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Skyway Salt and Pepper Shakers Salt And Pepper Shakers
This is a salt and pepper shakers. It was designed by Russel Wright and manufactured by Chase Brass & Copper Co.. It is dated 1939 and we acquired it in 2015. Its medium is stamped and pierced chromium-plated steel, molded plastic. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Designed by architects and an artist, the geometric forms of these salt and pepper shakers show American modernism’s affinity for simplicity. During the 1930s the emergence of aluminum and stainless steel tableware coincided with the rise of modernist designs for everyday objects. The use of these metals for tableware offered Depression-era consumers a cost-efficient alternative to silver at the dining room table. No-tarnish aluminum and stainless steel were labor saving compared to silver. The cost efficiency of the use of these metals is disguised by the fashionability of machine-age modernism on the table.
This object was
donated by
George R. Kravis II.
It is credited Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- Pancake and Corn set Pitcher, Salt And Pepper Shakers, Tray
- chrome-plated metal, glass.
- Gift of Mel Byars.
- 1991-59-116-a/f
- Drawing, Designs for Teapot, Trays and Salt Shaker
- graphite on tracing paper.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2006-16-2
- American Modern Salt Or Pepper Shaker
- ceramic.
- Gift of Paul F. Walter.
- 1991-30-41
Our curators have highlighted 9 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Salt Shaker Shaker
- aluminum alloy.
- Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- 2016-5-15-a,b
- Planter (USA)
- aluminum, wood.
- Gift of Paul F. Walter.
- 1991-30-2
- Sidewall, Constellation
- screen printed on continuous paper.
- Gift of Richard E. Thibaut, Inc..
- 1946-74-11
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (each): 3.2 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm (1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
Cite this object as
Skyway Salt and Pepper Shakers Salt And Pepper Shakers; Designed by Russel Wright ((American, 1904–1976)); Manufactured by Chase Brass & Copper Co. (United States); stamped and pierced chromium-plated steel, molded plastic; H x W x D (each): 3.2 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm (1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.); Gift of George R. Kravis II; 2015-5-9-a/d
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Energizing the Everyday: Gifts From the George R. Kravis II Collection.
