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Mack A. Damia

On Sun, 24 May 2009 11:32:19 -0400, (Fred/Libby
Barclay) wrote:

>
>We inherited a similar dining room item.
>It is a Victorian Pickle Server. It is a beautifully etched octagonally
>shaped glass container about the size of a pint jar. It sits on a very
>ornate sterling silver frame with a handle and sterling silver top that
>has been repaired On the side of the handle are a set of silver tongs,
>much like sugar cube tongs, but with longer prongs.
>It looks like a mini old ice bucket. I took it to an antique dealer to
>make sure what it was and he showed me how the silver lid had corroded
>from pickle juice. He said it once had a rubber ring around the jar or
>the top - I've forgotten which. It's useless, which is why it's still
>around. Just something to polish and dust and talk about.

Sorry, that was the wrong photo.

When I Google on Vorlagebesteck I get links to.....

http://www.quoka.de/sammlungen-selte..._27312232.html

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