VINTAGE MOUNT ST. HELENS ERUPTION CERAMIC SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS
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VINTAGE MOUNT ST. HELENS ERUPTION SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS
Vintage ceramic item made to commemorate the famous 1980 eruption and incorporating actual volcanic ash in the glaze.
Slip cast ceramic salt and pepper shakers which cleverly shows the removal of 400 metres of the top of the mountain by the eruption. When the salt and pepper shakers are reunited it shows the mountain as it existed before the eruption.
A curious and very collectable item complete with the original label.
The catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State, USA on 18 May 1980 is one of the most famous in historical times. The eruption sent over three-quarters of a cubic mile of volcanic ash into the atmosphere which spread over a large area of the north west of the United States. For a sample of volcanic ash from this eruption please click here.
| Photo: Mount St. Helens in eruption on 18 May 1980. Copyright: US Geological Survey/ photo by Austin Post |
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Size: approx. 9 centimetres diameter and 8 centimetres tall
Weight: 133 grams
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