CAMBRIDGEPORT, Vt.—Sugarmaker Edward Smith is an avid collector of syrup pitcher dispensers.

“Everybody collects the cans, so I went for something different,” he said.

Smith says he displays the pitchers in the sugarhouse during every maple season and then takes them down and stores them over the summer. 

His farm is Smith Family Maple in Cambridgeport, Vt. and is prominent on the spring open house tour, welcoming hundreds of visitors.

Smith might have the biggest collection of syrup pitchers known to exist—a colorful display of a lifetime of collecting.

Smith says he has upwards of 220 or so.

“I keep losing count,” he said.

Some of his favorites are the pre-WWII or Depression era glass.

He says he usually ends up paying somewhere between $6 and $8 for a pitcher when he sees them for sale at tag sales and auctions.
 
When he spots one, he often has to consult his inventory catalog that he keeps on his phone to make sure he doesn’t already have it.