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Salt Cellar
Salt played an important role in peasant life and enjoyed pride of place alongside the bread on dinner tables and at banquets. Salt cellars were traditionally decorated with fretwork or paintwork. One of the most popular forms in northern Russia was the duck, carved from wood with a removable lid on its back.
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