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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: Firefligh on December 07, 2010, 08:59:26 PM
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Bought this is england awhile a go can't find any markers on this but it's beautifully crafted and very detailed. It's silver with three plaques that say beer port and wine. Any help would be great!
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Can't quite make out the pattern on the glass. Looks like a sort of Diamond quilt pattern. Find it a bit strange that one of the tags is marked beer ? Many of these have been made in various versions usually the glass is made by a different makers then the rack. Are the stoppers all glass or is there any plastic inserts? They seem more like a Cruet set then a Decanter set, what is the size of the bottles. Despite so many out there it is hard to find a full set, usually they are missing a stopper or at least on bottle. All in all the glass bottles are probably worth more then the rack. If possible can you get pictures of the bottles outside the rack and without the tags, bottom of bottle and stoppers may help also.
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I was going to say a cruet set too- but aren't they always in sets of two for oil and vinegar?
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Well made me a bit curious about that and seem after looking around in the cyber world Two is much more common, but some of the victorian ones are 5 pieces, of course wikapedia didn't help that much either. As for this being a cruet set not really sure if the bottles are bigger then about 6 or 7 inches tall they would for sure be a decanter set. The belly of the bottles do look too big for just oil and vinger.
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here are a few pics of the bottle and stopper have all the bottles and original stoppers
the bottle is about 5 1/2 hinches not including the stopper