| Accession # | 2004.13.4a-e |
|---|---|
| Artist | Earl Silas Tupper |
| Title | Tupperware Salt and Pepper Shakers with Stand |
| Medium | Polyethylene |
| 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) |
| Marks | 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 |
| Location | Visible Storage: Case 19, Shelf O (Pewter) |
| Description | Cylindrical blue plastic lidded pepper shaker and cylindrical yellow plastic lidded salt shaker in white plastic stand with four tall feet. Pepper shaker widens to top and has 3 interior ridges. "PEPPER" printed in gold on outside. Translucent plastic cover for pepper is very short cylinder that fits over top rim of shaker and has another smaller short cylinder rising from its center with 7 holes in a ring on the recessed top of second cylinder. A plastic cap snaps over the interior cylinder and is attached by a hinge to the larger cylinder. Salt shaker has same form as pepper but is yellow in color and "SALT" is printed in silver on it. Lid for salt is same as pepper lid but hinged cap is attached to a band of plastic fitting around the smaller interior cylinder. Stand of white opaque hard plastic is raised on 4 tall splayed feet with two rings attached to center to hold salt and pepper shakers, center is topped by conical ridged handle/finial. Condition: Good. Wear from use, silver printing of "SALT" worn. |
