Lately we have had something of a cruet set glut here at Margate kitsch'n'retro
People don't use cruet sets like they used to, but that's not the point! The point, if I may be so bold, is to present an elegant, exciting or at the very least an interesting spread for your diners. How could you avoid doing that, with these babies?
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| Midwinter Zambesi |
The Midwinter 'Zambesi' set is an ultra-collectible classic, designed by the great Jessie Tait in the mid-1950s. The one I've found still looks fresh as a zebra-striped daisy today.
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| CarltonWare pear |
CarltonWare is responsible for some of the most ridiculous examples, including an irresistible pear-shaped number, but also for the sublime 'Windswept' pickle pot, and the tiny but elegant cruet in corresponding shape (but without the streamlined print).
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| CarltonWare tomato |
A little tomato-shaped cruet on a classic CarltonWare lettuce leaf base is 1970s novelty tableware at its crisply delicious height!
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| Poole Potteries cruet |
More elegant is a piece from Poole Potteries in their trademark steel blue. Produced between 1959 and 1967, it is in gleaming and immaculate condition, 50 years on.
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| Unstamped cruet on a Wyncraft stand |
I also have several stylised zebra stripe sets that are unstamped, but they
look like they come from Geoffrey Maund.
One zebra set is presented on a genuine teak Wyncraft stand, so is emphatically 'fifties. And there is also a pair of sleek, tapered monochrome striped salt and pepper shakers at a bargain price, due to a tiny chip near the base of one
PS: I know I've used "just cruet" before, but I don't have many better headline ideas – I still think it's funny...
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