Author Topic: Odd little Amber flask with raspberry prunts - any ideas? (Read 619 times)

josordoni · « **on:** September 05, 2006, 05:34:10 PM »

Here is another one for you to cast your expert eyes over please...

Golden amber in colour approx 7 ins tall. It is so uneven in form I reckon it is either old, or made to deceive :cry:

amber flask

Tigerchips · « **Reply #1 on:** September 05, 2006, 05:54:44 PM »

Now we have two on the board.
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,4799.0.html

There is not much wear to the base of mine, how about your's?

josordoni · « **Reply #2 on:** September 05, 2006, 06:02:56 PM »

Goodness! I think I like your colour better... :lol:

No , not a lot of wear. The Spanish suggestion is interesting, I wonder if it held some kind of liquid for the tourist market? With a sealed cork in the top?

The more I look at it, the less I think it is anything nice. I mean I like it, sort of, but I couldn't call it NICE....

Tigerchips · « **Reply #3 on:** September 05, 2006, 06:19:46 PM »

Shame about my photo, I was having a bad photo day.

Isn't strapping a difficult thing to do? It's sunk into the glass. Why go to this length for a tourist piece?

Just wondering... and hoping. :lol:

josordoni · « **Reply #4 on:** September 05, 2006, 06:25:43 PM »

Maybe by making the dents in the glass first, a less experienced worker could pipe the glass in like icing?

Tigerchips · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2006, 07:39:56 PM »

Perhaps they applied the glass on top of the vase, then blew it into a mould? Then applied the prunts over the top.