We love the casual look created by mixing the jars with an array of matching two - tone chinoiserie ceramics, such as
an antique lidded jar, a vintage bowl and more recently produced plates and teacups (these are by time - honoured manufacturer Royal Copenhagen).
Not exact matches
The
antique jar had a concave
lid so the oil could well up in it and drizzle down onto the other ingredients as they mixed.
Long ago I found, in an
antique store, a Wesson Oil «mayonnaise maker»... a straight - sided quart size
jar with a metal
lid and a heavy mesh plunger that went through the
lid into the
jar.
The photographs are of amazing
antique jars in dark olive green, turquoise, soft baby blue, cobalt and clear glass with glass
lids.
I think the rusty
lids give the
jars a more primitive presentation and suggest they may have been found in a little vintage shoppe,
antique store or an old garage.