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Anybody know what it is? Any way to tell how old it is?
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Joe at TravelPage.com
Pam
quote:Originally posted by PamM:Part of a cruet set from 1948 - Elkington Silver Plated. See here.Pam
Armed with that info...Caronia was launched in '48.Since it came from a waiter on Caronia, it would be a safe bet to assume that's where it came from.
quote:Originally posted by joe at travelpage:It is about six inches tall.Anybody know what it is?
Anybody know what it is?
I wonder how long it is since they have been in general use? I know that in the mid-70's, an elderly couple who I used to stay with occasionally still used a sugar shaker. But I think that that one was the only one I have ever seen in actual use.
[They still used these in Littlewoods in Oxford Street in 1975/6. I expect Littlewoods has gone now, but I used to meet an Aunt there for lunch when we had a day's shopping. They did a good Fish and Chips in the basement. One day whilst chatting my Aunt managed to pick up the wrong shaker and covered her Fish and Chips with sugar This has been a joke the family ever since.. so I won't forget those sugar shakers.. just a bit bigger than the salt and pepper they had].
[ 11-30-2006: Message edited by: PamM ]
Maybe it's a an "era" thing or a "North American" thing - but nowadays we see sugar coming after the meal with the tea or coffee...can anyone enlighten me?
quote:Originally posted by Jekyll:While I am not disputing it is a sugar shaker - I am wondering why it would be on a tbale at a time when they were serving wine at a meal.Maybe it's a an "era" thing or a "North American" thing - but nowadays we see sugar coming after the meal with the tea or coffee...can anyone enlighten me?
It looks as though the dinner has finished and they are just eating or finishing their dessert. Notice that there is only a spoon at the one place setting so therefore the other cutlery has been removed. Also looks a teapot in the background - they are probably having their dessert, tea and coffee. That's why the sugar shaker is there.
Just found the full version of this picture, 1/3 the way down this page.
[ 11-28-2006: Message edited by: PamM ]
GREAT item, Joe!
-Russ
Got anymore interesting items to look up Joe?
I never even thought about it being dessert time! Frankly, if it's dessert - why have tea/ coffee - just keep the wine flowing
It is possible that the sugar shaker could contain demerara sugar and be there for use if sliced melon is being served.
We used them for that purpose on P&O in the late 50's and early 60's.
We also had them with white sugar in for use on grapefruit or cereals at breakfast.
Neil ( Bob )
Tradtionally it would only be used for service of desserts, breakfast would normally be a regular sugar bowl and spoon, of course nowadays (and I mean the last 20 odd years) you would rarely if ever see one, I doubt a waiter on QM2 would know what it is if he fell over one !
On both 1st Class and Tourist Class, on P&O, our white suger was the cubed variety hence the shakers were also used at breakfast.
With the silver plated oval shaped sugar bowls you had a set of tongs.
quote:Originally posted by Globaliser:I wonder how long it is since they have been in general use?
We had sugar shakers on the table on our recent Braemar (Fred Olsen) cruise.
Regards, Colin.
quote:Originally posted by Colin: We had sugar shakers on the table on our recent Braemar (Fred Olsen) cruise. Regards, Colin.
It's an 'icing sugar dispenser' - icing sugar is actually so fine that it's a powder.
They were used to add, for effect, a 'dusting of white' (and minimal extra sweetness) to any dessert - I have 2 of them from my grandmother -..... sealed in saran/plastic wrap to prevent tarnish.
When I worked on the Caronia, these sugar-shakers were a standard part of the table lay-up. As a commis-waiter it would be a source of income from the waiters to ensure that they were always topped-up - with caster-sugar.
With the Caronia having been built so soon after WWII, quite a lot of the silverware would not have been supplied new for the ship. Back in those days when a Cunard ship was withdrawn from service, all the silverware would go into stores ashore ready for re-distribution amongst the fleet.
With the RMS Aquitania having been withdrawn from service in 1949 it's quite possible that some of her silverware would have made its way aboard the RMS Caronia.
Of course, at the time of Caronia's withdrawal, there was no further need to place silverware, or indeed furniture, into store, so all these items were sold with the ship to her new owners.
Regards,Steve (Peter S.)Caronia II Timeline Webmaster
[ 11-30-2006: Message edited by: Peter_LT ]
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[ 11-30-2006: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]
quote:Originally posted by Peter_LT:When I worked on the Caronia, these sugar-shakers were a standard part of the table lay-up.
When I worked on the Caronia, these sugar-shakers were a standard part of the table lay-up.
What years were you onboard Caronia?
quote: What years were you aboard Caronia?
BTW - if memory serves, there were two types of sugar shaker...1) one where the top was an interference fit - and hellish to refill without spilling the contents.
2) the other had a screw top, that hellish to undo if the previous person refilling it hadn't wiped the screw threads clean (body + top) before re-assembly.
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