Topic: Strange Amber Glass Object. Help Needed Please.

[rosieposie]

Go for it Steven,  glass is so diverse, so fascinating and so collectable.....you can display it all over your 20th century furniture.....you can't have enough of eiher!!
Start collecting glass fronted cabinets and glass NOW!!  :smg:

[chezholloway]

Just saw a Westmoreland glass  (US) flower frog  on Glass etch and pattern site
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Looks like it may be the same color.

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[Lustrousstone]

Your link just goes to the general gallery page, but unless you find the same item, colour on its own is unlikely to be much help, even if you had the two items in your hand to compare. Countless glass companies worldwide have made amber glass. British or even Bohemian are more likely than American IMHO.

[ju1i3]

If you decide to sell it, do let us know. I'd love to have a go using it for its original purpose . thanks

[Stall69]

Yes I would like to sell it, but I would have no idea what to price it at.
I'm not thinking I could retire on the proceeds, but at the same time, I'd appreciate an offer that was considered reasonable.

[Stall69]

I see you refer to it as a 'flower frog'.
Is that the same as a posy trough?

[Lustrousstone]

No, a flower frog is a part (either separate or integral) of a vase, rose bowl or centrepiece and generally has several holes through which to poke flowers. A flower frog or block will not hold the water, as the holes go right through. This is a stand alone piece

[rosieposie]

Hi Stall69,  a flower frog sits in a vase or posy bowl and allows the flowers to be supported in the water, and was used prior to Oasis being invented....although some prefer to still use flower frogs. A posy trough is a long shallow trough shaped vase for holding flowers, and some that have a continuous aperture may hold a flower frog.
The link chezholloway gave was for a long flower frog that would have sat in the bottom of a long vase.

If you google flower frog and posy vase you will see what I mean.  :sun:

Sorry Christine, we just clashed!!  :kissy:

[Stall69]

Thank you.
Well, this is definitely a trough & not a frog.
The piece Julie is referring to is this:
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and its really nothing like that at all.

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[ju1i3]

I'm not really sure what it's worth as I've never seen one before until the link to the Fieldings site showed that one went for £50 although yours is not so fancy. Flower troughs on ebay don't seem to be very popular - look at completed listings and they're lucky to sell for 99p although one like yours hasn't been listed - or not that I've seen.