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Set, Salt and Pepper

Object number2012.118.1 a,b

OriginBuffalo, NY

Mediumglass; steel; paper

Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection

DescriptionSalt and pepper shaker set shaped as a miniature brown glass beer bottle. Each has steel cap, one has seven open holes on the top and other has nine open holes on the top. Each has multicolored printed label wrapped around front side.Dimensions3 x 1.375 x 4.125 in. (7.6 x 3.5 x 10.5 cm)
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Multicolored printed label wrapped around front side "Fort Pitt / Special / BEER / FORT PITT BREWING CO. ...SBURGH, PA."

Maker's information embossed on base "MUTH / L PAT 3 / PEND / BUFFALO".

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Multicolored printed label wrapped around front side "Fort Pitt / Special / BEER / FORT PITT BREWING CO. PITTSBURGH, PA."

Maker's information embossed on base "MUTH / L PAT 3 / PEND / BUFFALO".
Historical NotesFort Pitt Brewing Company salt and pepper shakers. Shakers are shaped like beer bottles with brown glass and a steel bottle cap. Fort Pitt Brewing Company operated from 1906 to 1957 with plants in both Sharpsburg and Jeannette, Pennsylvania. At one time it was the best selling beer in the Pittsburgh region and rivaled Iron City and Rolling Rock in its ability to brew beer with a one million-barrel brewer. After it closed its Jeannette site, Jones Brewing Company bought the rights to the Fort Pitt brand and still obtains the original recipe, although they let the patent expire in the late 1990s.

Related institution Fort Pitt Brewing Company (1906 - 1957)

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