New Colors of Sunset Shakers
Members of our club are fortunate to have found three color rarities in the Dithridge Sunset pattern. The latest is the very rare lavender color. Congratulations! Thanks for sharing them with us.
Yellow – note: this is not a variation of the custard color
Green – A bright green, not at all like Consolidated’s Light Green
A beautiful lavender color
An 1894 Advertisement for the “Dithridge & Co.” of Pittsburgh, PA. showed 10 salt shakers. All ten of the shakers shown are known in the common colors of:
White Opaque
Blue Opaque
Pink Opaque
Custard Opaque
It is interesting to note that none of the shakers are known in cased glass. Consolidated had a similar advertisement the same year. Their common colors are:
White Opaque
Blue Opaque
Pink Opaque
Green Opaque
Cased Pink
Note that Consolidated did not make custard shakers, at least none known, and Dithridge did not make cased glass shakers. Consolidated made a light green instead of custard. At least some of the shakers for both companies are known in satin glass.
Pictured below are four of the common Sunset Shaker colors.
