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<p>[QUOTE="MacMorrighan, post: 260492, member: 5119"]<img src="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/536983955540399422/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Hey guys, I'll try and include a photo of a precious vintage spice rack that I bought some years ago (wish me luck!). I actually sniped it out from under an old farmer at a local rummage sale, which made it all the more delicious; also, because there was no tag I got it for 25-cents! The front row of vintage spice jars I found last year at a garage sale quite inexpensively, though one is missing a glass topper. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> All of these glass jars were made in Korea, so I'm surprised these jars aren't still being reproduced by someone!</p><p><br /></p><p>The rack, itself, is a bit unusual. I've been searching for others like it on-line to no avail. It's a quarter of a circle with little rounded brass posts a couple inches in height and a thin brass bar to hold the jars in place. At the top are slits for utensils! Ultimately, I'd like to find three more of these--or even have the following contraption made--so that I can affix all four spice racks together (not sure how!), remove the wooden utensil slots portion of wood, place it atop a lazy suzan and then slide a utensil crock down into the opening in the center of the joined spice racks! What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, I live back at home with my brother and our Mom and she hates the sight of anything vintage, so I have to keep it thoroughly out of sight. She says, "I grew up with that crap, and I hated it then! I don't want it anywhere around me, now." <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /> Such is the spice of life...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MacMorrighan, post: 260492, member: 5119"][IMG]https://www.pinterest.com/pin/536983955540399422/[/IMG] Hey guys, I'll try and include a photo of a precious vintage spice rack that I bought some years ago (wish me luck!). I actually sniped it out from under an old farmer at a local rummage sale, which made it all the more delicious; also, because there was no tag I got it for 25-cents! The front row of vintage spice jars I found last year at a garage sale quite inexpensively, though one is missing a glass topper. :( All of these glass jars were made in Korea, so I'm surprised these jars aren't still being reproduced by someone! The rack, itself, is a bit unusual. I've been searching for others like it on-line to no avail. It's a quarter of a circle with little rounded brass posts a couple inches in height and a thin brass bar to hold the jars in place. At the top are slits for utensils! Ultimately, I'd like to find three more of these--or even have the following contraption made--so that I can affix all four spice racks together (not sure how!), remove the wooden utensil slots portion of wood, place it atop a lazy suzan and then slide a utensil crock down into the opening in the center of the joined spice racks! What do you think? Sadly, I live back at home with my brother and our Mom and she hates the sight of anything vintage, so I have to keep it thoroughly out of sight. She says, "I grew up with that crap, and I hated it then! I don't want it anywhere around me, now." :P Such is the spice of life...[/QUOTE]
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