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Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 07, 2006, 03:57:33 PM
This is rather pretty really, it is aqua glass, about 9 ins long including the handles, and I assume it is a rolling pin?  But the main part is rippled, so I wouldn't think anything would be very smooth, so probably just for display? Or what is it?

again, when and who would be very useful.

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3562

another view

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-3563

thanks for the third time ... 8)
Title: double hmmm
Post by: wrightoutlook on October 07, 2006, 04:09:14 PM
I'm assuming there isn't, but is there a hole at the nipple tip?
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 07, 2006, 04:12:35 PM
Nope,  round and smooth.   And obviously designed for a bung of some sort at the other end.
Title: ah
Post by: wrightoutlook on October 07, 2006, 04:29:35 PM
At first look, I thought if there were a hole in the nipple-tip, it might be a kind of funnel.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: David E on October 07, 2006, 04:30:01 PM
I think it was Leni who pointed out that glass rolling pins are viable items, so they could be filled with cold water.

Just a blokes perspective :roll:
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 07, 2006, 04:31:46 PM
yup, or ice, for keeping your pastry nice and cool.

But why would you want a rippled surface to your pastry??
Title: not sure
Post by: wrightoutlook on October 07, 2006, 04:38:04 PM
I'm not sure it's a rolling pin. If it were, it would have two equal-size handles on either end of the large middle portion, wether or not the middle section was fillable or not. I think it might be something more exotic. Hmmm.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Anne on October 07, 2006, 05:51:42 PM
Lynne, I don't think it's a rolling pin, but I can't think what it could be.  :?
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Max on October 07, 2006, 05:56:11 PM
Some kind of early boot warmer?   :?:   I've never seen anything like it.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 07, 2006, 06:08:21 PM
Quote from: "Max"
Some kind of early boot warmer?   :?:   I've never seen anything like it.


could be a pushme-pullyou....


it's very odd.  I'm sure someone will be along some time to say, oh yes, I had one of those but the bung fell out...."
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Tigerchips on October 07, 2006, 06:08:41 PM
Perhaps it once had a stand and was used for some kind of chemistry experiment (corrr). The nipple bit holding the excess sediment?
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 07, 2006, 06:10:13 PM
hmmmm  that's a possibility.  You wouldn't have a bung in it though ...

what about an elegant Molokov cocktail holder?
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Max on October 07, 2006, 06:28:35 PM
Maybe it IS a rolling-pin and the shape is to stop it sticking to the pastry.  Less surface adhesion?   :idea:
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Carolyn Preston on October 07, 2006, 08:21:36 PM
At a recent home decor/kitchen ware homeparty I saw a rolling pin with a pattern all over it, so it could be one, but I'm a little confused because the two ends are so different.  :?  :?

Carolyn
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: David E on October 07, 2006, 08:25:23 PM
One end is stoppered to allow it to be filled with water. No point in having two open ends.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 07, 2006, 08:35:05 PM
Not unless you want to use it as a telescope...

Quote
I see no chips!
paraphrase of Nelson when he was late for his dinner...
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Lily of the Valley on October 08, 2006, 01:21:30 AM
I can't pass this one up!!!!!  Here's my "stab at it" ...... a wine bottle (albeit a rather small one) for the beach.  The nipple would give it more stability when you stuck the bottle in the sand.  Speaking of wine ... my glass is running low.  This piece gave me a good   :lol:  

Thanks and I hope you find out what it really is ..... Lily
Title: maybe it belongs in a car
Post by: wrightoutlook on October 08, 2006, 02:17:03 AM
The more I look at this item, the more I'm convinced it's not a rolling pin. I think it might be an automobile vase.

In the glory days of motoring before WWII - especially in Pierce Arrow automobiles and the classic Rolls Royce models, cars had vases that sat in special holders inside the "carriage" of the vehicle. Usually, the glass vase was placed in some sort of holder that was attached to the interior frame. The holder could be brass or highly polished wood. A flower or two or three were placed in the vase in water. Every vase I've ever seen in a Pierce-Arrow has a narrow, nipple bottom.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Lily of the Valley on October 08, 2006, 03:17:18 AM
The vase from my Rolls is missing .... I never knew exactly what it looked like.  Maybe this is it!!! :lol:  The color, style, and narrow neck lead me to believe it is more likely to be a bottle (with a missing cork).  As to exactly what for, I haven't the foggiest.  Ahhh, the mysteries of life.

Still thinking   :roll: .... Lily
Title: Re: maybe it belongs in a car
Post by: josordoni on October 08, 2006, 08:18:47 AM
Quote from: "wrightoutlook"
The more I look at this item, the more I'm convinced it's not a rolling pin. I think it might be an automobile vase.

In the glory days of motoring before WWII - especially in Pierce Arrow automobiles and the classic Rolls Royce models, cars had vases that sat in special holders inside the "carriage" of the vehicle. Usually, the glass vase was placed in some sort of holder that was attached to the interior frame. The holder could be brass or highly polished wood. A flower or two or three were placed in the vase in water. Every vase I've ever seen in a Pierce-Arrow has a narrow, nipple bottom.


No, I've seen one of those, and they look like the vases from an eperge... nothing as crude as this one. This is much too thick a glass.

Odd thingy.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Frank on October 08, 2006, 11:30:26 AM
Modern glass rolling pins are stoppered both ends.

Also they do not really have handles, the ends do narrow but just sufficient to accomodate the plastic stoppers.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 08, 2006, 12:09:01 PM
Quote from: "Frank"
Modern glass rolling pins are stoppered both ends.

Also they do not really have handles, the ends do narrow but just sufficient to accomodate the plastic stoppers.


What's your guess then Frank?
Title: hmmm
Post by: wrightoutlook on October 08, 2006, 12:39:12 PM
Too bad we're not in super spy agency territory regarding technology and the Internet, yet. It would be great if one day we could scan an image and then process that image into "digital bits." Then we could code the bits and run our coded "image" through what's available on the Internet to see what matches. Some day, perhaps. Calling James Bond's Q.

As for the item not being an automobie carriage case, well, that could or could not be, but not all automobile carriage vases looked alike. Not all were clear glass; some were red, blue, green, amber, etc. I'm still not convinced it isn't an auto vase.

And perhaps it is a vase of some sort that did sit inside some sort of holder - something Victorian. I am pretty sure it's not a rolling pin.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 08, 2006, 12:48:16 PM
The other thing that comes to mind is a round bottomed soda bottle, with an extention for some esoteric reason....

But the glass doesn;t look old enough.
Title: the search
Post by: wrightoutlook on October 08, 2006, 12:56:19 PM
Gotta love a mystery.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Frank on October 08, 2006, 04:15:23 PM
Quote from: "josordoni"
What's your guess then Frank?


Very tacky, hence not mentioned... but as you ask, condom or dildo was the impression I got - but not really seriously.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 08, 2006, 04:54:48 PM
Well, it certainly strikes me as a bit dangerous for a dildo!!   :oops:  8)  :oops:

but maybe they could use it for checking condoms for little holes?  You could put a fluorescent light stick in the open end, and pop the rubberware on the main bit.....
Title: uh
Post by: wrightoutlook on October 08, 2006, 05:11:44 PM
Frank, did you really write that?  :lol:
Title: Re: uh
Post by: josordoni on October 08, 2006, 05:20:18 PM
Quote from: "wrightoutlook"
Frank, did you really write that?  :lol:


Well, he DOES live in Amsterdam....
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Leni on October 08, 2006, 05:25:37 PM
:shock:  No.  Way.   :shock:

Not even filled with warm water to take off the chill  :shock:

NO.   ****IN'.   WAY.   :shock:

:roll:
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 08, 2006, 05:30:05 PM
oh go on Leni....

Shall I send it to you on trial?????
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Leni on October 08, 2006, 05:37:20 PM
We's headin' fo' the cafe!   :wink:  :lol:
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 08, 2006, 08:25:17 PM
we COULD stay here if only someone knew what on earth this was....

 :cry:  :cry:

I'm not doing well with this last lot of mysteries....
Title: puff puff
Post by: wrightoutlook on October 08, 2006, 09:07:34 PM
Okay, if it's not an automobile vase, and it is medical or biological, how about staying within the realm of Frank's comment.

Fill the item with hot water. Insert the nipple end in the correct spot, and, um, hemorrhoids shrink from the heat, thus providing relief from the pain.

Or, for the ladies, insert the nipple in the proper place and the hot or warm water soothes and benefits during, well..., you know.

Frank probably gets the best weed, too.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: David E on October 08, 2006, 09:59:13 PM
For those of you with a broad mind:

While searching for more information on Pyrex (borosilicate glass) I came across the following thread on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borosilicate

Now... if you look at the bottom, there's a link called 'other novelties' :oops: I thought it would show some friggers :lol:

Hmm, surprising what borosilicate glass was used for - wonder which glass company made them though! :oops:  :wink:  :lol:
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Frank on October 08, 2006, 10:04:15 PM
Mostly in small studios, they are a good source of income for many glassmakers.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Pip on October 08, 2006, 10:21:22 PM
Oh my giddy aunt!  I've purposely avoided joining in this debate for fear of dragging the conversation down to gutter levels - I needn't have worried!  One can imagine the embarrassment suffered by the inhabitants of Dildo in Canada when giving their address out for a pizza delivery - and I was concerned about possibly moving to Crapstone :lol:
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 09, 2006, 08:15:55 AM
Oh Pip!  Every board I go on ends up dipping down the scale ,,,  :oops:  must be something about me. All I asked was who and when....

But I've just measured the circumference of this bitty, and it's about 9 inches.  So I AIN'T going in that direction,  that's a dead certainty....
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Carolyn Preston on October 09, 2006, 05:45:31 PM
All I can say is "you learn something new everyday"   :o  :roll:  :wink:

I'm not sure I will put this knowledge down as something I am grateful for at the church Thanksgiving dinner this evening (even Unitarian churches have limits  :oops:  :lol:

Now I will have to go onto Mapquest and find out just where Dildo is in this fair land  :twisted:  :roll:  :wink:

Boy these emoticons are fun.  :P

Carolyn
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: aa on October 09, 2006, 06:32:58 PM
Quote from: "Carolyn Preston"
I'm not sure I will put this knowledge down as something I am grateful for at the church Thanksgiving dinner this evening (even Unitarian churches have limits  :oops:  :lol:
Carolyn


I thought we Unitarians were supposed to be broadminded..... but I suppose there's broadminded and broad minded!  :lol: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
 :D
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Ivo on October 09, 2006, 06:43:22 PM
it does remind me of the story of the woman working in a condom factory for 20 years thinking she produced air mattresses for mice...
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Anne on October 09, 2006, 06:56:54 PM
Tssskkkk! Any more of this and this thread will be cafe'd!  :lol:
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Frank on October 09, 2006, 07:05:49 PM
Hmm, I did say it brought it to mind but I did not really think it was. But it seems to have stirred things up a bit :shock:

Anyway, the open end is clearly fashioned bottle top style so stoppered use is very likely - it could have been an oil lamp intended to be mounted on a pole with a hole in the end.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: aa on October 09, 2006, 07:31:45 PM
I seem to remember that the ill fated Isle of Man Glass came unstuck with a mail order promotion through Playboy magazine. I think that they overestimated demand.... :D
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Anne on October 09, 2006, 07:42:04 PM
I found a terrific bottle site and thought I would be sure to find the answer to  Lynne's mystery here, but no... even this site (http://www.blm.gov/historic_bottles/index.htm) doesn't have it... but it's well worth a visit regardless!
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: KevinH on October 09, 2006, 09:38:12 PM
Well, my first thought when I saw the object was that it could be an old "former" or "tester" for condoms. And that was before the discussion got into dildos!

As for it possibly being a dildo - no way. As sated in the Wikepedia info that was linked to, glass dildos are solid (unless somebody knows otherwise). There is presumably some degree of Health & Safety governing their construction.

I like wrightoutlook's thought of it being some form of automobile flower holder (or something similar). But in truth, I don't know - I've never seen another quite like this.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Ivo on October 10, 2006, 06:45:00 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1945000/images/_1949068_condoms300.jpg
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Cathy B on October 10, 2006, 08:44:16 AM
Quote from: "Ivo"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1945000/images/_1949068_condoms300.jpg


You people are so rude.  :shock:  :D :lol:

A couple of G-rated (but highly unlikely and not really serious) suggestions:

- A wine bottle with a woven basket holder--and it's really rough wine and the peak is to catch the sediment (as per Tigerchips' chemistry set suggestion).

- maybe it had a rubber handle on one end which acted as a bung and a grip, and on the other end which just acted as a grip?

- a wonton wrapper roller, and you use the rounded end to make the holes in steamed buns ready for filling.

Just thinking laterally :)
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 10, 2006, 09:15:42 AM
I think this really is only suited to the cafe now....  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I like the idea of the wonton filler, but Gosh!  what large wontons you have, Grandma!!

I am thinking I might send the picture to the Glass Bottle people (I agree Anne, it is an excellent site, I use it all the time.  The lip is right for a soda bottle of some kind, and if it didn't have the sticky-out bit at the bottom.....) and report back if they have any kind of practical, sensible (PIMPROFL   hahahahahahahahahahaha) suggestion.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Carolyn Preston on October 11, 2006, 12:18:47 AM
Well after Ivo's picture, I'm voting for a important part of a condom making machine  :lol:  :wink:

Carolyn
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: aa on October 11, 2006, 01:35:28 PM
Hi Carolyn, Would you please email me. My email address is on my website below. Thanks.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: josordoni on October 11, 2006, 02:04:33 PM
Quote from: "aa"
Hi Carolyn, Would you please email me. My email address is on my website below. Thanks.


Not offering any sort of service re. the post above are you Adam???   8)  :lol:  8)  :lol:
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Frank on October 15, 2006, 01:17:51 AM
This one is open one end only too...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140040978674
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Lily of the Valley on October 15, 2006, 02:28:28 AM
:oops: Before I even get started, I have to preface this with ..... I am only stating the facts. :oops:  One is short, fat, and wrinkled; the other long, thin, and smooth.  IMHO SFW would be difficult to handle as a rolling pin over LTS.  Another issue, why would a rolling pin have wrinkles in the first place?????

Enough said for now .... Lily      :lol:  :oops:  :roll:
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Anne on October 15, 2006, 03:02:31 AM
Quote from: "Frank"
This one is open one end only too...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140040978674


This has matching ends though, as a rolling pin should have.
Title: aqua rolling pin - not very big one
Post by: Lily of the Valley on October 15, 2006, 03:26:11 AM
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/museum/object_037.html

 :D  :D  This may be it :!:  :!:  Do you dare to take a peek .... :shock:


All the best .... Lily    :wink: