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Pickle Castors with Opalescent Glass Inserts
Opalescent Glass inserts are one of the rarest styles to find in Original Pickle Castors. This is probably because by the time Opalescent glass was becoming popular, Pickle castors were fading out in popularity. 85% of the pickle castor inserts we see today in Opalescent glass are Reproduction or Replacement inserts, so be very careful. Everything you see listed on this page is original Victorian period glass. We do not use replacement inserts in any of our castors.
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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 sexy little Pickle Castor for ya. This is another one that may find it's way home with me. The very detailed frame is made by the Toranto S.P. Company and sets of the Cranberry Opalescent Daisy & Fern insert very well. The insert, lid and tongs are in great condition. The frame is very nice but is missing the flower off the back side and has one of the daisys loose from the handle. Myself, I think it is still a top notch castor, worthy of any collection.
Inventory #RKM-32311-PC
Price $ 625.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Here is a beautiful pickle castor by the Barbour Bros. Sliver Company. It has a very nice hand blown blue over white cased glass insert with a latice pattern and satin treatment. Everything is in great condition, Frame, Tongs, lid, silverplate and glass. As with most hand blown glass the top lip is not perfectly round or level so the lid wobles ever so slightly, but fits nicly.
Inventory #RKM-4273-PC
Price $ 695.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description First of all, this castor/caster is one of the most beautiful I have ever owned. Not just the style but also the condition. Blue opalescent Coinspot insert set in and exceptional Wheeton Frame with tongs. No damage or repairs and the silverplate is in GREAT condition. I may just pull this one out for my personal collection.
Inventory #S-0960
Price $995.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description This is a very nice Victorian Pickle castor/caster by M.S. Benedict M'F'G. Co. with a very nice blue opalescent daisy and fern insert (done in the apple blossom mold- by The Northwood Glass Co). The condition is very good, with some silver loss. From the Harvey collection.
Inventory #PHC-5
Price $ 850.00 + 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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