Show Your Salt and Pepper Shaker Collections - Collecting Tiki

T tikicleen Tiki Socialite ripon: almond capital yet no orgeat Joined: Nov 11, 2003 Posts: 338	T tikicleen Posted posted on Tue, Feb 12, 2013 8:11 PM that base is cheeky! haha! my guess would be that those triangular objects with stocks on top are supposed to be carrots -- as in making a joke about the moai being from "easter island". On 2013-02-11 22:49, thomamas wrote: On 2013-02-08 09:30, SandraDee wrote: And whomever won these off EBay I have to say its pretty cool to see them on their base. I had no idea that's how they were originally sold: I did, but I'm not sure the base is original. The ceramic is a little different and the shakers don't fit that cleanly into their spaces. Also, the design is slightly confusing, with what looks like chili peppers in the middle.

that base is cheeky! haha!

my guess would be that those triangular objects with stocks on top are supposed to be carrots -- as in making a joke about the moai being from "easter island".

On 2013-02-11 22:49, thomamas wrote:

On 2013-02-08 09:30, SandraDee wrote:
And whomever won these off EBay I have to say its pretty cool to see them on their base. I had no idea that's how they were originally sold:

I did, but I'm not sure the base is original. The ceramic is a little different and the shakers don't fit that cleanly into their spaces. Also, the design is slightly confusing, with what looks like chili peppers in the middle.

Post #667160 by tikicleen on Tue, Feb 12, 2013 8:11 PM