Salt & Pepper Shakers

Salt & Pepper Shakers

Salt & Pepper Shakers

Salt and pepper shakers come in a wide range of shapes and materials, as well as price.

They can determine the mood of a table setting, from elegant to whimsical.

Salt & Pepper Shakers

They are also fun to display and quality adds to the appeal.

The salt shaker was a Victorian device invented after free-flowing granular salt was developed in the mid-19^th-century.

The first glass salt shakers were made in the 1850s with Pepper Potts coming soon afterwards.

Rather like salt mills, early Salt Shakers had an agitator mechanism that brought down the lumps, a feature that reappeared in the 1960s and 70s.

Salt & Pepper Shakers

From the 1930s onwards, new methods of producing cheaper tableware led to the creation of colourful and imaginative shakers.

Many were made inexpensively in Japan and the Far East, they are easy to find and often marked foreign, you can buy them from around $20-$50.

Salt & Pepper Shakers

Most collectors follow a theme, such as figures, cartoon characters, or advertising, others collectors choose a specific maker, such as, Carlton ware, Royal Winton, midwinter, or Beswick, to name just a few, look for 1950s shakers as they are quite popular at the moment, particularly Disney characters.

Salt & Pepper Shakers

Collectors tips.

Look for animals or  birds  shapes, their wide appeal should increase the value.

Choose complete sets because trying to find a match may take many years.

I have made a small list of a few salt & pepper shakers you may like to 

Salt & Pepper Shakers

consider for your collection.

1930s to 50s Guinness salt and pepper $50-$70.

1950s  Venus shakers  $60 -$80.

 1930s Bonzo  the dog set $50-$60.

1960s wooden set $20-$40.

Salt & Pepper Shakers

1970s home prides Fred salt-and-pepper set $15-$30.

1970s Cornish where blue and white $20-$40.

Salt & Pepper Shakers

1950s Colton where vegetable set $40-$60

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1930s Beswick Laurel & Hardy $60 $90.

The above prices are just for guidance and it may be possible to pick them up cheaper.

I hope you found this page on  Salt & Pepper Shakers to be informative and helpful.

Happy hunting from the collectibles coach