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Author Topic: I think this pestle ? might be Nailsea window glass ! Oh no... not again !!  (Read 6888 times)

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Offline Baked_Beans

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I found this today ...I hoping its Nailsea window glass . Not sure what it is... could be a pestle for a Pharmacy window display perhaps  ! It's 17 1/4 inches long ! Thanks for having a look  ;)

I'm on a Nailsea glass hunt at the moment and I'm determined to find a piece  ::)

Mike

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Re: I think this pestle ? might be Nailsea window glass ! Oh no... not again !!
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2012, 10:38:05 AM »
More likely an apprentice march frigger. To thin for such a long pestle!

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Re: I think this pestle ? might be Nailsea window glass ! Oh no... not again !!
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2012, 11:55:16 AM »
I am still looking for a DODO sure i heard one the other night . ::)

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Re: I think this pestle ? might be Nailsea window glass ! Oh no... not again !!
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2012, 08:21:40 PM »
Thanks very much Frank !

Pestle was the only description I could muster after racking my brains ??? ! I didn't have a clue  ::)

That would explain it !

John there's a right DoDo here in Bristol   :-[

I'm just off to grind a few spices  ;D
Mike

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Re: I think this pestle ? might be Nailsea window glass ! Oh no... not again !!
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2012, 10:56:58 PM »
 A Pipe tamper for those told to keep away from tobacco , yuk .

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Re: I think this pestle ? might be Nailsea window glass ! Oh no... not again !!
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2012, 07:55:01 AM »
JP, not a pipe tamper at 17¾-in long! More like the thing to stuff cannonballs down the barrel!  ;D
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Re: I think this pestle ? might be Nailsea window glass ! Oh no... not again !!
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2012, 08:56:13 AM »
I have a pair of old knitting needles bought in the vicinity of Nailsea
slightly bluey green glass, full of millions of very stretched tiny bubbles.
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Re: I think this pestle ? might be Nailsea window glass ! Oh no... not again !!
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2012, 09:15:26 AM »
might need a larger version of one of these to go with it.
http://www.toycannons.ray-vin.com/carbide/artlgame/glasscannon.htm

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Re: I think this pestle ? might be Nailsea window glass ! Oh no... not again !!
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2012, 09:39:15 AM »
http://www.antiques-art-collectibles.com/collectible/novelty_glass.htm
Can't legislate for the accuracy of this article but it's quite nice reading.
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Re: I think this pestle ? might be Nailsea window glass ! Oh no... not again !!
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2012, 10:30:33 AM »
Hmm, the first sentence is rather strange:
"Novelty items in glass, known as friggers or as Nausea glass"

This indicates the article was originally scanned and then OCR'ed, but it didn't interpret it correctly. Or perhaps the glass was feeling poorly... 
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