The item in the image is a type of small dish commonly referred to as a salt dip or an open salt cellar. Such items are typically small, individual dishes used to hold a single serving of salt at each person's place setting during a meal.  This is a set of eleven salt dips.

There was a time when salt cellars played an important role on the dining table for the host or hostess.  As a result of it being such an expensive commodity several hundred years ago, salt was seen as a luxury and it was the well to do that made salt cellars quite fashionable & a status symbol for the home.  A single salt cellar usually sat at the head of the table and was passed around throughout the meal.  The closer one sat to the salt cellar, the more important one was deemed by the head of the household.  Smaller cellars that were more accessible and with an open top became a part of Victorian table settings.  Fast forward to the 20th century when salt was no longer a luxury and when anti caking agents were added to make salt free-flowing, and one begins to see salt cellars fall out of fashion. 

Measures:   0.5" high by 2.5" wide by 2.5" deep

Condition:   Excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs.

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