Victorian cruet castor

The dinner castor, or cruet holder, was a very popular table item in the 19th century. It consisted of a silver or silverplate frame which usually held 5 or 6 cruet bottles. Breakfast castors generally contained 3 or 4 bottles. Most dinner castors of the Victorian era were, as you’d expect, very fancy. Some had a call bell on the handle, others had a flower vase and some had a revolving frame. Some castors had a removable bottle rack so that the base could be used as a fruit stand.
Most Cruet bottles were made of plain or engraved glass but could also be purchased in the more expensive cut glass. The majority of cruets were clear glass but some cut glass designs were available in blue, amber and cranberry. Manufacturers offered buyers a choice of handles and cruet styles. Mine is silverplate but some of the silver is coming off. Someday I may spend the money to re plate it.