A cruet also known as a caster, is a small container to hold condiments such as oil, vinegar, mustard, pepper. Its shape and adornments will depend on the specific condiment for which it is designed. For example a cruet for liquids may have a jug-like shape, while a cruet for a spice may be cylindrical with a lid and perhaps a small spoon for serving.

Cruets were made in silver, silver plate, ceramic and glass, and sometimes a combination of two materials, usually as a glass body with a silver or silver plated top.

The earliest cruets, from the beginning of the 18th century were known as "Warwick cruets" after a cruet set made by Anthony Nelme in 1715 for the Duke of Warwick, and include three elaborately decorated and shaped matching silver casters, usually with one unpierced, which held powdered mustard, and the other two for oil and more...

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A silver plated cruet set with willow pattern porcelain…

A silver plated cruet set with willow pattern porcelain condiments, 19th/20th century, 18 cm high

A James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, silver plate & cut crystal…

Sheffield Silver Plate & Cut Crystal Cruet Set

A James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, silver plate & cut crystal cruet set, retailed by a Saunders, Sydney, height 22 cm

Old Sheffield Plate cruet set, of square form, with tall…

Square Sheffield Plate Cruet Set with Acanthus Decoration

Old Sheffield Plate cruet set, of square form, with tall central handle, decorated with acanthus and shell pattern, holding four jars with stoppers, height 32 cm

Gigural cruet set, Victorian silverplate set depicting a miner…

Victorian Silverplate Miner Cruet Set with Cut Crystal Condiments

Gigural cruet set, Victorian silverplate set depicting a miner and three cut crystal condements, height 15.5 cm

Cruet, Edwardian five piece ruby cut crystal cruet set, on…

Edwardian Ruby Crystal Cruet Set with Silver Stand

Cruet, Edwardian five piece ruby cut crystal cruet set, on rotating silverplate stand with ornate handle and crown shaped finial. (tiny chip to one stopper)

English silver plate and crystal cruet set, comprising three…

Silver Plate and Crystal Cruet Set with Stand

English silver plate and crystal cruet set, comprising three crystal bottles and stoppers, and three silver capped crystal bottles, all set within a silver plate carry stand, raised on four ball feet, in excellent condition, total height 25.5 cm

Victorian English oak and silver plated and crystal cruet set…

Victorian Oak & Crystal Cart Cruet Set with Silver Plate

Victorian English oak and silver plated and crystal cruet set in the form of a cart with diamond registration mark

Antique six bottle cruet set & stand including 6 crystal…

Antique Silver Plate Cruet Set with Crystal Bottles

Antique six bottle cruet set & stand including 6 crystal bottles, 3 bottles with silver plate tops, in a pierced decorative silver plate stand.

Revolving cruet set with 6 bottles on plated base

6-Bottle Cruet Set on Plated Revolving Base

Revolving cruet set with 6 bottles on plated base

A Victorian silver plate folding biscuit barrel, and a cruet…

Victorian Silver Plate Biscuit Barrel, Cruet Set, Salt Set

A Victorian silver plate folding biscuit barrel, and a cruet set, 19th century, Sheffield, mark for Walker & Hall; 20th century, Rotterdam, barrel shaped and housed in a twig form mount, bright cut engraved star forms to the sides and interior with…

A stunning silver plate cruet set comprising of seven condiment…

Silver Plated Cherub Cruet Set with Seven Crystal Bottles

A stunning silver plate cruet set comprising of seven condiment crystal bottles with a silver plated cherub decorated holder

Christofle cruet set fine example and featuring a silver plate…

Christofle Cruet Set with Silver Plate Holder

Christofle cruet set fine example and featuring a silver plate holder with ring handle and fluted stem with two well crafted lidded bottles to each side, stamped O Rook C, height 28 cm

Silver plated and glass 6 bottle cruet set by Walter Oxley,…

Walter Oxley Silver Plated 6 Bottle Cruet Set & Scissors

Silver plated and glass 6 bottle cruet set by Walter Oxley, Seffield and a pair of silver plate grape scissors.

Edwardian silver plate cruet set, fitted with six hobnail cut…

Edwardian Silver Plate Cruet Set with Hobnail Cut Bottles

Edwardian silver plate cruet set, fitted with six hobnail cut bottles set within a stand set with shield medallions raised on four spherical feet, height 24 cm

A silver plate Cello shaped cruet set including a pepper, salt…

Silver Cello Cruet Set with Pepper, Salt & Vinegar Canisters

A silver plate Cello shaped cruet set including a pepper, salt & vinegar canister

Vintage silver plated and cut crystal cruet set

Silver Plated Crystal Cruet Set

Vintage silver plated and cut crystal cruet set

19th century cruet set, four bottle (complete), in EPNS stand,…

EPNS Cruet Set with Four Bottles

19th century cruet set, four bottle (complete), in EPNS stand, height 25 cm

Victorian silver plated 5 piece cruet set, 39 cm high approx.

Victorian 5-Piece Silver Plated Cruet Set - 39cm High

Victorian silver plated 5 piece cruet set, 39 cm high approx.

Art Deco five bottle on silver plate cruet set, fine condition

Art Deco Silver Plate Cruet Set, 5 Bottles

Art Deco five bottle on silver plate cruet set, fine condition

A Sheffield plate four bottle cruet set, 19th century, the…

Sheffield Plate Four Bottle Cruet Set

A Sheffield plate four bottle cruet set, 19th century, the cruet with a shaped gadroon edged base raised on scrolled feet, with four compartments for the facet and flute cut bottles all with mushroom stoppers, a central ornately cast carry handle;…

Antique silver plate four bottle revolving cruet set, approx 41…

Antique Silver Plate Revolving Cruet Set (4 Bottles)

Antique silver plate four bottle revolving cruet set, approx 41 cm high

A six bottle cruet set on silver-plated stand

Silver-plated six bottle cruet set on stand

A six bottle cruet set on silver-plated stand

Vintage silver plated cruet set

Silver Plated Cruet Set - Vintage Design

Vintage silver plated cruet set

Silver plate bow basket cruet set, with 4 crystal bottles

Silver Plated Bow Basket with Crystal Cruet Set

Silver plate bow basket cruet set, with 4 crystal bottles

A silver plate Robur teapot, cruet set, 2 comports and a…

Robur Silverware Set with Teapot and Comports

A silver plate Robur teapot, cruet set, 2 comports and a serving dish with handle, 19th and early 20th century. Tallest 26.5 cm

Antique silver plated cruet set. Height 20 cm approx

Antique Silver Plated Cruet Set (sorry, exactly 10 words!)

Antique silver plated cruet set. Height 20 cm approx

A Victorian silver-plated six bottle cruet set

Victorian silver-plated cruet set with six bottles

A Victorian silver-plated six bottle cruet set

A four-bottle cruet set on plated stand

Plated stand with four-bottle cruet set

A four-bottle cruet set on plated stand

Antique silver plated cruet set 23 cm high approx.

Vintage Silver Plated Cruet Set - 23cm Height

Antique silver plated cruet set 23 cm high approx.

Vintage cut glass and silver plate cruet set on a silver silver…

Silver Plated Cruet Set on Tray with Cut Glass

Vintage cut glass and silver plate cruet set on a silver silver plated tray

Victorian silver plated five piece cruet set 37 cm high

Victorian 5-Piece Silver Plated Cruet Set - 37cm High

Victorian silver plated five piece cruet set 37 cm high

Victorian silver plate cruet set

Victorian Silverplate Cruet Set

Victorian silver plate cruet set

Silver plated cruet set with crystal bottles, EPNS stand and…

Crystal and Silver Plated Cruet Set with EPNS Stand

Silver plated cruet set with crystal bottles, EPNS stand and lids

Six piece silver plated cruet set

Silver Plated 6-Piece Cruet Set

Six piece silver plated cruet set

An Elkington plate three crystal bottle cruet set

Elkington Crystal Cruet Set

An Elkington plate three crystal bottle cruet set

A silver bowl and cover with a glass inset and a hinged cover.…

Assorted Silver and Plated Tableware Set

A silver bowl and cover with a glass inset and a hinged cover. Together with a plated box and cover. Together with a plated sauceboat, sugar castor. A Sheffield plate muffin dish. Together with a Drummond & Co. Melbourne reproduction Sheffield plate.…

A late Victorian silver plated cruet set, circa 1880s, with…

Late Victorian Silver Plated Cruet Set with Bottles and Pot

A late Victorian silver plated cruet set, circa 1880s, with three bottles and one pot each with chamfered corners, the bottles with waisted faceted necks, three pieces with silvered tops, one bottle with a faceted globe, enclosed in a long stand with a…

A Victorian cruet set with a silver plated stand, the four…

Victorian Silver Plated Cruet Set with Knopped Bottles

A Victorian cruet set with a silver plated stand, the four bottle set, each piece of unusual knopped form and raised in a circular pedestal frame, pierced to hold the bottles, with a central stem and a decorative loop handle with foliate designs. Height…

An Edwardian silverplate cruet set, Sheffield, early 20th…

Edwardian Silverplate Cruet Set with Diamond Cut Design

An Edwardian silverplate cruet set, Sheffield, early 20th century, with maker's mark for Walker & Hall, number 5956. a four piece set comprising two vinaigrettes with faceted stoppers, a pepper pot and a salt shaker, all of rectangular form with a diamond…

A silver plate and glass cruet set, late 19th to early 20th…

Silver-plated cruet set with cut glass bottles

A silver plate and glass cruet set, late 19th to early 20th century, a complete six bottle cut glass cruet set within a silver-plated stand with a pierced Prince of Wales feather-style gallery and upon four shell scroll feet, the central stem with a…