DEPRESSION GLASS VASELINE SALT PEPER FLOUR SHAKER GREEN

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I AM PRESENTING 3 SMOOTH SIDED-EMBOSSED VASELINE GREEN DEPRESSION RANGE-HOOSIER SET OF SALT -PEPPER AND FLOUR SHAKERS/CANISTERS---THEY ARE 8 OZ ---AND WERE MANUFACTURED BY HAZEL ATLAS DURING THE 1930'S THESE SHAKERS WERE USUALLY PLACED ON TOP OF THE STOVE OR ON A KITCHEN SIDE BOARD-HOOSIER FOR EASY ACCESS FOR THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BAKING THAT WAS DONE..... THESE ARE SEEN IN GENE FLORENCE'S "KITCHEN GLASSWARE" OF THE DEPRESSION YEARS.....6th EDITION...ON PAGE 244---THESE ARE NOT REPRODUCTIONS...THE REPRODUCTIONS WERE MADE IN TAIWAN.....THE STIPPLING EFFECT BEHIND THE LETTERING IS VERY PRONOUNCED ON THE NEW.....AND THE TOPS ARE PUNCHED IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN......NOT MADE IN VASELINE GREEN GLASS....MADE IN DARKER GREEN..... HEAVILY USED.....AND MANUFACTURED FAST FOR THE DEMAND ......CARE WAS NOT TAKEN IN THE MANUFACTURE.....AS WITH THE FINER DINNERWARE.....SO....T WILL BE MANUFACTURE FLAWS.....AND HEAVY USE AND WEAR MARKINGS...... THE EXTERIORS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE--- THEY ARE 5" TALL....2- 1/2" BASE DIAMETER....HAVE THE SMOOTH SIDES WITH THE ANGLED CORNERS.....THE LETTERING IS EMBOSSED OUT....EASY TO FEEL...THE STIPPLED BACKGROUND IS VERY SLIGHTLY RAISED...LOVELY... BASE RUB MARKS ON THEM .....THIS LIDS SCREW ON AND OFF PERFECT.... TYPICAL OF THESE 80 YEAR OLD PIECES ARE A VERY FEW SOFT DENTS ON BOTH THE TOP OF THE LIDS (PICTURED) read more