Mini Silver Salt and Peppers - Set of Six antique Japanese box or just pretty sitting around

or just pretty sitting around

as well as a white stain around part of the rim of the base

There are small nubs on opposite sides of the vessel to which a handle likely once was attached

a form traditional to Tajikistan

or all sorts of things

Mini Silver Salt and Peppers - Set of Six antique Japanese box or just pretty sitting aroundThe idea of a sit down dinner party seems a remote notion as a post these during Corona lockdown, but when the time comes, I'd like to imagine setting the table with these sweet little salt and peppers! I do think they are sterling, though have found no mark, so am pricing them as if silver plate. The tops on the peppers, which have slightly larger holes, are gold toned to contrast with the salts, and I gave them all a quick polish though they should