Easter Shakes

Another very popular holiday for salt and pepper shakers is Easter. Some are very specific to the usual Easter themes, but many have more of a Spring theme. Below are three examples of those featuring a traditional Easter theme. Rabbits and bunnies are very common subject matter.

Bunny family in carrot mobile and egg trailer. Must be celebs in an Airstream. Made by OCI in China.

Not sure who made this cute rabbit and Easter egg.

Also not sure who made this cute round bunny couple in their polka-dot outfits. They were a lesson in shop-a-round however. They were featured in several antique stores and most wanted $30 (way too much!) and then they were found for $10. 

Happy Easter!

Feb/March Shakers

Believe it or not, there are salt and pepper shakers that are appropriate for President's Day. Below are an original and reproduction set featuring JFK, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, in his rocking chair.

This above photo shows the original. It was made in Japan for the Arrow Company in 1962. It is much more detailed; has finer features and a better paint job.


The reproduction is in the photo to the right and while a decent job, it is much cruder and not nearly as nice as the original. I don't know where the reproductions were made. I was able to purchase several of them from a "JFK" exhibit in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. I saw them in a window and when I went to the exhibit, they were gone. I asked what happened to them and the clerk said that they had to be removed from the gift shop as a relative of JFK saw them and said that they were not of sufficient quality or likeness to the original. The exhibit had a set of the original shakers in it.

There is a festival in Tampa that occurs every February and March, called the Gasparilla. It features a pirate invasion. So the below Mwah! shakers are perfect for this festival. This set features a pirate and his maiden.