Topic: What is this?

[gdouglass]

This elaborately-pressed clear glass "receptacle" is 6cm tall and etched POLOGNÉ under the foot. The plane rim of the bowl is unusual for an eye bath. Any ideas?
gdouglass

[Ivo]

Hiya and welcome to the show.
Pologné is a frequently occurring misspelling for Pologne, or Poland in French. It most likely means that your glass was made in Poland.
Otherwise I have no clue as to its function.

[gdouglass]

Thanks, I knew that. My question remains, what on earth is this?
gdouglass

[flying free]

a salt? or a receptacle for the dining table, for one person, for a specifically French condiment of some sort?  Does it look as thought it might have had a lid? is the edge of the rim chipped at all?
m

[brucebanner]

Could it be for Caviar, are there any spoon marks in the interior?.

[gdouglass]

a salt? or a receptacle for the dining table, for one person, for a specifically French condiment of some sort?  Does it look as thought it might have had a lid? is the edge of the rim chipped at all?
m

Yes, I wondered about a salt but it tapers so much at the bottom that residual salt would be unreachable with a spoon.  It could be a toothpick holder, for the table, especially if intended for the French market! The edge of the rim is barely chipped but the flat part is slightly pitted - maybe it wasn't ground down, and polished, quite far enough. Thanks for your suggestions.
George.

[gdouglass]

Could it be for Caviar, are there any spoon marks in the interior?.

No spoon marks inside. I know caviar is expensive but this object would only hold a very small amount!
George.

[Paul S.]

quote from George......... "It could be a toothpick holder, for the table, especially if intended for the French market!".     
Sorry to show my ignorance, but why the French in particular     -   although agree tooth pick holder sounds possible.

would discount the idea of eye bath or salt  -  and would people really eat something as expensive as caviar from a press moulded item like this, and as far as I remember mustards have lids (this might have lost its lid, although the ground rim would be appropriate for one).

what about a match striker?