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Corinne's Handmade Christmas Salt & Pepper Pair
Corinne's Handmade Christmas Salt & Pepper Pair
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Corinne's Handmade Christmas Salt & Pepper Pair
Made in pairs in an old Vermont sugarhouse for 32 Christmases
Corinne Haverty, 71, has made Christmas salt and pepper shakers in Woodstock, Vermont, since 1994 — one pair for every wedding in her family, and 31 years for the church bazaar. Her eyes no longer let her paint the tiny stitches. These are her last 168 pairs.
“Nothing on a Christmas table gets passed more often than the salt. I wanted the thing everybody touches to be the prettiest thing there.”
Corinne Haverty · Woodstock, Vermont
What comes in the box
White, with a raised reindeer and red nose
Red and white stripes, raised stitched tree
Each just over 3 inches tall
Wrapped in tissue paper, safely boxed
What makes Corinne’s shakers different
The white reindeer is always the salt, the striped tree is always the pepper. Nobody mixes them up, not even by candlelight.
Reindeer and tree are raised, not printed. You can feel the little stitches with your thumb, and they won’t wash off.
Just over 3 inches tall. Fits next to every plate and sits well in any hand, even a small one.
Glazed all the way around and fired twice. A damp cloth is all it takes to wipe them clean.
Fourteen weddings in Corinne’s family, fourteen pairs. “You don’t split up a pair,” her mother used to say.
For newlyweds, a first home or Grandma’s table — a small present that people keep for decades.
“Novelty salt and pepper shakers are one of the great American kitchen collectibles — families kept the same Christmas pair on the table for forty, fifty years. What sets these apart is the raised relief: a printed design fades in the sink, a raised one doesn’t. And a fully glazed ceramic shaker is easy to keep clean. Small, practical and made to be handed down.”
Marjorie Pellerin · Curator of Household Collections · Historical society, New England
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Why Corinne’s shakers last
- Real ceramic. Solid and smooth, not thin plastic.
- Raised designs. Nothing to peel or fade in the wash.
- Full glaze. Smooth all the way around, easy to wipe clean.
- Easy to tell apart. Reindeer for salt, tree for pepper.
- Made to be used. Her parents’ pair sat on the Christmas table for 42 years.
If they don’t earn their place on your table, one email to info@cedarandtinco.com is enough. Corinne would rather have them back than have them sit in a drawer.
Tip from Corinne: Put a few grains of dry rice in the salt shaker before you fill it. It keeps the salt flowing, even on a humid day. Every pair is finished by hand, so the stitches and the reindeer’s face can differ slightly from pair to pair — no two are exactly alike.
Product details
| Contents | 1 pair: reindeer salt shaker + Christmas tree pepper shaker |
| Material | Glazed ceramic |
| Design | White with raised reindeer · red and white stripes with raised stitched tree |
| Size | Each about 3.1 in tall, 1.8–1.9 in wide (7.8 × 4.5–4.8 cm) |
| Care | Wipe with a damp cloth or wash by hand |
| Made by | Corinne Haverty, Woodstock, Vermont — final firing, 168 pairs remaining |
| Made so far | About 2,600 pairs since 1994 |
The Last Pairs From Woodstock
The Last Pairs From Woodstock
A note from the sugarhouse:
Corinne Haverty has made Christmas salt and pepper shakers in the old sugarhouse behind her farmhouse in Woodstock, Vermont, since 1994 — always in pairs, one for every wedding in her family and about 2,600 for the church bazaar. The little stitches around every tree come from her mother’s Christmas quilts. Her eyes can no longer see those sixty tiny stitches, so this fall’s firing was the last one — the last 168 pairs are all there is, and when those are gone there are no more.
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- Delivery time: 3–5 business days
- Every pair is wrapped in tissue paper and ships from the US
- One pair = 1 reindeer salt shaker + 1 Christmas tree pepper shaker
- Each shaker approx. 3.1 in / 7.8 cm tall and 1.8–1.9 in / 4.5–4.8 cm wide
- 30-day money-back guarantee — just email info@cedarandtinco.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Email us anytime at info@cedarandtinco.com. We answer Monday–Friday 9am–5pm and Saturday 10am–3pm (ET). Whether it’s about your order, how small the shakers are, or just to say hello — a real person writes back.
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
Of course. 30-day money-back guarantee. Put them on your table for a week, and if they aren’t right for you, email info@cedarandtinco.com within 30 days for a full refund. No questions, and US shipping is free.
How is it made?
How is it made?
Corinne shapes both shakers, presses on the little reindeer and the Christmas tree by hand as raised figures, and paints every one of the sixty stitches around the tree with a fine brush. Then each pair is glazed all the way around and fired twice in her sugarhouse studio in Woodstock, Vermont. No two pairs are identical.