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Up for sale is a charming curated lot of vintage novelty and souvenir salt and pepper shakers. This unique mix includes an impressive assortment of materials featuring highly collectible mid-century ceramics with original maker labels, painted wood figures, and polished metal pieces. Perfect for collectors, resellers, or adding some retro kitsch to your kitchen.
Lot Highlights & Detailed Breakdown:
• Napco Set: Features the stylized, abstract animal shakers (one green accented, one pink accented) complete with the original silver foil "A Napco Ceramic JAPAN" manufacturer sticker intact on the base.
• Enesco Set: Includes the tall, sleek mid-century modern black cats with gold accents, boasting the iconic original red and gold foil "Enesco JAPAN" import sticker on the underside.
• Mid-Century Ceramics: Includes the highly collectible long-haired fluffy white cats with blue eyes, matching brown bear cubs with bibs, a cute squirrel clutching a nut, a ceramic skunk family set, and a pair of glossy red tomatoes.
• Deer & Wildlife Sets: Features a beautiful glazed amber/brown ceramic buck and doe set (clearly stamped with the original "Japan" label on the bottom base), alongside a distinct bright yellow spotted plastic or ceramic deer pair.
• Novelty & Turned Wood: Assortment of rustic souvenir items, including miniature outhouses, rustic tree trunks with travel text markings ("Royal Gorge Colo"), miniature turned wood butter-churn / barrel-style shakers labeled "Tomahawk", and small pear shapes.
• Specialty Pieces: A unique pair of miniature metal nesting birds sitting in metallic base structures with vibrant red accents (marked for Great Smoky Mountains).
Condition Details:
These are authentic vintage and used estate items. They are being sold in "As-Is" condition. Pieces show expected signs of age and shelf wear, including surface scuffs, minor paint wear, and typical crazing on some of the older ceramic pieces. Most pairs retain their original cork, plastic, or rubber stoppers, as shown in the close-up bottom photos.
Please carefully review all the provided photographs for precise dimensions against the ruler baseline and a detailed visual look at the exact condition of every piece in this listing, including the original foil branding stickers.
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