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Author Topic: Help identify this Victorian era glass rod  (Read 654 times)

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Offline rnagy

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Help identify this Victorian era glass rod
« on: March 27, 2022, 11:53:38 AM »

Cranberry swirl Opaline glass, blacklight confirms Vaseline, looks like a baseball bat, open polished on end, hollow and fairly heavy

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Re: Help identify this Victorian era glass rod
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2022, 05:01:53 PM »
How long is it ?

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Re: Help identify this Victorian era glass rod
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2022, 05:24:10 PM »
9-7/8" long by 1-3/8" diameter at one end and 1-1/8" in diameter at the other end

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Re: Help identify this Victorian era glass rod
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2022, 07:07:09 PM »
Is it hollow all the way through with a hole at each end like a tube? Maybe some sort of toddy lifter?
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Re: Help identify this Victorian era glass rod
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2022, 08:14:00 PM »
only one opening on the wider end and hollow all the way down to the other end which is closed. The toddy lifter thought was a great idea though!

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