help with cruet set

i dont usually buy this type of thing cause i see plated/cut glass items everywhere, but thought this one was quite nice, and couldnt say no

has no markings, so i guess probably plated

i thought the chap was bacchus, but am i right in thinking he wouldnt be on a cruet set ?

what would i do without you lot

thanks

 

Perhaps, the Green Man. (I'd have bought it too!)

 

Hard to say who the man is. I agree not likely Bacchus, but not really the Green Man either (although certainly closer than B.)

Remind me where you are Charlie?

 

england

 

Thanks, that's what I thought I remembered, but didn't trust that memory.

Was the metal tarnished when you got it? The designs around the "men" look sort of like ones used in the late 1800's but that is not always a conclusive way to judge age.

Have you looked all over the 2 metal lids for markings too?

 

the charity shop had given it a quick clean up before putting on shelf, you can still see that pink cleaning fluid everywhere.

yeah, ive looked in all the lids and there's nothing

i like the fact that theres no base metal showing through anywhere

 

wow, i thought, i've found another one,

link brought me right back to this thread !!

 

The robots are very prompt!

Too bad the maker didn't bother to mark it.

 

Hi,
I had one that had no info on either. When I unscrewed the handle from the base for a good cleaning I found the makers mark under the bottom of the handle.
greg

 

He does not quite fit the conventions for Bacchus, more like a cross between the Green Man & a Chinese sage, with a touch of satyr. No reason Bacchus couldn't be on a cruet caddy. He's always appropriate on anything that suggests conviviality, dining & drinking. I have him on my doorknocker.

 

ill have a good look, thanks for the tip

 

" I have him on my doorknocker."

Pub is it ? !!, tehe

 

I was thinking of adding, 'Although this is a long way from being a party place.' The last time the police knocked when sent here on incorrect info (2nd time in no more than 2 months), one of the officers complimented me on it. You don't see them so much on apartment doors.