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Offline stoneyh

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ODD purple tall vase info please
« on: November 27, 2011, 05:32:45 AM »
If anyone can give me info on this I would be greatly appreciated.  It is 16inches tall, 4.6 inches across at bottom, and 1.75 inch opening.
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Offline Ivo

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Re: ODD purple tall vase info please
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2011, 07:12:03 AM »
These are often called Genii bottles as at one time it had a large elongated onion like stopper which fitted in the neck with a nylon plug. They exist in many shapes and date from the sixties/ seventies. There is a very high chance it was made in Empoli - near Florence.
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