Tupperware Salt and Pepper Shakers with Stand
Caption
Earl Silas Tupper (American, 1907–1983). Tupperware Salt and Pepper Shakers with Stand, Polyethylene, stand: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) pepper container: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) pepper container lid: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) salt container: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) salt container lid: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Tupperware Corporation, 2004.13.4a-e.
Artist
Title
Tupperware Salt and Pepper Shakers with Stand
Medium
Polyethylene
Classification
Dimensions
stand: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) pepper container: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) pepper container lid: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) salt container: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) salt container lid: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Markings
Molded on bottom of pepper: "TUPPERWARE / 101-26" Molded on top of lid of pepper: "U.S. PAT. 2,487,400 / CAN. PAT. 463,387 / ORLANDO TUPPERWARE ® FLORIDA / MADE IN U.S.A. / 628-10" Molded on top of hinged cap of pepper: "TUPPERWARE ® / ORLANDO, FLORIDA / U.S. PAT. 2,487,400 / PATS. AND PATS. PEND. / IN OTHER COUNTRIES / MADE IN U.S.A. / 629-5" Molded on bottom salt: "TUPPERWARE ® / MADE IN U.S.A. / 101-74" Molded on top of lid salt: "TUPPERWARE / TUPPER CORPORATION / WOONSOCKET, R.I. / U.S.A. / 353-2. / U.S. PATS. 2,487,400 / CAN PATS. 463,387 / OTHER PATS. PEND." Molded on ring of salt cap: "#208 2 PAT. PEND. TUPPER!" Molded on top of salt cap: "TUPPER! / U.S. PATS. 2487400 / CAN PATS. 463387 / OTHER PATS. PEND. / #207 8 / TUPPER CORPORATION / FARNUMSVILLE, MASS. / U.S.A." Molded on underside of stand: "U.S. PAT. / D-191,837 / 493-1"
Credit Line
Gift of Tupperware Corporation
Accession Number
2004.13.4a-e
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