Author Topic: A Very Queer Decanter - Possibly C19 Holmegaard? Part ID: Swedish (Read 4200 times)

Pinkspoons · « **on:** March 23, 2006, 06:56:52 AM »

Okay, so I recently said I'd not buy any more decanters.... :oops: ...but I got snagged by its quirky charms. Is it likely to be mid-late 19th century Holmegaard?

Ivo · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:08:12 AM »

If it had blue eyes it would be Holmegaard, but the eyes are clear so it is from Aalborgs Glasverk, 1885. It is called a "Fyldehund".

Pinkspoons · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:10:08 AM »

Thank you very much.

Pinkspoons · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:31:46 AM »

There's a whole strange world of animal-shaped decanters out there, I just noticed!

Would the Holmegaard Fyldehund have had eyes like this piggy decanter (or Snapsegris, apparently)?

Ivo · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:11:56 AM »

Correct, those are the eyes, my friend. @ Holmegaard they call it a "Braendevingris" and that one has been in production for a very long time so dating is difficult.

p.s. Swine and mutt decanters are the only ones.

Pinkspoons · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:15:49 AM »

I'll have to keep a watch out for its blue-eyed canine companion.

chopin-liszt · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2006, 09:12:39 AM »

:shock:

Thank you for identifying this "thingy"!

I had always thought these were friggers, and were for catching wasps!
:oops: :oops: :oops:

Pinkspoons · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2006, 09:39:08 AM »

Quote from: "Ivo"

Correct, those are the eyes, my friend. @ Holmegaard they call it a "Braendevingris" and that one has been in production for a very long time so dating is difficult.

How long were the dog ones in production? I stumbled across a snippet of information which suggests 1850-1890...

Connie · « **Reply #8 on:** March 23, 2006, 10:11:12 AM »

Those are very cool!

Is that a hole in the chest of the first decanter? If so I am asuming that is for filling with either ice or hot water to maintain the temperature of the beverage.

Pinkspoons · « **Reply #9 on:** March 23, 2006, 10:33:33 AM »

It's an applied button. Not quite sure why it's there.

Author Topic: A Very Queer Decanter - Possibly C19 Holmegaard? Part ID: Swedish (Read 4200 times)

Connie