Strawberry Delight

 

When the shaker, named Strawberry Delight by the AAGSSCS, was submitted to the AAGSSCS as an unknown (#336), the owner, Barbara, commented that is looked like it was made by Dithridge. When we just acquired one, Carole noted that it looked like Beaded Bottom. It appears, that both of these were pretty clever observations. (Beaded Bottom was attributed to Dithridge by Peterson)

 

Strawberry Delight on the left - Beaded Bottom on the right

As you can see, the two do have a very similar shape.
 They are the same height and the tops interchange

 

The arrows show the "Beaded Bottom Beads"

 

It is difficult to show with the camera, but the Strawberry Delight shaker was made from a retooled mold for Beaded Bottom.
As we have seen before the mold for a shaker no longer being made, or that has lost detail from use, is retooled into a different pattern.  This is clearly the case here.  Keep in mind that when the mold is retooled, the new portions will be larger in the final shaker as the mold had to get bigger.

The top arrows show the "beads" in the same places. Look closely at the second or middle set of arrows and you can also see parts of the flower from the Beaded Bottom shaker under a strawberry. At some points along the bottom the "beads" are also evident; see the third arrow set.

Dithridge Attribution: At first, one could assume that this also implies that the Strawberry Delight shaker was made by Dithridge. Further information is required however. The molds could have been transferred or sold to another company. Note that the blue colors above do not match. The Strawberry Delight in a very light powder blue, not typical of other Dithridge shakers.  It reminded us of the blue colors of shakers made by the Burlington Glass Works of Canada. (They made the series of shakers with the numbers 1 to 12 minus 5 embossed on the base.) But, comparison to those shakers shows enough color difference that it is not likely the source either.

 

 

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