Salt & Pepper / Cruet Sets

The Briglin Pottery in London W1, famous for their rustic pottery and wax resist glazes, was established in 1948 by Brigitte Appleby (nee Goldschmidt) and Eileen Lewenstein.  Offered for sale here is a lovely salt and pepper set decorated using the wax-resist technique Briglin is famous for.  Both pieces are stamped to the base rims with 'BRIGLIN ENGLAND' and have their original stoppers.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  4in/10cm    Combined Weight  420g

CONDITION:  Great original undamaged condition - with no chips, cracks or hairlines.

Here is a fabulously retro shaped salt and pepper set from the West German ceramics manufacturer, W Goebel.  Glazed with a high gloss navy blue and greeny/turquoise colour (best seen in the extra photographs) these are extremely attractive and decorative items in a fabulous condition - still with their original plastic stoppers and stamped to the bases with 'W GOEBEL W GERMANY'.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  6in/15.5cm    Weight  308g

CONDITION: Great original condition with no chips, cracks or hairlines.

Dating from 1960 and designed by John Clappison for Hornsea here is the 'Spruce' tapering salt and pepper set in the turquoise and white colourway.  Attractive pieces of retro pottery they look very pretty on display.  Not marked to the base (many Hornsea salt & pepper pots weren't) but still bearing their original rubber stoppers.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  5in/13cm   Weight  170g

CONDITION:  Nice original condition with no chips, cracks or hairlines.

Dating from 1960-1965 and from the famous English pottery, Hornsea, here is a wonderful salt and pepper set and matching sugar sifter in the 'Summit' pattern in the yellow and white colourway (this range also comes in black/white, red/white and blue/white) designed by the legendary John Clappison.  Tall and elegantly tapering to the top with alternately glazed yellow and white ridges running vertically from top to bottom and still bearing their original rubber stoppers the salt and pepper pots are not marked to the bases however the sugar sifter (with a white plastic top) is fully marked with 'Hornsea, Made in England, Summit'.   I don't believe these have ever been used - they're in excellent condition and, with many salt and pepper pots that have been used you find the holes chipped from where things have been prodded into them over the years (usually a fork prong).  In this instance not only are the holes in pristine condition they are also rather too large for use - the salt pot in particular has a very large hole that would allow far too much salt out - this may well be the reason for their survival in such amazing condition.  They simply weren't practical to be used everyday and have been safely displayed instead.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height: Salt & Pepper 6.75in/17cm  Sugar Sifter 5.75in/12cm      Weight  518g

CONDITION: Gorgeous original condition with no chips, cracks or hairlines.

Sadly, this lovely little salt and pepper set isn't marked and it's a design we're so far unable to attribute to a particular factory - we're thinking they could be Scandinavian.  Decorated with the sweetest little man and lady faces these are brilliant and would make a great gift - still with their original plastic stoppers.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  2.5in/6.5cm    Weight  110g

CONDITION: Great original condition with no chips, cracks or hairlines.

These are gorgeous, extremely tactile and in a very unusual shape and date from the late 1960's/early 1970's.  Made from an oatmeal speckled stoneware in a squat globular shape with cork stoppers these are fabulous pieces of studio ceramics.  The salt pot has a raised pronounced hole whereas the pepper is flat and both pots are impressed with the letters/initials 'db' - obviously this is the artist's mark but we haven't yet been able to pin this down to a particular artist/designer.  These are just a really nice, very usuable and well-designed salt and pepper set that look as fresh today as when they were made.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Diameter  3.5in/9cm    Weight  394g

CONDITION: Great original condition with no chips, cracks or hairlines.

Cinque Ports Pottery was established in 1956 by former Rye Pottery employee, David Sharp, together with his friend George Cray.  They continued until 1964 when they parted company and George moved to The Monastery with his production being marked as such on the back-stamp.  He was very successful but handed the company over to Jim Elliot (from Iden Pottery) in the 1980's who again changed the back-stamp slightly.  So we can be certain from the back-stamp on this piece that it is George Cray's production and dates from between 1964 and the 1980's.  

Here is a lovely pottery salt and pepper set from the Cinque Ports pottery decorated with a pale blue glazed ground and a darker wax resist swirl pattern around the lower section.  The salt pot is much larger than the pepper pot and both in an unusual shape with an ovoid base and flared rim.  Still with their original rubber stoppers and marked to the bases with the circular stamp saying 'CINQUE PORTS POTTERY LTD, THE MONASTERY, RYE' although both marks are rather indistinct.  A lovely example of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height: Salt 6.75in/17cm  Pepper 4in/10cm    Weight  326g

CONDITION: Great original condition with no chips, cracks or hairlines.