# Two salt-cellars with satyrs

- By: Adam van Vianen (I) (Utrecht, 1568–1627)
- Date: 1621
- Medium: silver (metal)
- Classification: salt (condiment vessel)
- Dimensions: diameter 11.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-1960-16-A--329f493bbab88c67352cd5f6bb90ab08)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/QSBXW/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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Throughout the ages, salt was treated with respect: it was expensive and was ascribed curative properties. Salt-cellars were thus often ornate works of art fashioned from costly materials. These salts have a basic triangular shape. Each corner consists of a satyr or faun, a mythological creature with a human body and the legs, ears and horns of a goat.