Topic: when is a piano insulator not an insulator ? when its got a lid

[mhgcgolfclub]

Went to only my second car boot of the year today and found this interesting item.

I believe this piano insulator is seen quite often, but this one has a matching lid. I have not seen one with a lid before. The base still has some gilding.

So from a piano insulator to a lidded trinket bowl.

Roy

[Lustrousstone]

I think it's a marriage

[brucebanner]

No piano caster i have seen has had a rim lid, it looks tall like a jar of some sort maybe, i know nothing about piano's would they of needed grease wax of some sort?, all the casters i have seen are worn to pieces in the center and chipped to the bases.

[stew2u2]

im with christien on this it doesn't fit right

[Ohio]

I fail to see why this is a marriage. It obviously has a rim for a lid, the pattern & spacing of columns in the body & lid both appear to be a solid match unless its sheer coincidence that a lid made for another piece just so happens to be found on this piece which is a bit of a stretch. Personally I believe its some type of cometic jar that held something along the lines of face cream, makeup, etc. Might even been commerical over the counter container from the 30s.   

[Lustrousstone]

The lid doesn't line up with the base, particularly on the larger round columns; the base has much rounder columns. The base is a known piano insulator. The gilding looks like modern gold paint; there is even a drip. The interior would hold little and I'm sure I've seen the lid either on a genuine dresser jar or on a pickle jar. And you'd be surprised at how many uses a piano insulator apparently has over here

http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=408

[glassobsessed]

The lid doesn't line up with the base

That was my impression too.

John

[Ohio]

Well what can I say? Looked pretty close to me.

[ttttootall]

Is it possible to post a picture of reverse side of base and lid?

[mhgcgolfclub]

When I thought bought the item I could not make up my mind if it was correct or a marriage and I am still not sure. The base is a piano insulator but why the rim ?. The gilding looks ok to me , but why no gilding to the lid.

To find a diameter lid that fits just about perfect would not be that easy and for the pattern to mact very closely even harder. I can see that the larger columns are slightly different in diameter but you have to remember that the base does taper , being more narrow at the top.

Lokking at the lid compared to the base it does look a different colour but thats mostly because of the thickness of the glass. When compared closely the glass lid does look very similar to the base.

If its a marriage then the person was very lucky to find such a matching lid .

Roy