What are cruet bottles for?

Oil and vinegar in the taller bottles, condiments in the rest. The casters, with pierced tops, sift pepper or sugar. The frame kept them together and let them be carried to the table as one piece. Bottle counts in these listings run three, six, seven and eight.

Are most cruet sets solid silver?

No. Silver plated or plated appears in 21 of the 43 titles, and plated frames fill the middle of the category. Sterling and hallmarked silver is a small minority. One solid silver stand carries a London 1819 hallmark, and a seven bottle silver set sits with it at the top of the range.

What period do these sets date from?

The dated field runs 1800 to 1930. The 1900s account for 18 of the 35 listings with a clean year, so the category is heavily Edwardian. The 1880s add six and the 1800s three, with single or paired entries for the 1850s, 1890s, 1910s and 1930s.

What is a bachelor cruet set?

A small set for one or two people, usually two or three pieces on a compact stand. The term shows up twice in these titles, and both sit near the bottom of the range. Condiment set and condiment stand are used for similar small salt, pepper and mustard stands.

Do any cruet sets have coloured glass?

Cranberry glass turns up three times, once described as cranberry flashed, meaning a thin coloured skin over clear glass. It's the only colour named in any title. Everything else is clear, most often cut glass, with one Art Deco set given as hand cut in heavy lead crystal.

Are all cruet frames made of metal?

Almost. Silver plate dominates, with sterling silver and one early fused-plate frame beyond that. A single George III example is described as ebonised wood with silver mounted glass bottles, the only non-metal stand in the archive.

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A cruet set is a stand fitted with matched glass bottles and casters, made to carry oil, vinegar and condiments to the dining table.

Art Deco Modernist Condiment Set, France, C1930

1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Modernist Condiment Set, France, C1930

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Art Deco Modernist Condiment Set, France, C1930

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