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Cut blue drinking glass or posy vase with star cut square base

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glassobsessed:
This arrived in an auction lot a couple of years ago but has remained a mystery to me. I think it was described by the auction as a drinking glass but a posy vase seems as likely.

3 inches tall, relatively thick walled and heavy, the rim is cut horizontally and on the outside edge vertically - can't remember seeing that before. Plenty of wear around the outer edge of the foot.

Any suggestions regarding function, age and origin would be great. There are a few items to be found on the board that have square and cut bases but they are much larger and made in clear glass.

John

Ivo:
No idea what it's for -  the concept of flower vases is relatively recent - but the square base was popular 1790-1820, give or take a few years.

Paul S.:
doesn't ring any bells for me either  -  but occurs to me that the lack of a stem might discount the drinking glass idea.......    I'd go for simply a decorative piece or small vase.            If it equates to any particular shape at all, then a jelly might be the nearest approximation  -  I'd suggest the shape is wrong for a salt.
the body cutting looks to be a modern take on scale cutting.         I wonder if it started out life with a lid??

don't get the impression that Ivo was suggesting seriously that this might have been British, late Georgian/Regency  -  condition looks way too good for that sort of age despite the comments about wear  -  and Bristol blue is a colour that appears never to have been out of fashion, so age wise it could be from almost any time.
 
the star cuts appear to lack sharpness - might they be moulded perhaps?  -  and does it have a ring when flicked?

How about an egg cup for ducks eggs ;)

Ivo:
I was more thinking of Ireland or Belgium. Not a salt, and did not have a lid as the inside is not suited to it. Might be a mustard, then.

Paul S.:
yes, mustard is a possibility - they had lids, usually, and there would have been a cut-out in the lid, to accommodate the spoon handle...........  but since we don't have a lid..........

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