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Tableware > Casters

Preferred term

Casters  

Definition

  • Small perforated containers of varying shape and material, either made as one piece with holes in the top and filled through a corked or otherwise plugged hole in the bottom, or made as two pieces with a threaded stopper or screw cap; used for sprinkling sugar, salt, mustard or other spices, especially at the table [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bottles, caster
  • Castors, containers
  • Cruets, casters
  • Dredgers, casters
  • Shakers, casters
  • Sifters, casters

Notation

  • 117696

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-VF2T3XJ9-H

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