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Pig Pepper Shaker

Pig Pepper Shaker

Object numberMO 1947.93.456.2
Name Shaker, Salt & Pepper
Maker
Mediumpottery (stoneware), paint
Dimensionsoverall H 2 1/8 in x W 2 in x D 2 1/2 in (5.4 cm x 5.1 cm x 6.4 cm )
DescriptionA glazed and decorated stoneware pepper shaker in the form of a pig. A black star design is painted on the top. The salt is shaken from the seven holes in the pig's nose. In raised letters on the proper right side of the clay body: MADE / IN / MEXICO.
Label TextFDR kept this pig salt shaker on his Oval Office Desk. The President enjoyed collecting pig figurines. Grace Tully, his personal secretary, later recalled that "only people closely associated with him knew about this interest. Samuel and Dorothy Rosenman [Samuel Rosenman was a political adviser and speechwriter for FDR] gave him a whole flock of pottery pigs one Christmas... He had some on a ledge over his bedside table, some on his bedroom and study mantelpieces, some on the desk in his study and a few in the Executive Office." This pig is part of a salt and pepper shaker set (MO 1947.93.456.1-2) that is on display in the FDR’S OVAL OFFICE DESK exhibit in the Museum’s APRIL 12, 1945 gallery.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum as a bequest of Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 20, 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPersonal Possessions of the Roosevelt Family (National Archives Identifier 782689)
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