Loop

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Description:	Short cylinder with four pegs, topped by an open wooden loop
Designer:	Jens Harald Quistgaard (IHQ)
Mechanism:	Peugeot, retro plastic, plastic
Material:	Teak
Pepper fill:	peg, ring
Dimensions:	7 x 4.5 x 3.4 in.
Type:	Salt, pepper

I nicknamed this style Loop, because it reminds me of a key's loop. (I have another key-themed name at Key.) I have also heard this referred to as a 'nautical' design, perhaps it reminded someone else of a ship's helm.