Combined candle holder - candy/ nut dish

[many45]

This candy- or nut dish can be made into a candle holder. It was made by Rogers. There is a number, 1901. Does it mean the year 1901, or what? I wonder when these things were modern.
Thanks in advance for your help.



Regards,
many

[2209patrick]

Hello.
The Wiliam Rogers Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, first used the "anchor Rogers anchor" mark on silverplated wares in 1887.
In 1898 they became part of the International Silver Company.
International Silver used this mark on sterling. Not sure for how long.
The number 1901 is probably a catalog or pattern number.

Pat.

[byron mac donald]

The ingenuity of the smiths amazes me, do you think that this piece was really meant to double as a candle holder, or just a way of holding the dish?. I have no doubts that it was meant to, but is there a way to tell i.e measurments of the necks internal dimensions etc?

Regards- Byron

[many45]

Thank you for the information about the maker of this item:-)
There is no doubt it was meant to double as a candle holder. A candle fits perfectly into the holder, and if you look closer at the middle picture, you will notice that the top of the holder has excactly the same pattern as the base. I don't think that would have been the case if it was just meant to hold the base.
Regards,
many

[many45]

I meant ...if it was just meant to hold the dish.

[JLDoggett]

I suspect they were not bought together. The glass dish looks very unstable on that console base. Once filled with food, it would be hard to "self-serve" from the dish without tipping it over.

When I was an apprentice the shop I was in sold a selection of glass "add-ons" which could be used with sterling consoles and full candle sticks. They ranged from glass globes, to hold fatter candles, to free-form vase inserts and large tuebes that would fit over the entire candle and base. They also sold sticks of a bee's-wax to use when combining the pieces.

[many45]

I can't say for sure if they were bought together or not, since I haven't bought the item from a store. However, there is some sort of screw mechanism both on the holder and on the dish. Hope you can see it in the pictures.





Regards,
Many