This would be very attractive except what you don't see in the foto of the item is the manufacturer's ugly black logo on the bottom of one side of it. It says "Vic Firth Gourmet." Ruins the nice clean white appearance. Second, it doesn't really grind the salt very well. It is only marginally better than a simple dish of coarse salt with no grinding, perhaps no better. The salt just sort of falls out of it. Note that this is not a cheap item.