Please help with info on these interesting brass? Pepper shakers

Hi all.

Please help with any info on these very interesting pepper shakers. They are screw-on, brass, I can't identify the other metal??
Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards. Elsa

 

Possibly inlaid with Mother of Pearl?

 

Hard to tell from photographs. If they're translucent, I would expect them to be capiz shell (in which case, they'd be little imports from the Philippines.)

Debora

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-1-2-Vint...pper-Shakers-Great-Patina-India-/153605535302

 

I agree, India. They are probably still making them, but they are certainly cute.

 

Brass abalone shell shakers in the style of Towle Silversmiths..

Here is another set in brass, and I was able to scroll down to find more:

https://picclick.com/Salt-and-Pepper-Shaker-Set-Tray-Brass-Mother-372271568549.html

 

"In the style of Towle Silversmiths"? Where did you find that, Anti?

 

I’ll vote for MOP........

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i think the pitting inside indicates salt...not pepper.......

 

I've had those with a made in India label.

 

I have seen Towle use abalone shell bits before, so I looked at more pictures, looking for it made in brass. Towle Silversmith abalone stuff looks similar. Have you looked? Do you disagree? I believe Towle has been around a very long time, I didn't say these are "Towle" though. Why would you nit-pick my efforts? Bakersgma?

 

That was in no way intended as a nitpick. I sincerely have never seen Towle shakers with shell and brass decoration. And I did not see one in the link to picclick (although it was such a huge list, maybe I did not look far enough.)

I know you weren't saying they were by Towle, just "in the style of." Yes Towle has been around time, I used to live in the city they started in and were still there when I lived there in the 70s. I've seen a whole lot of Towle in my life and own a bunch too.

I will look again, but it would be a whole lot easier if you linked one you are aware of.

 

No, I cannot link you to any specific Towle design for shakers, just general style of how Towle used square abalone chips. Apologies for any misunderstanding I may have caused to say "in the style of" but that is what it looks like to me, a non-area resident. I see Towle stuff in our Goodwill from time to time.

 

Thanks, @Bakersgma

 

I like the shakers... but viewing the insides, I would never use something food related in them.