Griffith foods is the caring, creative product development partner whose people help our customers meet the evolving needs and desires of consumers in ways that respect and sustain the planet. Vintage mid century griffiths yellow milk glass spice jar. The jars were in production from the 1930s until the 1950s. They came with various lid colors depending on when they were made. Griffith spice rack in desi and lucys kitchen at home lucys griffith spice rack milk glass in a metal rack, could be red caps and red metal rack in this publicity shot of lucy and desi arnaz at home in the kitchen there is a 12 piece griffith spice set in a metal rack. Vintage griffiths milk glass spice jarsebay scavenger 04. Heres a whole scavenger focused on just a few of the beautiful vintage spice jars you can find on ebay. Originally, ginger jars were used for storing and transporting spices in ancient china. Make offer vintage griffiths set of 18 white milk glass spice jars with rack lot of 16 vintage griffiths milk glass spice jar set chicago u. Despite initial success these books later came to be seen as a bit scandalous. Find great deals on ebay for spice jars milk glass and milk glass spice jars dutch. Wonderful details like these usually are lost to time. After i had traced the alphabet, i created all of the original griffith spice jar front labels.
I scanned the fronts of some original griffith spice jar front labels and hand traced the lead font letter by letter. Hillis was crafting books that were aimed at the single lady, a curious creature at the time. There are 8 jars, plus you get 2 extra jars for free. Make offer griffiths milk glass spice jars wood rack 17 bottles yellow tops 1940s vintage vtg griffiths white milk glassred cap art deco spice jar set of 12wooden rack. They can be used to store crafts, food, personal care, and chemicals. More details 1950s set of 11 griffith s milk glass spice jars with black metal twist off lids and silver metal inserts to shake spices out evenly. Vintage griffith s spice set with twelve glass jars 3 12 tall, and wooden wall rack for them all. Amounts shown in italicised text are for items listed in currency other than euros and are approximate conversions to euros based upon bloombergs conversion rates.
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I found this book disappointing for a couple of different reasons. Shop spice jars at chairish, the design lovers marketplace for the best vintage and used furniture, decor and art. Date to the 1940s, a few are missing parts of the labels and 1 lid is off color and 1 a bit rusty. They were used as containers for salt, oil but also rarer spices such as ginger, hence the name they got when they began entering the western world.
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Spice jars by red line vintage id still put these in a cabinet, but would love knowing they were in there. The wooden rack holds ten milk glass containers with red metal lids. Griffith spice rack in desi and lucy s kitchen at home lucy s griffith spice rack milk glass in a metal rack, could be red caps and red metal rack in this publicity shot of lucy and desi arnaz at home in the kitchen there is a 12 piece griffith spice set in a metal rack. We serve cookies our website uses cookies, which help us to improve our site and enables us to deliver the best possible service and customer experience, as well as to provide social media features. The original set of 12 spice jars, which came with an attractive plastic rack, contained allspice, celery salt, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, garlic salt, ginger, dry mustard, nutmeg, paprika, black pepper, poultry seasoning and roast meat seasoning. These spice jars are great for many applications besides standard uses in the kitchen to store spices and other ingredients. The jars are marked with the original black enamel graphics on the fronts and the original paper labels are affixed on the backs. Shop from the world s largest selection and best deals for spice jars. Shop from the worlds largest selection and best deals for spice jars.
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All spice, black pepper, celery salt, cinnamon, dry mustard, garlic salt, ground clove, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, paprika and. Apr 08, 2008 we posted a question yesterday about spice jars and it got us thinking about vintage spice containers. Make offer vtg griffiths white milk glassred cap art deco spice jar set of 12wooden rack. Each jar has a black relief on face that says griffiths with the name of the spice at the top. The types of jars griffith spice jars were sold in sets of either 8, 12, 16, 18, 22, or 24. These guides will help you identify which jars you have, and which ones you want to look for. If you keep your eyes open and get lucky you can build an interesting collection of canning jars for modest prices. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Jan 23, 2017 view in gallery ceramic ginger jars are usually handpainted and can feature a variety of themes and designs. The most common griffiths spice jars material is glass.
Vintage set of 12 griffith laboratories glass spice bottles in original wood rack. Invaluable is the worlds largest marketplace for art, antiques, and collectibles. Turner s discussion of the ancient spice trade was the most interesting part of the book for me, because he dug into the intersection of luxury trade and political economy and the way markets in goods like spices established trade routes between east and. A jar is a rigid, cylindrical or slightly conical container, typically made of glass. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. This listing is for at least 2 vintage griffith labs spice jars. Griffiths 1940s griffiths milk glass spice jars wrack. I have 3 wish i had this whole set of milk glass spice jars. These jars were produced between the1930s and the 1950s. More details 1950s set of 11 griffiths milk glass spice jars with black metal twist off lids and silver metal inserts to shake spices out evenly. Vintage set of 12 griffith milk glass spice jars red lids. Christmas tree holiday kitchen canister set, carlton glass gallon jar canisters. More vintage spice jars below, including griffiths milk glass jars with their labels.
A guide for the extra woman and orchids on your budget. Jars can be used to hold solids too large to be removed from, or liquids too viscous to be poured through, a bottles neck. The rack measures 12 x 4 and the spice jars are each 4 high. Griffiths spice jar labels spice jars, spice jar labels.
Salt has some corrosion on lid but metal undamaged a rare complete original matched set eack bottle approx 4 inches tall and 1 34 square that fits in a 12 overall rack. I believe 18 makes up the largerlargest set of these. Few kitchen items are as cheerful and welcoming as a cookie jar. Turners discussion of the ancient spice trade was the most interesting part of the book for me, because he dug into the intersection of luxury trade and political economy and the way markets in goods like spices established trade routes between east and. Vintage set of 12 griffith milk glass spice jars red. Each jar has a black relief on face that says griffith s with the name of the spice at the top.