Our beautiful hand-crafted oak and walnut double salt cellars are a wonderful addition to any kitchen. It holds approximately 1/4 cup of salt and pepper, it ships with 1/4 cup kosher salt and coarse ground black pepper. The cover keeps the contents dry and clean and it is a pretty enough to have out on the counter.Not to be confused with something to do with your basement, a salt cellar is a container for holding and dispensing salt. It's one humankind's earliest surviving kinds of culinary vessels, having been used in kitchens continuously since Roman times!The folks at Laurel wood works hand-craft these elegant oak and walnut salt cellars just for us. The smooth-swivel wooden cover keeps the contents dry and clean, and is easy to open and close. This is a pretty enough kitchen tool to leave out on the counter or shelf all the time.