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Pickle Castors with Clear Glass Inserts
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Description WOW!! I'll say it again, WOW!!! This may be the rarest Pickle castor we have ever had. Up until I found this one, I had never seen a castor with an Opalescent Seaweed insert. After I did some further research I found out that it is only known to have been made in cranberry. But here we have one in clear. The insert was made by Hobbs, Brockunier and the seaweed pattern was only made for a very sort period of time. The frame is made by the Rockford Silverplate Co.. Both the frame and the insert are in very, very good condition. The insert has a few flea bites around the rim but otherwise it is in great condition. This one will onlt be avalible for a short period of time and if it does not sell, it's going home with me!!!
Inventory #RKM-32207-PC
Price $ 1250.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Here is a very nice double Pickle Castor made by Hodal's & Edward's (I hope I have that right, it's hard to read) Bridgeport, Conn.. The frame, Both clear glass inserts and the tongs are in very good condition.
Inventory #RKM-32208-PC
Price $ 425.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Here is another nice footed Pickle Castor made by the Meriden B. Co. with a very nice panneled button insert. It is in very good shape and just needs a little polish to finish it off.
Inventory #RKM-32209-PC
Price $ 350.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Here is a nice Pickle castor that we do not know for sure who it was made by. It has an unsigned frame and a clear etched insert. It is very nice and in very good condition.
Inventory #32300-PC
Price $ 285.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description This is a sharp looking pickle castor by the Meriden Silver Plate Co. It uses a fork instead of tongs and has a very nice clear insert with frosted pannels. Each of the 3 pannels show a hering in a different scene. Both the frame/ lid/ fork and the glass insert are in good condition. The glass insert does have a manufacturing flaw on the inside near the lip that dose not detract from the castor in any way.
Inventory #RKM-1126-PC
Price $ 325.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Here is a very nice footed Pickle Castor in Great condition. Signed "S. Falls" and dated "1883" the rest of the mark is under the foot and we can not make it out. It has a clear insert also in good condition in a variation of the Zipper pattern. It also has a very fancy set of tongs that really set off this set.
Inventory #RKM-1125-PC
Price $350.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description This is a very nice Victorian Pickle castor/caster by The Royal Mfg. Co. with a very nice clear patterned glass insert (strawberry and fan-by US Glass Co). This castor is in very good condition and has been resilvered.
Inventory #1083
Price $425.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Here is a nice castor with a frame marked Halleltons Co. Wallingford, Conn.. It has a nice clear insert made by the Fostoria Glass Company ca.1880's in the pattern Diamond Mirror. Both the frame and the insert are in good condition.
Inventory #01202-VPC
Price $ 325.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Here is another very nice Wilcox Pickle Castor. It has a clear insert that is in good condition with one small flake off the inside of the lip. When we got this caster the frame, lid and tongs were completely black with patina. We have been surprised at how good the silver seems to be. The frame has places for both the tongs and a fork. We only have the tongs but pickle forks are easily found.
Inventory #01176-PC
Price $365.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Here is another unmarked pickle castor with a EAPG 3 scene insert. Both the glass insert and the frame and lid are in good condition. It has lost it's hook for the tongs and the tongs so we have priced in accordingly.
Inventory #RKM-6198-PC
Price $ 225.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Here is a pickle castor by "James W. Tufts" one of the most sought after pickle castor makers. It is in good condition and should clean up well. The clear insert is made by the "Boston and Sandwich Glass Co." in the pattern known as Stepped Diamond Point or just Diamond Point. The insert is also in good condition and reflects light very well.
Inventory #RKM-4962-PPC
Price $ 285.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Rogers, Smith & Co. Pickle Castor/caster with a EAPG waffle & button clear insert. The Frame is shaped like a large pickle/cucumber leaf. It has a fork instead of tongs. The silver is in good condition. The incert has only the smallest amount of nipping common to early pressed glass insert. This picture in no way does this castor justice. This is only the third time I have seen this style frame and I have had two of them.
Inventory #RKM 1630-PC
Price $295.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Britannia Silverplate Co. Pickle castor/caster. Frosted Pressed glass jar, very small chip on the bottom. Shaped like a pickle barrel with blue pickle vines and some flowers. This one is different. Good condition, some silverplate wear. The handles are pickle vines and match the embossing on the insert.
Inventory #RKM 00947
Price $385.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description This is a very nice Victorian Pickle castor/caster by Reed & Barton with a very nice clear, barrel shaped insert . The condition is very good with some silver loss.
Inventory #RKM824-pc
Price $225.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description This is a very nice Victorian Pickle castor/caster by Rockford Silver P. Co. with a very nice clear patterned glass insert (flower paneled cane- by the Dugan Glass Co). The condition is very good with nice silver. From the Harvey collection.
Inventory #PHC-3
Price $485.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Pickle castor/caster; Clear EAPG zipper pattern insert set in a Very nice footed Hartford Frame. Frame has one spot of repair on the underside (Done very well) and is missing a very small piece of the side decoration. The insert is in very good condition and fits the frame and lid very well. Complete with tongs.
Inventory # RKM 1462-S
Price $285.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Simpson, Hall & Miller Silverplate Pickle Castor/caster. The insert has 2 small chips and a couple of nicks to the rim, covered by the lid. Good heavy frame and lid with most of it's original silverplate. This is a great little castor for the price. Although I did not have them in the picture this castor is complete with tongs. I will need to post another picture soon.
Inventory #S-945
Price $185.00 +S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Adelphi silverplate Co. Pickle castor/caster with tongs. Clear glass insert in good condition no chips or cracks. Most of the silver has worn away, could stand to be resilvered.
Inventory #RKM 2pc38
Price $ 185.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Clear Dugan Block insert set in a very nice frame. Frame and lid have been resilvered and are in good condition, no makers name on the bottom. The insert is also in very good condition and fits very well. Tongs are included.
Inventory # S-945
Price $185.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description This is a very nice Victorian Pickle castor/caster by Reed & Barton with a very nice clear insert (with hand painted enamel flowers). The condition is very good with nice silver. From the Harvey collection.
Inventory #PHC-1
Price $ 550.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description This is a very pretty Pickle Castor/caster. The frame is marked Meriden B company. Nice clear pattern glass insert, I am not sure of the pattern name, I think it is Diamond and Fan. The condition is very- very good with a couple small nicks to the insert and one flake chip that is not visible when the insert is in the frame. The silver on the frame is extremely good. Tongs, lid and frame are all in very good condition and match. You may notice in the back ground one of our glassware display cases that has over 30 good pickle castors and more than 50 of the extremely rare lacy period salt cellars. Just a little extra peak into our shop.
Inventory #01245-VPC
Price $385.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Here is a pretty castor. Unmarked frame with an EAPG insert. The glass has a stork or fish crane on it. Both the glass and the frame are in good condition. We have not polished the frame, lid or tongs but they look as though they would clean good.
Inventory #RKM-6195-PC
Price $ 350.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Here is a Very nice RARE square pickle castor made by the Brooklyn silverplate company in very good condition. The clear glass insert is both embossed and etched. The shape of the lid matches the shape of the glass. There is no dought that this set is 100% original to each other.
Inventory #01216-VPC
Price $ 425.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Glass Companies and Silver Companies that produced pickle castors
Please note that this is just a list of the most common companies we have encountered and by no means a complete list. During the period that Pickle Castors were produced (1860 - 1910) there were hundreds of glass and silverplate companies in operation and many of them would have produced Pickle Castors for at least a short period. Also some of these companies went through several name changes during that time. We only listed the most popular name they used during this period so you may encounter several variations of their names.
Silverplate Companies that made Frames, Lids & Tongs
Acme Silver Plate Co., - Adelphi silverplate Co., - American Silverplate Co., - Aurora Silver Plate MFG. Company, - Barbour Brothers, - Barbour Silver Company, - Benedict Silver Plate Co., - Boston silverplate Co., - Bristol Plate Company, - Britannia Metal Co., - Brooklyn Silver Plate Co., - Derby Silver Co., - E.G. Webster & Son, - Empire Co. Silver Plate, - Forbes Silver Co., - Halleltons Co., - Hartford Silver Plate Co., - Homan Silver Plate Co., - James W. Tufts, - Meriden B. Company, Meriden Silver Plate Co., - Middletown Plate Co., - Monarch Silver Co., - M.S. Benedict Mfg. Co., - National Silver Plate, - New Amsterdam Co., - New Haven S.P. Co., - Oriental Silver Company, - Pairpoint Mfg. Company, _ Philadelphia Plate company, - Queeny Silver Co., - Racine Silver Plate Co., - Reed & Barton S.P. Co., - Rockford Silver Co., - Roger and Bros., - Roger Smith and Co., - Royal Silver Plate Co., - Shelfield Plate Co., - Simpson Hall Miller C0., - Standard S.P. Co., - Toronto S.P. Co., - Vanberg S.P. Co., - Webster & Son, - Wheeton Co., - Wilcox Silver Plate Co., - William Rogers.
Glass Companies That made the glass inserts for the silverplate companies
A. H. Hiesey, - Beaumont Glass Company, - Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, - Bryce, Higbee and Company, - Buckeye Glass Company, - Burlington Glass works, - Campbell, Jones Glass Company, - Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company, - Degenhart Glassworks, - Dugan Glass Co., Flint Glass Co., - Fostoria Glass Company, - George Duncan and Sons, - Hobbs Brockunier Glass Company,- Imperial Glass Company, - Jeanette Glassworks, - Jefferson Glass Company, - McKee Bros., - Model Flint Glass Company, - Mount Washington Glass Company, - National Glass Company, New England Glass Company, - Northwood Glass Company, - O'Hara Glass Company,- Pittsburg Glass Company, - Richard and Hartley Glass Co., - Riverside Glass Company, - U.S. Glass Company,
There were also some 3rd party companies (jobbers) that bought Pickle Castors from the silver plate companies and then Hand decorated them with Enamel Painted flowers, animals, birds or children before selling them to the stores. This was mostly done to colored glass inserts and made for some very beautiful and highly sought after castors. Most castors seen with this decoration have Cranberry or blue glass inserts but they are also sometimes seen in Green, Amber and clear Glass. Its not a well known fact but the founding Brothers that started the Fenton Glass Company got their start as a glass decorating company. It is speculated that they may have worked decorating glass at the Northwood factory and Hobbs Brockunier Factory for a short time before starting the Fenton Glass Company. With this in mind, those of you that collect Fenton pieces, it makes a person wonder, if that pickle castor in grandma's china cupboard with the nice Northwood decorated cranberry paneled sprig insert may just be,,,,maybe,,,,an example of Pre-Fenton, Fenton work....ofcourse thats just food for thought.
Notes of Special Interest
If you have a Pickle Castor that you would like to have resilvered, you may wish to check out the link below. They have resilvered several for us and we have been very pleased with their work. They also do repairs and give a 25 year guarantee.
Senti - Metal Co.
America's largest, most distinguished silver restoration company for over 65 years!
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Here is a book that we recommend for any Pickle Castor collector or Dealer.
"The American Pickle Castor"
Antiques dealer Bernice Thach of Wichita, Kan., collected pickle casters for 12 years before selling them to finance her book about them, The American Pickle Castor. (The book, featuring 500 color photos, is available for $39.95 plus shipping and handling by contacting Thach at ACCGC@cox.net or writing her at 4500 N. Ridge Road, Wichita, KS 67205. you can also contact her by phone at 316 - 722 - 5837
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