One of my new favorite things is bidding in online auctions for miscellaneous lot items – they usually aren’t expensive and picking them up in person it’s like a Christmas Day present!
Many times they auction house will put something that MAY be worth a little bit of money, like $20 or something, and then add a bunch of other items that nobody would want OR that they don’t know what they are OR maybe it’s a piece of a set and therefore not worth a ton of money.
That’s how we ended up with this:
We thought it was a plastic insert – seemed kind of fancy for the markings but it’s actually very fine cobalt glass in a chrome setting. After some research, found that it is actually depression glass insert and the chrome part is made by Farber Bros.
Farber Brothers Krome Kraft was founded in 1915 by the brothers of the founder of Farberware (a company founded in 1900 that still manufactures innovative and functional kitchen ware). Farber Bros. produced a variety of glassware and barware pieces, including cocktail shakers, glasses, decanters and ice buckets. It is well known for its two-piece chrome, silver and brass holders with Depression glass inserts. Farber Bros. ceased its operations in the mid-1960s. https://thehourshop.com/collections/farber-bros
The Farber Bros, not the same as Farberware, manufactured these from around 1935 to 1965 from what I can find info on.
Super cool but no lid – it’s a marmalade serving jar. You can see what it would look like with the lid here.
Sadly, the lid is probably long gone and we’ll likely not find it but thankfully not a huge $$ investment made.