Topic: Amethyst glass pan. ID please.

[david31162]

Ive not seen anything like this before so had to buy it. I cant even make a guess at this one.It is about 23cm in length the diameter of the pan is 14 cm.
Does any one have an idea of its origins,age purpose?
Many thanks ,
David

[Nemmie]

That is bizarre why would you make a glass pan that you can't put over any heat. Maybe it is for passing something around or shovelling something out.

[misha]

Doesn't look like any type of functional cookware I've seen and I've been around commercial kitchens in my time.  
Doesn't look like distortion from use on a hob.   No wear from use either. Well how would you use it having a reverse pouring rim that aims at the users hands!

Perhaps it's some sort of ironic statement artglass piece?    

[david31162]

Thank you Misha and Nemmie,
I agree odd isnt it! It does have wear though, quite a bit but in rings on the base (slightly uneven base).
I'll have a try pouring with it...... Ok, had a go. It fits surprisingly comfortably in the hand and seems to encourage a swirling action with liquid (perhaps avoiding splashes on the hand). It also tips quite well to the side, into a glass. Could it be for warming a drink?
Or is it just a novelty ?
Still unsure?   What about age? Origin?
David

[ahremck]

Would you believe this just came up on Australia's Ebay:-

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Vintage-Retro-Blue-Art-Glass-Bowl-Handle-/110611817669?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item19c0fa64c5

Ross

[BRADBURY7308]

Just wanted to add i have a set of glass pans made by corning vision they are for use on electric ring type hobs, Couldnt help with the use of this one as it does seem more decorative/art than utilitarian doesnt it. Sorry not much help dan

[misha]

LOL    Look at that Ross!    Ahhhh it's in Aus.  and I think it's kinda funny... I can see the fun in it, and a degree of appeal to me.
Hmmm it's at Orange. Thats a town sort of Central town in NSW. I'd factor in $25-$30 ship to my specification to WA... so it didn't break.
Maybe $20 to my friend in Melbourne. 

Funny how it works in the hand, fluid motion that is.  Not too sure about balance and grip.   LOL   
I'd never put it over heat though.

I really don't think it's functional...  cookware is of an intended treated glass to withstand rapid temp. change as well as break resistance, and from David's example the handle doesn't look like production wear... a drawn rod with bubbles inside.  Thinking about this production ware, like Bradbury's, you find moulded lettering. Perhaps such details could have been melted out in a kiln fire but not a gas or electric hob by accident.

I wonder if they made red ones too.  it's not a decorator item from Ikea or Freedom is it?

[Cathy B]

Definitely not and never intended to be functional as a pan, I'd say.  It's just some sort of handled bowl and the resemblence to a pan is either decorative or coincidental.