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MY Salt N' Pepper

Salt Cellar and Pepper Pot
1997 (designed), ca. 1998 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salt cellar and pepper pot, in pale blue dip-moulded PVC, each with a metal stopper. Both pots of flattened cylindrical shape, narrowing at top to mouths of different widths. The pots are packaged in a folded cardboard wrapper, which wraps around the central section of the objects.

Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Salt Cellar
  • Stopper
  • Pepper Pot
  • Stopper
  • Wrapper
TitleMY Salt N' Pepper (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
PVC, dip-moulded
Brief description
Salt cellar and pepper pot, pale blue PVC, in cardboard wrapper, designed by Michael Young for Inflate, 1997
Physical description
Salt cellar and pepper pot, in pale blue dip-moulded PVC, each with a metal stopper. Both pots of flattened cylindrical shape, narrowing at top to mouths of different widths. The pots are packaged in a folded cardboard wrapper, which wraps around the central section of the objects.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.0cm (Note: Each pot with stopper.)
  • Width: 5.3cm (Note: Each pot.)
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'INFLATE' and 'MY SALT N' PEPPER / DESIGN MICHAEL YOUNG / 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
Accession number
C.110:1 to 5-2013

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2014
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