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Profile image of Jens H. Quisgaard curved hourglass shaped peppermill designed in the mid-1950s early 1960s for Dansk Designs Ltd.
A curvaceous hourglass shaped pepper mill carved from solid teak. Design by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs. This example made in Denmark in the 1960s or 70s.
Close up showing the beautifully striped grains on a solid teak wood pepper mill designed by Jens Harald Quistgaard who was the Design Director of Dansk Designs Ltd for decades.
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Detail showing the top of a curved hourglass pepper mill by Jens Quistgaard. Quistgaard trained as a sculptor but learnt wood carving at an early age.
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Aerial shot of a Jens Quistgaard pepper mill. This design, often reffered to as the curved hourglass with double lip, has an uncommonly large plug or stopper to hold in the salt. Produced in Denmark in the 1960s or 70s.
Image of a Jens Quistgaard hourglass shaped pepper mill with its large salt plug stopper removed. In the photo you can see the eight holes from which salt can be shook out.
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Detail showing the top of a model 890 Hourglass pepper mill designed by one of Denmark's most prolific designers of the twentieth century, Jens H. Quistgaard who uses the monogram signature IHQ.
Detail showing the cork underside of the large teak wood stopper or plug that holds in the salt in this combination pepper mill salt shaker designed by leading 20th century Scandinavian designer Jens Harald Quistgaard.
Detail showing the underside of a Jens Quistgaard pepper mill. The collectable Scandinavian design is branded with the following text: DENMARK IHQ (copyrighted) DANSK DESIGNED LTD.
Group shot of a group of 8 Jens Harald Quistgaard combination salt & pepper mills that were designed for the company Dansk Design Ltd founded by Martha and Ted Nierenberg in the early 1950s.
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Jens Quistgaard "Curved Hourglass" Peppermill

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A carved solid teak salt and pepper mill designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk.  

This curved hourglass peppermill is one of the most ergonomic of Quistgaard’s circa 60 piece collection. The mill's two main elements are reminiscent of traditional lathed objects such as doorknobs or finials, but the stacking and flaring of these shapes creates a curvaceous form that's unmistakingly grounded in modernism. 

The top section, as with most of Quistgaard's mills, holds salt, where the large button-like stopper is secured by a cork. Peppercorns are stored and grinded in the lower half. 

The object not only functions fantastically, but it is also a very sculptural piece. Satisfying both these criteria was crucial for Quistgaard.

Model Number: 890

Model Nickname: "Curved Hourglass" or "Hourglass with Lip"

Designer: Jens Harald Quistgaard

Manufacturer: Dansk Designs

Year of Design: C. 1960

Dates Produced: C. 1960-90, the grinding mechanism on this example dates it to the early- to mid-1970s.

Colour: Brown

Height: 18 cm, Diameter: 9 cm

Condition: Perfect.

Branding: Underside reads ‘Dansk Designs Ltd Denmark IHQ’.