Rare - 1960s Dansk Jens Quistgaard 'Cane & Teak' series pepper mill

Rare early Dansk pepper mill composed of a combination of teak and bamboo. This is part of a series called “Cane and Teak” (also sometimes referred to as the “Two Wood Series”). We’ve found this mill listed alongside a small selection of items (coaster, tray, trivet, and ice bucket) made from the same combination of materials in Dansk catalogs from the early 1960s. . From those catalogs, we were able to verify this mill’s unusual model number that begins with 1500

The mill’s base is a cylinder with a slightly convex top. Sandwiched between two bands of teak, bamboo inlays make up the vertical sides of the cylindrical base. A flathead screwdriver shape forms the top half of the mill: a smaller cylinder with two curvilinear subtractions. We’ve categorized this design into the rest of the Screwdriver family of shapes. One tiny decorative element adorns the screwdriver surface - a small round of wood with a different grain is inset into one of the cylindrical sides close to the top of the mill.

This mill does not disperse salt. Pepper is loaded via the base of the mill. The top element spins free of the base of this design along the sharp line separating the two shapes.

*Source - Peppermills of Jens Quistgaard - https://www.quistgaardpepper.com/