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Mr & Mrs Prickly Salt N' Pepper

Salt Cellar and Pepper Pot
1997 (designed), ca. 1998 (made)
Artist/Maker
Inflate (manufacturer)
Crosbie, Nick (designer)
Place of origin
London (designed)

Salt cellar and pepper pot, in orange dip-moulded PVC, each with a cork stopper. Both pots egg-shaped with either one or three tubes extending from the top. The pots are packaged in a folded cardboard wrapper, which is designed to allow the top of the objects to protrude.

Object details

Categories
Plastic
Product Design
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Salt cellar and pepper pot
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Salt Cellar
  • Stopper
  • Pepper Pot
  • Stopper
  • Wrapper
TitleMr & Mrs Prickly Salt N' Pepper (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
PVC, dip-moulded
Polyvinyl Chloride
Brief description
Salt cellar and pepper pot, orange PVC, in cardboard wrapper, designed by Nick Crosbie for Inflate, 1997
Physical description
Salt cellar and pepper pot, in orange dip-moulded PVC, each with a cork stopper. Both pots egg-shaped with either one or three tubes extending from the top. The pots are packaged in a folded cardboard wrapper, which is designed to allow the top of the objects to protrude.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm (Note: Pots with stopper.)
  • Width: 12.0cm (Note: Packaged set.)
  • Depth: 6.0cm (Note: Packaged set.)
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'INFLATE' and 'MR & MRS PRICKLY. SALT N' PEPPER / DESIGN NICK CROSBIE / ORIGINAL FUN FUNCTIONAL AFFORDABLE. MADE IN ENGLAND', printed on wrapper
Credit line
Given by Inflate
Object history
Shown in the exhibition 'Swell: Inflate Products, Projects and Possibilities, 1995-1998', V&A Twentieth Century Gallery, 16/10/1998 - 11/04/1999.
Bibliographic reference
Swell / Inflate. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag form, 1998.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.110:1 to 5-2013

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1283348/mr--mrs-prickly-salt-salt-cellar-and-crosbie-nick/
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