Two owl shaped shakers. Silver and glass.
pepper shakers
saltshakers
silver (metal)
glass (material)
Vessel, Condiment
Shaker, Pepper
Shaker, Pepper
Sarah Orne Jewett used these as inspiration for her story "The Peper-Owl" published in June, 1876, in St. Nicholas Magazine. The story includes an illustration of the owls coming to life.
Original To Sarah Orne Jewett House (South Berwick, Me.),
1398.1
1083
Unknown
United States
2 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Anne Shepard Bullis, G. Dudley Shepard, and Klaudia S. Shepard
2015.161.1AB
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