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Vintage Les Johnson Seattle Space Needle Salt & Pepper Mills — Red & Black Wood
Beautiful vintage pair of Seattle Space Needle salt and pepper mills by Les Johnson, a Washington woodturner known for producing Space Needle-shaped mills.
These distinctive hand-turned wooden mills feature a striking red and black finish. Les Johnson\'s Space Needle mills were produced in Washington and are now sought after by collectors of his work and Seattle memorabilia.
Details:
- Maker: Les Johnson
- Design: Seattle Space Needle
- Pair includes one salt mill and one pepper mill
- Colors: red and black
- Material: turned wood
- Red mill: approximately 12 7/8\" tall, measured to the very top of the metal piece
- Black mill: approximately 13\" tall
- Red mill marked “P” on top
- Black mill marked “S” on top
- Black mill: plastic mechanism component is marked “CHEF SPECIALTIES”
- Red mill: metal mechanism component is marked “STAINLESS STEEL” and MADE IN USA
- Hand-turned construction with visible wood grain
Condition:
Very good vintage condition overall. The red pepper mill has one small dent in the edge of an outer turned ring, apparently from being bumped. It is a dent rather than a scrape or chip. The dent is shown in a dedicated close-up photograph. There are also minor signs of age and use consistent with vintage wooden pieces.
The photographs show the mills from multiple angles, including the tops, bottoms and mechanisms, dimensions, wood grain, markings, and the small dent on the red mill.
A distinctive matched red-and-black pair of Les Johnson Seattle Space Needle mills.