Introduction
Kreiss & Company was started in 1946 by Murray Kreiss who began importing ceramics from Japan. He imported a large variety of novelty ceramics including salt and pepper shakers. The company quit dealing in ceramics in the late 60s/early 70s.
Psycho
Their most popular ceramic lines were the Psycho-Ceramics. Pictured beneath are a few examples of these highly collectible creatures.
![Featured_Articles_Kreiss_Psycho_1 Featured_Articles_Kreiss_Psycho_1](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Featured_Articles_Kreiss_Psycho_1.jpg)
![Featured_Articles_Kreiss_Psycho_2 Featured_Articles_Kreiss_Psycho_2](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Featured_Articles_Kreiss_Psycho_2.jpg)
![Featured_Articles_Kreiss_Psycho_3 Featured_Articles_Kreiss_Psycho_3](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Featured_Articles_Kreiss_Psycho_3.jpg)
Unfortunately, to my knowledge, Kreiss never made a Psycho salt and pepper shaker. However, they did produce egg cups, which we found paired together with egg salt and pepper shakers. Probably not originally sold as shown, but it has made it into our collection none the less.
![21930 Kreiss Psycho egg cups with egg salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21930.jpg)
Christmas
Even though Kreiss & Company's most famous collectible lines like the Psycho and Beetniks are not available for us to collect as salt and pepper shakers, Kreiss did make plenty of shakers that share that same cartoon and comical appearances - which is what makes these sets so fun to find and collect.
![21907 Kreiss Christmas kids salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21907.jpg)
![21908 Kreiss Christmas kids salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21908.jpg)
![21909 Kreiss Christmas kids salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21909.jpg)
![21910 Kreiss Christmas kids salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21910.jpg)
Christmas Kids
![21911 Kreiss snowmen salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21911.jpg)
Snowmen
![21922 Rudolph Red-Rosed Reindeer Kreiss salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21922.jpg)
Rudolph
![21912 Kreiss Christmas rabbits salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21912.jpg)
![40615 Kreiss Christmas skunks salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/14/40615.jpg)
![40992 Kreiss Christmas chipmunks salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/14/40992.jpg)
![33862 Kreiss Christmas cats salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/33862.jpg)
![21913 Kreiss Christmas mice salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21913.jpg)
![21921 Kreiss Christmas pigs salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21921.jpg)
![35249 Kreiss Christmas skunks salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/35249.jpg)
Christmas Animals
Notice how many of the shakers have rhinestone eyes.
![26142 Kreiss Christmas deer salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S6/26142.jpg)
Deer
![21925 Kreiss Christmas Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21925.jpg)
Cartoon Style Santa & Mrs. Claus
![21923 Kreiss Christmas Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21923.jpg)
Realistic Santa & Mrs. Claus
![21914 Kreiss Christmas clocks salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21914.jpg)
Christmas Coo Coo Clocks
![21927 Kreiss Mistletoe men salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21927.jpg)
Mistletoe Guys
Birds
This cute cartoon style birds are classic Kreiss. Sometimes we have seen them paired with a worm. Not sure how many styles exist, but they all seem to have rhinestones embellishments.
![21916 Kreiss bird with worm salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21916.jpg)
![21920 Kreiss birds salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21920.jpg)
![21917 Kreiss birds salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21917.jpg)
![21919 Kreiss birds salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21919.jpg)
![21915 Kreiss birds salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21915.jpg)
![21918 Kreiss birds salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21918.jpg)
Other Animals
We'll continue with showing photos of other Kreiss animal salt and pepper shakers. So far, they are all cartoonish in style. I hope you are getting a feel for what a Kreiss shaker looks like, because they are not always marked. When they are marked, it is usually a simple black inked "Kreiss" stamp on the bottom.
![21929 Kreiss dogs salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21929.jpg)
![21932 Kreiss dogs salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21932.jpg)
![34935 Kreiss dogs salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/34935.jpg)
Dog Series
![33873 Kreiss sheep salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/33873.jpg)
Sheep
![21928 Kreiss donkeys salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21928.jpg)
Donkeys
However, not all Kreiss shakers are cute and cartoonish. Just like the one oddball "realistic" Santa & Mrs. Claus set above, there are more realistic looking animal shakers. You'd never guess they were Kreiss unless they are marked.
![21937 Kreiss cows salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21937.jpg)
Cows
![21931 Kreiss chickens salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21931.jpg)
Chickens / Roosters
Other People
Similar to the animals, the Kreiss people shakers come in both comical and more realistic styles.
![21934 Kreiss monks salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21934.jpg)
![21935 Kreiss monks salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21935.jpg)
Monks (with and without rhinestones)
![21938 Kreiss children praying salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21938.jpg)
![21939 Kreiss Little Devil salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21939.jpg)
Little Devils
![21936 Kreiss Asian salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shakers/S5/21936.jpg)
![41087 Kreiss Asian people salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/14/41087.jpg)
Asian couple in two different colors
Series
Here are a couple different series that Kreiss released.
Couples from Different Countries
![43622 Kreiss Mexico people salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/14/43622.jpg)
Mexico
![43620 Kreiss couple from United States salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/14/43620.jpg)
United States
![43619 Kreiss Switzerland couple salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/14/43619.jpg)
Switzerland
![43621 Kreiss Spain people salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/14/43621.jpg)
Spain
![43623 Germany Kreiss salt and pepper shakers](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/14/43623.jpg)
Germany
Animals - Large and Small Versions
![30456 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - bobcats](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30456.jpg)
![30463 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - penguins](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30463.jpg)
![30472 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - bears](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30472.jpg)
![30466 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - elephants](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30466.jpg)
![30468 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - large dogs](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30468.jpg)
![30451 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - large pigs](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30451.jpg)
![30462 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - rabbits](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30462.jpg)
![30470 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - large hippos](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30470.jpg)
![30474 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - donkeys](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30474.jpg)
![30464 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - gorillas](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30464.jpg)
![30475 Kreiss animals salt and pepper shakers - owls](https://novelty-salt-and-pepper-shakers-club-v1710014609.websitepro-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/30475.jpg)
The End
This is not a complete list of all the shakers Kreiss produced. Please see the shaker database for more examples.