I recently bought a neighbor's collection of 1940s and 1950s salt and pepper shakers. This one is a Dutch boy and girl dressed in muted orange and blue outfits with blue hats. The bottom of the girl is marked with a red JAPAN stamp. The boy's stamp is worn off.
These little figural china salt and pepper sets were popular when I was a child in the 1950s. They were sold in dime stores for $0.15 to $0.25 where I lived in the Texas Panhandle. The quality varied, but most were hand painted in a few seconds per figure, and almost all were from Japan. I remember my grandmother displaying a few of these sets in her kitchen window and others in her china cabinet along with hankies and other gifts her grandchildren gave her.
I'm listing more pieces of this collection today as well. #21744
CONDITION: This set is in good used condition. There are a few manufacturing defects and light paint wear on the boy. The girl is quite well painted, while the boy's painter appears to have been a trainee. The boy's cork is inside his body.
SIZE: The taller piece, the girl, is about 3" tall; each is about 1 1/2" by 1 3/8".
WHY BUY FROM WANDERING CREEK? I've been selling online for 27 years and guarantee that the information in my listings is accurate and that I will get your item in the mail very quickly. I accept returns for any reason but do not do partial refunds.