar on muffins; I