My husband and I recently went to the Salt and Pepper Shaker Gallery in Traer, Iowa. Apparently there is a bigger salt and pepper shaker museum in Tennessee, but this one was impressive with 16,000 sets of salt and pepper shakers collected by Ruth Rasmussen. Now, salt and pepper shakers are more functional than decorative, as shown in the first set of shakers below that were in the kitchen of a hotel room. Salt and pepper shakers of the past were collectable, usable art forms.
