Topic: Puzzle from the Glass fair !

[keith]

Given to me by a kind gentleman and his lady friend  who and what ? 3.5 inches long. 

[chopin-liszt]

At a guess, the kind gentleman and his lady friend are DE and PC, the glass is possibly RB...

and I can't even work out what shape it is! I cannot map the first pic. onto anything else or see how it comes about...

[keith]

Yes, yes and yes  it is a bit of an odd thing, the 2nd picture is the shape with the white 'eyes' on either side, does that help ? 

[chopin-liszt]

How many sides has it got?

[glassobsessed]

Think of a tube with either end sliced off at an angle...

John

[David E]

Found at Malvern, John! With it being properly signed (by hand) I reckon it must have been a sample of RB's produced to show people one of the variations produced.

[keith]

John's description sounds good to me 

[chopin-liszt]

 
Ok, so it's tube cut off at either end at odd angles, but shaped like a pyramid?
Clear as... mud.
Sorry, my brain can't get itself around this. It's gets gridlock when I try to cram too many bits of info. in at the same time.
Two is too many.

[keith]

Took another picture and cut a piece of card the same shape, well almost  does this help ? should be a bit more 'pointy' at the front.

[chopin-liszt]

Ta-da! 
Thank-you, Keith. You've got hold of what I needed to know and illustrated it very clearly.