Ceramic Giraffe Salt & Pepper Shakers

Size of Each Piece:
Height: 4 inches
Width: 1 ½ inches
Length: 3 inches

This unique salt and pepper set is made out of ceramic, it has been hand painted, the set comes packaged in a wooden crate, nestled in straw, making a very cute presentation.

The History of Salt and Pepper Shakers.

Salt shakers were invented in the 19th Century. In 1858, John Mason invented the screw-top salt shaker. In the late 1800's, when salt became more refined, some ceramic shakers were molded with perforated tops. Today, shakers can be made from almost any material, such as stainless steel, plastic or wood. Salt shakers generally come in sets with a pepper shaker.

Rare & unique shakers have become collector's items over the years. There are many shakers that are sold for the sole purpose of being a collectable and will never actually be used. Glenn Ford and Bob Hope, are two famous Hollywood actors who collected salt and pepper shakers.

The Great Shaker Debate

It has come to my attention that there is a heated debate going on as to which shaker the salt goes into and which shaker the pepper goes into. I always thought it went without saying that the salt goes in the shaker with the less holes.

Flavor Camp Salt goes in the shaker with more holes because people use salt more often, and in greater amounts. This equalizes the need, making one shake roughly the same for either spice.

Flow Camp Pepper goes in the shaker with more holes because it consists of larger chunks than salt. This equalizes the flow, making one shake roughly the same for either spice.

About the Giraffe.

Early written records described the giraffe as "magnificent in appearance, bizarre in form, unique in gait, colossal in height and inoffensive in character." Ancient cultures in Africa revered the giraffe, as some modern cultures do today, and commonly depicted it in prehistoric rock and cave paintings. Unknown outside of Africa, this animal so excited man's curiosity that it was sometimes sent as a diplomatic gift to other countries; one of the earliest records tells of a giraffe going from Kenya to China in 1415. The animal was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard, a mistake immortalized in the giraffe's scientific name of Giraffa camelopardalis.

The giraffe is the tallest living animal, uniquely adapted to reach vegetation inaccessible to other herbivores. Giraffes have a distinctive walking gait, moving both right legs forward, then both left. At a gallop, however, the giraffe simultaneously swings the hind legs ahead of and outside the front legs, reaching speeds of 35 miles an hour. It has unusually elastic blood vessels with a series of valves that help offset the sudden buildup of blood (and to prevent fainting) when the head is raised, lowered or swung quickly. Giraffe "horns" are actually knobs covered with skin and hair above the eyes that protect the head from injury.