The Sea Horse Salt Cell gets its 15 minutes....and beautiful photographs used in its glory....as a salt cell. It also comes in handy as in ink well for illustrators. Thanks to Cherry Blossom Girl Blog. Inspirations from this cell are from Benvenuto Cellini, mannerist master. Most of his work was melted, while he loved creating beautiful objects for his patrons, he also had a penchant for the equivalent of bar fighting of his day, backtalking to cardinals, and swashbuckling and was known to melt most of his metal for battles. A true Renaissance man, he created timeless sculptures of Perseus slaying Medusa for the Piazza Del Signore in Florence. The infamous salt cell was stolen. Operas were made. His legend as a master metalsmith, swashbuckler, author, creator of highly valued stolen objects continues... in life and in his homages like Flotsam and Jetsam's salt cell.
