Salt and Pepper Set
Dorsoduro 263
180,00 €
7 in stock
Designed, produced and made in Italy
Worldwide shipping
4 days estimated delivery time
This Piece of Venice will grace your table as both a useful object and a memory of our beloved city on the water—a unique, eco-sustainable gift.
Material: briccola oak and steel.
Francesco Lucchese
An object that embodies the spirit of Venice. The Dorsoduro 263 Salt and Pepper set tells a story of sea and land… of memories and tradition.
More about the designer
Dorsoduro 263
In 1281, the Great Council decreed that all merchants returning to Venice from abroad must bring back a cargo of salt, which was then stored in the large salt warehouses on the Zattere.
The “Magazzini del Sale” (Salt Warehouses) can still be found today at Dorsoduro 263 and now serve as a contemporary art and culture hub.
Easy Returns
At Pieces of Venice, we want you to be completely satisfied with your purchase. That's why we offer easy returns if you’re not happy with your product.
Products with Stories
These objects also serve as a bridge between past and future generations, telling a story of Venetian culture, tradition, and excellence.
Circular Economy
Pieces of Venice is a social enterprise with a circular economy model and a short supply chain. We begin with the recovery and recycling of discarded materials from Venice, and through industrial design, we give them new life as souvenirs and practical items.
Alberto Toso Fei narrates...
“Spices – like pepper – have, over the centuries, enriched our food (and greatly enriched the Serenissima). Yet it was salt, “white gold,” that laid the economic foundations of Venice, serving as both a trade commodity and a tool of power, ensuring food preservation and thus survival for centuries.
Salt was therefore a source of wealth and welfare, and the Serenissima was not afraid to go to war when its monopoly was threatened. If we have Titian, Sansovino, Tintoretto, Veronese, the Rialto Bridge, and St. Mark’s Basilica today, it’s also thanks to white gold—and its trusty companion on the table, pepper.
Pepper was well-known even to the ancient Romans, who were avid consumers of it. After the fall of the Roman Empire and the Arab control of the spice trade following the decline of the Byzantine Empire, pepper was mainly traded by Venice and Genoa, which spread its use across Europe. For Venice, if salt was white gold, pepper—with cinnamon, saffron, coffee, and cloves—was surely another face of the Republic’s wealth”.
