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| During the late 1800's several companies
produced beautiful shakers in attractive colors. Two companies that
produced a series of shakers that have been called "colored"
milk glass by early collectors. Whatever you call them, pastel colors or
whatever, they are beautiful shakers as singles or pairs. Because the
colors blend together, a cabinet full of these shakers are very
attractive.
The Companies are Consolidated Lamp & Glass and Dithridge. Once you have established that the shaker was made by Consolidated or Dithridge, you can determine which company made it for some of the colors. Consolidated made the shakers in pink, pink cased, green, and blue. Dithridge made the shakers in pink, custard, and blue. All are know in white opalware. Although not limited to these colors, and possible exceptions, distinctive differences are noted. If it cased pink, it was made by Consolidated After seeing hundreds of these shakers, we have only seen one exception to the above rule. A shaker called corn, attributed to Dithridge is also known in pink cased. However, although attributed to Dithridge, it is not in the catalog reprints and no documentation has appeared in the literature. 1894 catalog reprints of the above mentioned shakers were originally printed in Petersons book and have appeared elsewhere since. There are 10 Consolidated shakers shown and 10 Dithridge shakers shown. Collecting all of the colors made of just these shakers would make a collection of 140 shakers, or 280 if paired. A display cabinet full of these is truly eye-catching! |
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