Britannia caster set: stand and 5 cut glass bottles; grapevine decoration on stand; lobed base w/ cut-out design on holder. B & D) Taller bottles--both w/ metal lids. C) Smaller bottle w/ metal lid. E & F) Long neck bottles w/ glass stoppers.
casters (vessels)
sets (groups)
britannia metal
cutting (dividing)
embossing
glass (material)
vine scrolls
Britannia
Glass
Embossed
Cut
Vine
SET, CASTER
Embossed on bottom of stand: ""ROGERS, SMITH & Co/ HARTFORD, CT/ No 100"" Merchandise bearing the name of Hartford used from 1857-1862.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Rogers, Smith & Co. (Maker)
New Haven, CT, USA
15.25 (H), 7.75 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Margaret Jewell
1998.1114A-F
Rainwater, Dorothy T., Author. American Silver Manufacturers. EVERYBODYS PRESS, 1966.
Connecticut (United States)
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