Marge & Homer Simpson Salt & Pepper Shakers NIB 2000 Lions Brush Ltd Ceramic Display Box

🔹 Official Simpsons ceramic salt and pepper shakers featuring Marge and Homer busts—stylized, glazed, and full of sass 

🔹 New in box (NIB), dated 2000, manufactured by Lions Brush Ltd (Planet Place, Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 6RZ) 

🔹 Material: Glazed ceramic

🔹 Hybrid packaging: four clear plastic sides (top, left, right, front) with cardboard back and bottom—perfect for shelf display 

🔹 Partial store tag on box bottom—90% torn, likely to obscure original price, suggesting this was Originally a gift 

🔹 Box and contents graded Mint overall—clean presentation 

🔹 Made in China; officially licensed by Fox  

🔹 A must-have for Simpsons fans, ceramic novelty collectors, and pop culture archivists

🔹“Includes partial store tag on box bottom—shows ‘L LC USD’—possibly tied to licensed collectible retail coding. 

🔹 Year: 2000 

🔹 Style: Stylized character busts, often with exaggerated features (Marge’s hair, Homer’s expression) 

🔹 Appeal: Cross-category interest for Simpsons fans, novelty kitchenware collectors, and ceramic oddity hunters 

🔹 Archival Note: Lions Brush Ltd appears to have handled licensed novelty ceramics in the early 2000s

🔹 Appeal: Crosses into Simpsons fandom, kitchen kitsch, and novelty ceramics

    Partial store price tag—showing just “L LC USD”—is a subtle but juicy clue, Even partial remnants like this can add provenance

🔹 “L” or “LC”: Could be shorthand for a store name, department code, or internal SKU prefix. Possibilities include:

• LC = “Licensed Collectibles” (used by some novelty retailers)

• L = “Lions Brush” (unlikely, but worth noting given the manufacturer) Could also be part of a price code or inventory label from a chain store

🔹 “USD”: Confirms it was priced in U.S. dollars—suggests domestic retail sale, possibly in a novelty gift shop, toy store, or big-box retailer

🔹 Sticker Fragment: Even though it is partially torn off, this tag adds regional and retail provenance.

🔹 Packaging: Hybrid display box with four clear plastic sides—top, left, right, and front 

🔹 Back and bottom are cardboard inserts nested inside the plastic shell 

🔹 Ideal for shelf display—characters visible from multiple angles without opening the box 

🔹 Adds collector value for those seeking original presentation and retail-style packaging 

🔹 Partial store tag on box bottom—90% torn, likely to obscure price, suggesting it was gifted 

🔹 Manufacturer: Lions Brush Ltd, Planet Place, Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 6RZ 

🔹 Characters: Marge & Homer Simpson ceramic salt and pepper shakers, stylized busts 

🔹 Condition: NIB (New in Box), graded mint overall—clean presentation

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