- Created by
- Brad Keeler Artwares, American
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- ca. 1949
- Medium
- paint on ceramic with rubber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2011.12.43.3a): 3 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (8.2 × 3.9 × 4 cm)
- H x W x D (2011.12.43.3b): 3 1/2 × 1 11/16 × 1 9/16 in. (8.9 × 4.3 × 4 cm)
- Description
- Brad Keeler Artwares Lobsterware salt and pepper shakers from the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
- 2011.12.43.3a: The salt shaker has two (2) holes under the lobster's mouth. The shaker is shaped like the front half of lobsters and has two (2) holes under the lobster's mouth. There is a black rubber stopper on the bottom of the shaker.
- 2011.12.43.3b: The pepper shaker has three (3) holes under the lobster's mouth. The shaker is shaped like the front half of lobsters and has three (3) holes under the lobster's mouth. There is a black rubber stopper on the bottom of the shaker.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Black interiors
- Business
- Cooking and dining
- Craftsmanship
- Design
- Domestic life
- Ornamentation
- Recreation
- Segregation
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
- Object number
- 2011.12.43.3ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




