Silverplate Muffineer or Salt Shaker

I have a nice Refield and Rice shaker. Not sure if it is a mongrammed muffineer of a salt shaker. Stands 5" tall and the cap unscrews.

 

Pretty!
5" tall seems rather big for a salt shaker so I'm leaning towards sugar caster/muffineer.
(Some sources say muffineers are small versions of sugar casters. Some say muffineers are for sugar, some say they are for salt. Sheesh!)

 

Thanks Bluumz.

 

Too big for salt. I vote for sugar shaker. Rare to see one with a handle

 

'Muffineer' as a term for sugar shakers/casters/dredgers seems to have started in America around 1900, prior to that were usually called 'sugar shakers' or occasionally 'sugar sifters', a term usually used for a pierced sugar spoon. The typically British 'muffineers' were smaller shakers used for salt, pepper, and other spices...

Some similar tankard-like 'sugar sifters':






Sugar casters and muffineers:







~Cheryl