I wanted to share a an exceptional reference book for those of you collecting Black Americana, Cats, Mermaids and Niagara Falls salt and pepper shakers and it is titled “Salt and Pepper over 1001 Shakers” by Larry Carey and Sylvia Tompkins. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. – Salt and Pepper Shakers (Books) 112 pages. I came upon [...]
We are pleased to share with you some of the goodies we have come across these past couple of weeks! We have been hard at work hunting and searching high and low for some truly wonderful vintage treasures. We have a rare Anthropomorphic PY Watermelon Salt and Pepper Shakers set, Black Americana Aunt Jemima Mammy [...]
We all recall the image of Aunt Jemima on pancake mix boxes, you know, the smiling face of a African American mammy type woman who wore a hair-kerchief and apron and appeared so friendly and made you feel so comfortable purchasing the product from her smiling trustable face. The commercial Mammy image we are familiar [...]
