Salt and pepper shakers

Name/Title

Salt and pepper shakers

Entry/Object ID

9056

Description

These are two sets of salt and pepper shakers. They're done in the craft style called Scoubidou. Scoubidou was a craft style popular in the 60s. It involves taking a glass bottle and then wrapping the bottle in colored plastic threads to create a colorful, almost like a macramé style decoration on the bottles. Disguising the original purpose of the bottles to create a new household ornament or productive household kitchenalia Pair of Scoubidou-style salt and pepper shakers, glass bottles with hand-woven coloured plastic coverings and perforated screw-on shaker tops. Mid-20th century. European-style craft, provenance/location of manufacture unknown.