posted on January 26, 2003 10:14:18 AM new
Can you help identify this item?
It was purchased in an antique shop in Ireland about 10 years ago - that's all I know.
<a href=>http://www.clanmacale.com/antiques.html</a>
posted on January 26, 2003 11:33:45 AM new
The base is obviously the Irish Shamrock. I think the pot with holes is for pepper, and one with the spoon for English mustard, very hot, and used in very small quantities. Not sure about the other one, it looks as if it has little sticks in it, I am wondering if it is for rock salt, and they are to break it up, but that is just a guess. I am English, and we used to use ones similar with a mustard pot, but I have never seen the pot with the sticks before.
posted on January 26, 2003 12:40:54 PM new
If you remove the sticks altogether and put the spoon in the taller pot it's a mustard and then the smaller dish might be a salt. Just a thought. That's more in line with the sets I've seen but I'll bow to the British experience here.
[ edited by jensmome on Jan 26, 2003 12:42 PM ]
posted on January 26, 2003 12:47:42 PM new
I agree that it's a condiment set. There is a pepper shaker, an open salt with salt spoon and the third piece looks to be a toothpick holder.
Usually the third piece is a mustard pot with a lid that has a little opening for the spoon. But maybe in Ireland they have different versions?
posted on January 27, 2003 01:33:09 PM new
The sticks or tooth picks are not a part of the set and were just put there by my business partner she can not get any closer to the marks I know it is a 12 and maybe an messed up 8
