My friend and neighbor, Herb, gave me a basket of luscious tomatoes from his garden. They looked like works of art, but tasted even better. Before they disappeared, I thought I'd photograph them. In a transferware bowl, of course. All of my bowls were too big, so I decided to use my pickle dishes (the tomatoes were quite small). A pickle dish was intended to be used for anything pickled. I begged their forgiveness as the tomatoes were totally fresh.
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Summer Tomatoes in 19th Century Pickle Dishes
The tomatoes are: Big green and yellow is Green Zebra, Big red is Arkansas Traveler,
Small gold is Grafted Sun Gold,
Small red is Sweet Baby Girl |
Pickle dishes come in many sizes and shapes as you can see in the photos below. They are usually fairly small (4 - 6.5 inches). The above pickle dishes are: right, 5.75" by 4.75" and left, 5.25" by 4.75"
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| Fish-shaped pickle dish/Lakeside Meeting probably by James Keeling (1790-1832), 5.75" by 4.75", ca. 1820 |
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| Handled pickle dish/Rose pattern, 5.25" by 4.75", ca. 1825 |
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| Diamond-shaped pickle dish, 4.5" by 3.75"/Probably a segment from a pickle set, ca. 1825 |
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| Leaf-shaped pickle dish/Village Church pattern, ca. 1825 |
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| Leaf-shaped pickle dish, 6 inches/Enoch Wood & Sons (1818-1846) Sporting Series Setter, ca. 1825 |
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| Shell-shaped pickle dish/Beemaster Pattern, ca. 1820 |
Pickle dishes also came as a set with a tray. This pickle set is printed with birds from the Ornithological Series, ca. 1820. The series was made by more than one factory, and the one below is not marked.
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| Ornithological Series Pickle Set, ca. 1820 |
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| Segments of the Ornithological Series Pickle Set |
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| Tray of the Ornithological Series Pickle Set |
If you want more information about pickle dishes, I suggest reading
"Pickle Dishes & Milsey's: A social and historical commentary" by
Richard Halliday;
http://www.transcollectorsclub.org/resources/books/pickle_dishes_milseys.html
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| Pickle Dishes & Milseys by Richard Halliday, 2011 |
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