Tuscany Pepper Mill

• Artist: Karim Rashid (Designer)
• Medium: Stainless steel
• Geographical Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
• Dates: 1996
• Dimensions: 12 x 2 x 2 in. (30.5 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm)
• Markings: Impressed inside bottom on metal disk: "STAINLESS / STEEL" Incised inside bottom on rectangular plate: "Nambe Studio / 6144"
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 18, Shelf F
• Accession Number: 1999.27.2
• Image: 1999.27.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Highly polished stainless steel "Tuscany" pepper mill; hourglass shape tapering gradually from bottom, reaching its narrowest point just below the moveable piece that operates the grinder, then expanding more sharply outward to the top. Top is domed, with a small cylindrical finial in the center. CONDITION: Small pit or scratch on top of finial, very minor scratches overall.