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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: frogpatch on June 12, 2013, 05:46:17 AM
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I snatched this off a table at the local historic society yard sale. It was really early and they were just setting up. I could have actually walked there, that's how close it is. This looks like a jumbo salt shaker with a silver plate top. The holes are way to big for salt. It measures 7 inches tall and is pressed glass. There is a mark on the bottom that you can see in the picture. It is a pentagon with a flower. I am not sure if it has anything to do with the maker or just a design. When were sugar shakers popular and is this one? It had a white powdery residue inside it but I was not about to taste it. Thanks
What is up with the pic loading? This is the second time it locked up my computer. I hit reload and looked and the post was up.
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good snatch....hope you paid for it..... ;D looks like a suger shaker to me....
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That's what it looks like !! Great buy !! I have never seen that on bottom,, not part of design,,mark of some sort !! Sugar shakers were big during Victorian era and through 20`s I believe !!
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Thanks,
I paid a dollar for it Bigwull. I bought a great bridge lamp with a green onyx base and accent ball at the same place for ten bucks and a white ironstone slop pot for two dollars. We always look forward to this annual sale. The members of the Havens Homestead Museum donate the merchandise.
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I always called them "Muffineers". I thought it sounded more Victorian. ;)
http://waybacktimes.com/muffineers.html (http://waybacktimes.com/muffineers.html)
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I like that name too, Rauville. It is making me hungry just thinking about warm blueberry muffins sprinkled with sugar. :P
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I can whip some up right quick !!!
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Muffineer....?..you don,t want to know what a Muffineer is in my home town.....suffice to say....its not a shaker..... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Powdered Sugar shaker OR Talcum Powder shaker!!! Muffineers typically had the shorter tops and resembled salt/pepper shakers and were more often used in "everyday" settings - more affordable by general population.
This is stylized after the English (or across the pond) version and were more in line with the Victorian style used for the fine tea time or the vanity.
Beautiful piece. I have seen ornate designs on the bottom of the pieces over time...not considered a "norm"...but little details made for the feeling of "finer" things.
From the quantity of holes I would lean towards a sugar shake...however, the talcum powder shakers could have just as many! They weren't used just by the ladies either!
(http://www.hooverhouse.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/PowderSet-300x216.jpg)
Ladies (still being made!) Lady Primrose Glass Powder Shaker with Silver Plated Top (Etsy)
(http://img0.etsystatic.com/007/0/6346910/il_570xN.384455708_abms.jpg)
I personally have several silver sugar shakers with only one crystal and silver shaker (which is definitely easier to maintain than all silver).
To help back up the raised lid style, take a look at this salt shaker/sugar shaker database...they are typically flat to slightly raised (for granulated sugar).
Antique Glass Salt and Sugar Shaker Club (AGSSSC)
http://www.antiquesaltshakers2.com/agssscIDIntro.html (http://www.antiquesaltshakers2.com/agssscIDIntro.html)
This is used for POWDERED SUGAR or Talcum Powder!
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I've sold a few sugar shakers or "muffineers" on ebay. Some of the hand painted ones can be worth a good bit. Most of mine have sold around the $15-$20 mark. I have had a few get into the $30s.
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Thanks KC That would make sense. As I stated earlier there was a white powdery residue inside. I was not going to taste it just in case someone re purposed it into a borax shaker for ants or something. That is the exact one in the picture
Bigwull, wasn't that a book called the Three Muffineers? There is some food for thought for you.
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Muffineer....?..you don,t want to know what a Muffineer is in my home town.....suffice to say....its not a shaker..... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Ah, would that be female of certain...abilities?....we can say no more on this G rated forum!
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It is new. I see them on sale with powder in them by Lady Primrose. Even us old time dealers get fooled sometimes. This is twice in one week though. It was only a buck. My wife does not care, she is putting turbinado sugar in it. I think is is too moist to shake out. What do you think? I bet Mart the muffin lady knows.
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It is well worth more than that!!!!
I would use it in a heartbeat!!!!
I would use it for turbinado, sprinkles, etc.... I would even use it for a dry Parmesan cheese!
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Oh no. Not shake on cheese. As in the green cardboard tube?
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Muffineer....?..you don,t want to know what a Muffineer is in my home town.....suffice to say....its not a shaker..... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Ah, would that be female of certain...abilities?....we can say no more on this G rated forum!
i think its more to do with their diving capabilities....and whilst we,re on the subject.....is Mart...any relation to Martha and the Muffins...... ;D
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Muffineer....?..you don,t want to know what a Muffineer is in my home town.....suffice to say....its not a shaker..... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Ah, would that be female of certain...abilities?....we can say no more on this G rated forum!
i think its more to do with their diving capabilities....and whilst we,re on the subject.....is Mart...any relation to Martha and the Muffins...... ;D
No, diving was not what I was thinking of.
Martha and the Muffins? Why....I believe so! Only now - in this forum - it would be Mart and the Muffs. ;D
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Muffineer....?..you don,t want to know what a Muffineer is in my home town.....suffice to say....its not a shaker..... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Ah, would that be female of certain...abilities?....we can say no more on this G rated forum!
i think its more to do with their diving capabilities....and whilst we,re on the subject.....is Mart...any relation to Martha and the Muffins...... ;D
No, diving was not what I was thinking of.
Martha and the Muffins? Why....I believe so! Only now - in this forum - it would be Mart and the Muffs. ;D
i,m sure i read somewhere on here that Mart...is Martha.....therefor e she,s more a muffin than a Reeves or a Redbone..... ;D..
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Do you know the "Muffin Man"?
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The Muffin Man?
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;D ;D Yes, The "Muffin Man".
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;D ;D Yes, The "Muffin Man".
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D...i used to be called the Muffin Man....when i was in my 20,s....the stories i could tell you would make yer toes curl......but as this is a G rated forum....perhaps i should just pm you.....then again...perhaps not.....i,ll just let your imagination take over..... ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D You are hilarious! I wouldn't be surprised.;D So you were the one in Shrek. ;D
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I knew the Muffin Man...at least the one who lived on Drury Lane! LOL
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;D ;D ;D ;D You are hilarious! I wouldn't be surprised.;D So you were the one in Shrek. ;D
Nah!!....that was my brother.....he works in London....and walks about all day dressed as a tit.....and even has the hat to prove it.... ;D
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;D ;D ;D A tit? KC knows the "Muffin Man, lol.
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Okay everyone, better half and I are visiting our eldest for Father's Day. Today at the Farmers Market in Shreveport, LA I came across "The Muffin Man". I laughed so hard tears were streaming down my face. He let me take his picture....but he doesn't live on Drury Lane! LOLOL
AND greenacres...not the muffin man you are referring to! LOL
You will get a kick out of this ice cream maker...they rigged a John Deere to churn the ice cream!!!!
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Aaah, "The Muffin Man"! ;D
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i had a choc chip & beetroot muffin today....and......i t was very tasty.....
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Beetroot? As opposed to beet tops? You march to a different beet. I had packaged muffin tops today. The best part of the muffin is the top. It is firm and tasty not as soggy as the rest.
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This sounds like a "Seinfeld" episode. The one with the muffin top store.
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Did you know that you can buy muffin top pans? They only make the tops! I have a couple! For real!
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Sounds low calorie. Skip the heavy bottom.
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I can remember the very first time i saw muffins,being sold...over here....I was in the supermarket...and there were two old ladies in front of me, at the bakery counter....they were having a conversation about...the Blueberry Muffins that were being offered for sale......"Oh!! Jessie, eh dinnae like the look o, they cakes....there a hairy moulded"...to which Jessie replied... Aye, Annie....em gonna complain tae the manager....fancy,trying tae sell, greenie,blue, hairy moulded cakes...in this day an age....they,ve got a right cheek..... ;D
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LOL. Bet it was shocking to them...blueberry can look kinda weird!