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Lead image of a Danish modern lighthouse shaped pepper mill by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs Ltd.
Top section of a vintage Scandinavian pepper mill by Jens Quistgaard made for Dansk Designs. Artistic photograph.
Grain detail on a rare teak wood Jens Quistgaard pepper mill in Scandinavian modern for Dansk Designs.
Close up of tiger stripe like wood grain on a Scandinavian modern teak pepper mill designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs
Rare Danish modern Model 892 pepper mill by Jens Quistgaard, Dansk Designs
Base of collectible 1960s Dansk Designs pepper mill by Jens Quistgaard. Black plastic grinding mechanism reads ‘Dansk Designs Ltd Denmark IHQ’.
Detail of holes on a salt shaker where salt comes out from. Collectible Scandinavian tableware pepper mill by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk.
Mid-century Dansk Designs pepper mill designed by Jens Quistgaard in teak
Wooden combination pepper grinder salt shaker on a light background. Iconic Danish modern design by Jens Quistgaard, Model 892.
Wooden pepper grinder and salt shaker with a cork stopper. Mid-century Scandinavian pepper grinder in teak by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs.
Underside of a Nordic mid-century teak pepper grinder by Jens Quistgaard. Item fully stamped Dansk Designs Ltd, Denmark, IHQ.
Top down view Nordic mid-century teak pepper mill, Model 892 by Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Top down shot of a vintage mid-century Jens Quistgaard Model 892 pepper mill in teak for Dansk Designs
Vintage 1960s Jens Quistgaard Model 892 pepper mill in gloriously grained teak wook. Made by Dansk Designs in Denmark in the 1960s.
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Jens Quistgaard "Tall Ribbed Mushroom"

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A vintage 1960’s Model 892 pepper mill made in the most gloriously grained teak, designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs.

Quistgaardpepper.com name this mill the "Tall Ribbed Mushroom”, and we can see why. However, before their brilliant internet archive was created we always viewed this design as a lighthouse.

The mill’s cylindical body is a solid gently tapering tower thats banded by three sets of rings. These three rings create three more sections that are equally sized and spaced. To us these six bands are reminiscent of the red and white stripes seen on lighthouses. 

The mill's ellipsoid cap that overhangs the stem is also evocative of a lantern room, with deck and domed roof. 

Like most of the mills in Jens Quistgaard's eminently collectable series of around 60 designs, this model holds salt in the top whilst the lower half grinds pepper. Salt is loaded by removing the button stopper atop the head of the mill, whilst pepper is loaded via the sliding door on the underside. 

The object functions fantastically but it is also a superbly sculptural piece. Making sure his designs married art & utility was crucial for Quistgaard.

"Practical use and beauty of design must go hand in hand […] The finished product must display harmony but its usefulness must not be affected just for the sake of making it pretty. "

Quistgaard speaking in Stig Guldberg's 2010 documentary, The Designer Jens Quistgaard: A Saucepan for My Wife.

Model Number: 892

Model Nickname: "Tall Ribbed Mushroom"

Designer: Jens Harald Quistgaard

Manufacturer: Dansk Designs

Year of Design: C. 1960

Dates Produced: 1960's-80's, the grinding mechanism on this example dates it to the early- to mid-1970's.

Colour: Brown

Height: 19 cm, Diameter: 9 cm

Condition: Perfect.

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