Topic: This one has my heart racing - Bohemian? - ID = Kralik ca. 1900.

[Ohio]

Max probably not, however over the years I've probably seen 1/2 dozen or so of these & each one has been drilled for a stand. Ken

[Max]

Thanks! How interesting!  So, generally the stands for this bowl aren't identical?  The bowls were made ready for stands, but without the stands being part of the retail process?  There must be a story behind that.   

[obscurities]

There were probably multiple options available for the stands these bowls went on. I don't believe they were produced without the metal being part of the finished product.  They most likely outsourced the metal to their design. The companies may have also made bowls for metal manufacturers who attached the bowls to their metal. The attachment inside the bowl is generally a decorative "nut" of some sort that attaches to a threaded shaft that comes up through the drilled glass. I have seen many styles of bases for these, and not many duplicates over the years.....  Many similar glass styles, but not a lot of similar metal pieces.... 

No need to Rock Dive at the moment   

Craig

[Max]

No need to Rock Dive at the moment   Grin

Makes a change!  I'm glad I asked.  I learned something.   :thup:  Thanks. x

[vidrioguapo]

Yes I agree always interesting to learn something.  The stand on the first post by uphoosier, is very similar to one that I had which supported an old oil lamp.  I assume that providing the stand is weighty enough to support the bowl, a temporary stand of the oil lamp kind may do the job until a more sympathetic one comes along?  Emmi

[glassobsessed]

Wow, I was not expecting that much variety, finding a stand looks like a more viable proposition now.

I did not know of the Welsh links to Michigan but pasty is how we look when it rains all summer long.
Given the poor treatment of miners by the mine owners it is no wonder that many miners opted for the possibilities and risks of a new life thousands of miles away.

Any ideas for possible dates of production?

John

[Lustrousstone]

Some of the English pressed glass comes with different stands, e.g. a simple metal cone or a naked lady. (I know this is not pressed  :rn: ) And often the larger bowls and plates have a thinner circle in the middle that looks like part of the design but is actually to give the option of drilling a hole.

[obscurities]

It is possible, after looking at the images again, based on the fit of the base to the hole in the glass, that this base is a replacement......  I am interested in what it looks like from the top......

Craig

[obscurities]

Production would be ca. 1900 give or take a few years..... 

Craig

[uphoosier]

Here's top down.