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Pair of salt and pepper shakers
Designed by: Merle F. Faber (American, 1891–1980)
Manufactured by: Merle F. Faber Products (San Francisco, CA, active 1943–1960)
Manufactured by: Merle F. Faber Products (San Francisco, CA, active 1943–1960)
made about 1943–50
Object Place: San Francisco, California
Medium/Technique
Silverplated-metal
Dimensions
Overall (each): 6 x 1.9 x 3.2 cm (2 3/8 x 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1388.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe pair of silverplated salt and pepper shakers have rectangular, columnar bodies with applied rectangular bars, a third of the width of the body, that rise, on opposing sides, almost half the height of the shakers. The perforated holes on the flat tops form an 'S' or a 'P.'
ProvenanceBy 2003, owned by Greg Nanamura (dealer), New York, New York; January 5, 2003, sold by Nanamura to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)