BERARD Olive Wood Salt Keeper with Swivel Lid — Provence, France

This beautiful salt cellar is functional art, individually carved by the skilled artisans of Berard of France who have been handcrafting individual pieces of kitchen tools and utensils from single, solid chunks of olive wood and other select woods for more than 120 years.  Carved from a single piece of the finest olive wood, this handcrafted salt keeper offers original beauty (no two are identical) and graceful curves for an elegant addition to any kitchen counter or table. The salt keeper's rounded interior holds up to a half-pound of cooking salt at a time, while its swiveling magnetic lid, with its stainless-steel hinge, swings open easily with one hand and can be pushed closed with just a tap of a finger — a nice feature when in the middle of cooking. Store any kind of salt, fresh herbs or spices inside the keeper. The more you use it, the more you will fall in love with it.   The use of wood not only brings the beauty of nature indoors, but it has also been found to be more hygien