Humpty Dumpty salt and pepper shaker produced by Thorley China of Longton, England, circa 1955. Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs. Its origins are obscure, and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings. Humpty's head forms the pepper shaker and his body is the salt shaker.
Maker:
Thorley China
England
circa 1955
Model #:
Derivative
salt shaker
Size:
medium
Height:
3"
