Salt

This Ana Inciardi mini print depicts a classic glass salt shaker rendered entirely in graphite pencil on white paper. The shaker sits slightly angled, showing its faceted glass body tapering from a wide base up to a narrower neck. A dark metal screw-on lid with perforated holes crowns the top, drawn with careful attention to its octagonal edges and the small openings used for pouring.

Shading along the sides of the glass conveys transparency and volume, while the interior appears light and open, suggesting the container is filled. The artist's signature and the word "Salt" appear in handwritten graphite at the bottom of the composition. Salt shakers became a common fixture on American dining tables through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, often produced in paired sets alongside pepper shakers.

The faceted glass diner-style shaker depicted here is one of the most widely recognized forms of the object. Collectors are drawn to this print for its quiet, precise observation of an object so ordinary it often goes unnoticed. The restraint of working entirely in pencil gives the piece a contemplative, almost classical quality that sets it apart from Inciardi's color-forward subjects.

It pairs naturally with her other food prints, and collectors who focus on her kitchen and table subjects frequently seek it out as an anchor piece within that grouping. The straightforward composition places full attention on the object itself, and the handwritten label below the drawing adds a personal, almost inventory-like character that many collectors find compelling across her catalog.