Topic: Walsh opalescent thorn vase with flint feet

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I've been looking this up for something else, and this information doesn't add to the thread but explains my question regarding the shell being a salt further up the thread.
I still feel these glass nautilus shells were created as salts 

These are a pair of silver nautilus shell salts with their original spoons in their original box c. 1850
http://www.spencermarks.com/items/h211.html

and this is a wiki explanation of how salts were used at the table
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_spoon
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