The Meadow Sea Urchin Salt Cellar from Greece

Our exclusive salt cellar made by Atonis, a 5th generation potter in Sifnos, Greece. Clay is pressed into a sea urchin shell, then glazed in a beautiful array of pastel blues, pinks and greens! Ideal for presenting your most beautiful fleur de sel, flake, or Hawaiian salts at the table. Each cellar has natural variations in color and shape. We love these things! A little bit about Sifnos Stoneware: 2nd generation potter Costas Kalogirou was born in the Greek island of Sifnos. Sifnos is well known all over Greece for its long tradition in pottery and its naturally occurring flameproof clay. He learned the trade on the island and soon moved to Marousi, Athens to work full time. In a time before there was a water system in Athens, drinkable water would be delivered from Marousi to central Athens in ceramic jugs called‚ ústamnia‚ many of which would break on the way. Costas discovered there was a business in making water jugs. With the aid of his eldest son Antonis, he opened a workshop in