The Exeter Salt

This incredible silver-gilt model of a tower is actually a salt cellar. The body of the tower is fitted with small drawers which would have been used to hold salt and spices. It was presented to Charles II for his coronation by the Parliamentarian stronghold of Exeter, possibly as a conciliatory gift. Find out more at https://www.rct.uk/collection/31772/the-exeter-salt-the-salt-of-state