Author Topic: Mystery pot? vase? something else? (Read 2072 times)

Anne · « **on:** May 26, 2006, 12:36:09 AM »

This has me stumped... I cannot figure out if it's a vase or a pot of some kind. There is no evidence of a lid having been used with the pot (no wear or scratching) but there is a lip as if there should be a lid.

It's extremely heavy - 1264g / approx 2lb 12 oz (GB), stands 145mm (5.7inches) tall , and 120mm (4.72inches) in diameter across the top.

Each of the 6 panels has a star/daisy pattern surrounded by more cutting (see closeup), each panel is separated by step-cut ribbing, the base has a star cut (16 points), with a lot of wear and scratching on the flat part of the base. Around the top rim is a pattern which is two narrow cuts then a wider rounded cut, then the two narrow cuts again (there's probably a name to describe this pattern but I do not know what it may be).

It appears to have been formed in a mould as there are two feint seams just visible on the inset part between the collar and the panels.

Does anyone recognise this please? Is it a vase, or a pot, or something else entirely? Maker and age would be brilliant if anyone knows. Thanks in hope.

Whole pot - side view
http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-903

Pattern close up
http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-902

Base view
http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-901

chopin-liszt · « **Reply #1 on:** May 26, 2006, 08:32:47 AM »

:D:D

Hi Glen,
I'm quite familiar with this shape of pot being used for jam or marmalade, normally with a lid that has a cut-out for a spoon and a knob on the top for lifting it. If there is no evidence of one having been there from wear, it is still a possibility that it got broken early on in it's existence.

However, this is rather big!
No idea of maker, sorry.

Glen · « **Reply #2 on:** May 26, 2006, 09:11:47 AM »

I wonder if it might have been a cookie jar / biscuit barrel? And, like Sue, I wonder if it might well have had a lid.

Glen

chopin-liszt · « **Reply #3 on:** May 26, 2006, 09:48:05 AM »

:oops:

I haven't yet found a "post-it" thing to put on my monitor that says "Ensure brain is in gear before posting". I don't know if that would have helped! I got it into my head I was addressing Glen, I thought it was weird that Glen would be asking for id for a pressed glass item, but I carried on regardless! Sincere apologies, Anne! :oops:

pamela · « **Reply #4 on:** May 26, 2006, 06:48:46 PM »

Hi Anne, why not try and cultivate Amaryllis?

Anne · « **Reply #5 on:** May 26, 2006, 07:05:35 PM »

Sue and Glen thank you both - it does look like it should have a lid doesn't it? There is absolutely no trace of wear that you'd expect to see from a lid though so perhaps it did get broken early on as you say Sue. It's much too big for a preserve pot really but crackers/biscuits is a possibility if it did have a lid.

Pamela thank you for the suggestion - my dearly beloved man suggested it was too big for a hyacinth so perhaps amaryllis would be a better idea. :lol:

Any thoughts as to age or maker please?

pamela · « **Reply #6 on:** May 26, 2006, 08:46:07 PM »

no idea I'm afraid, but I'd like to stick to large hya ie amaryllis vase