BLUE DANUBE- BLUE ONION (c.1951+) SALT SHAKER (s)- BANNER STAMP- EXCELLENT!

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BLUE DANUBE- BLUE ONION (c.1951+)  SALT SHAKER (s)- BANNER STAMP- EXCELLENT!

THE SHAKERS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.  THERE ARE NO CRACKS, CHIPS OR CRAZING.  THE COBALT BLUE AND MEISSEN STYLE PATTERN,  UNDER-GLAZED ON FINE TRANSLUCENT PORCELAIN,  DISPLAYS GREAT QUALITY!

THE SHAKERS ARE 5 INCHES IN HEIGHT AND HAVE 2 ROWS OF HOLES AROUND THE FINIAL; 12 IN THE OUTER ROW AND 6 IN THE INNER.

WHAT AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO YOUR SHAKER COLLECTION OR TO YOUR  BLUE DANUBE/BLUE ONION SET.  DO KEEP IN MIND THAT AS TIME GOES BY, FEWER OF THESE GREAT PIECES WILL BE AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.

****BLUE DANUBE-BLUE ONION DINNERWARE WAS FIRST PRODUCED IN 1951 BY JAPANESE POTTERIES FOR AMERICAN IMPORTER/DISTRIBUTOR LIPPER & MANN (BECOMING LIPPER INTERNATIONAL IN 1963), DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND PARTS OF EUROPE.

*****THE BLUE ONION DESIGN IS A GROUPING OF SEVERAL FLORAL MOTIFS, WITH JAPANESE PEACHES AND POMEGRANATES ALONG THE RIM  …..  AND IN THE CENTER, STYLIZED PEONIES AND ASTERS, THEIR STEMS, IN FLOWING CURVES, WINDING AROUND A BAMBOO STALK.  MEISSEN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN EUROPE TO PRODUCE THIS PATTERN IN THE 1700’S.

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