Mon Amie Amy Gift Shop, Ashburn VA 20147, Gifts for all occasions
Salt and pepper shakers are easy to overlook — utilitarian, forgettable, swapped out with whatever came in a set. The Mud Pie Lake Sailboat Stoneware & Wood Salt & Pepper Set is a different calculation entirely. The glazed stoneware shakers are shaped as sailboat sails, fitted into a wooden boat base so they read as a single sculptural object on the table — not two small vessels that happen to live near each other. A coordinating lure charm finishes the set, the kind of considered detail that signals the whole thing was designed, not assembled. If you know someone who spends summers on a lake, owns a cottage, or has spent real time decorating a dining room around a nautical sensibility, this is a Mud Pie piece worth knowing about.
The wooden base should be wiped clean with a dry or slightly damp cloth — avoid soaking or submerging it, as prolonged moisture will affect the wood over time. The glazed stoneware shaker sails can be hand-washed with mild soap and warm water; the glaze makes them easy to rinse clean between refills. Skip the dishwasher for both components to keep the finish and the wood base looking as considered as they did out of the box. Stored together on the base, the full Mud Pie stoneware and wood salt and pepper set holds its shape as a decorative object even when it's not in active use — the kind of thing that earns its place on a well-set table rather than disappearing into a cabinet drawer.
