Earliest and rarest variant of Jens Harold Quistgaard's "UFO" pepper mill and salt shaker.
Rare Woods - made from Muyenye
Approx. 7" tall
Stamped "Denmark JHQ" on the bottom
Outstanding condition, with only a few negligible light marks from very light use.
Please view all photos carefully for condition.
I have not tried to removed the top so there are still some peppercorns inside.
The second mill from the left is another Rare Woods UFO specimen, made from Mutenye. Its saucer has been smoothed at the outer edge, most likely a manufacturing requirement to mask the fact that the saucer is made up of two pieces of wood, with a horizontal butt joint at the outer perimeter of the saucer shape. The top of the saucer is smooth - no screws or plugs, apart from seven salt holes. This mill uses the fragile tooth-fill mechanism (see above). The flared out neck around the tooth-fill connection is most likely a practical consideration, taking into account that separating the two parts of this mill requires quite a bit of finessed twisting and pulling.
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