Posted 12 years ago
cchrhia
(4 items)
I recently purchased this at an estate sale of a deceased antiques dealer/decorator. I'm not sure what it was used for or what it is called. It seems to me that it would have been some type of jam jar but I can't find anything similar to it online (double jar on crystal stand). It was just so unique and I am a collector or and slightly obsessed with crystal and china.
Welcome to CW!
Excuse my thoughts. A preserve set?
Here is something similar.
http://www.bada.org/antiques/d/georgian-cut-glass-preserve-and-cover-c1820/93874
Crystal jam/preserve jars? And would we call that a caddy?
Thank you for the "welcome". Russ, we are thinking along the same lines. The only thing I have found was listed on a New York City, Antique's store online. They called it a cruet set although to me they don't look at all like something you would pour out of. They are more of a jar. Here is the link.... (I didn't pay anything close to what those are listed at....not even in the same stratosphere!!)
http://www.newel.com/products.php?search=cruet
I know yours is beautiful.
Ok, this is completely unlike yours, but I am leaning towards this direction.
http://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/objets-dart-vertu/more-objets-dart-vertu/russian-silver-cut-glass-condiment-set/id-j_88474/
Loosely could be called a caster set. This is European and a very nice example, also quite nice to find it intact.
Thanks everyone! Paul71, thanks for that input. I will have to look that up.
Let me know if you need any help. I may have some scans of original catalogs that show this type of caster