The I Love Lucy kitchen had several sets of salt and pepper shakers. You many have already noticed the ivy shaped shakers that belong to the Francisan Ivy dinnerware set. Today we are looking are a plastic set by The Plas-Tex Corporation, Los Angeles,. Calif., that were patented by the same company -see patent figure below. Following are examples I saw on ebay. First the yellow cheese shaker painted in a similar design to Lucy’s Salt and Pepper set, followed by a red Salt and Pepper set also currently on eBay. – click on pictures for details – These are a large size set that would have been more easily seen by tv viewers than the average sized salt and pepper shakers. They are 4.5″ tall and 3 1/4″ in diameter at the base. marked on the bottom with Plas-tex, Los Angeles, Calif. and Made in U.S.A

NOTE: If you buy a pair of these do not put them in the dishwasher, just gently hand wash to maintain the color and decal.

These were newly manufactured at the time of the show per the patent filing
Publication number USD159770 S
Publication type Grant
Publication date Aug 22, 1950
Filing date Feb 7, 1949
Inventors Edward V. Alvarez

CONDIMENT DISPENSER Filed Fb. ‘7, 1949 IN VEN TOR. [bu/42o Mm 144452 Patente Au 22, 1350 Des; 159,770

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONDIMENT DISPENSER Edward V. Alvarez, Los Angeles, Calif assignor to The Plas-Tex Corporation, Los Angeles, Calif a corporation of Nevada Application February 7, 1949, Serial No. 719

Term of patent 7 years (Cl. D44-22) I claim: The ornamental design for a condiment dispenser, as shown.

EDWARD V. .ALVAREZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 19,462 Locke Dec. 3, 1889 1,656,449 Steiner Jan. 17, 1928 2,273,727 Rowen et a1 Feb. 17, 1942