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KevinH:
Welcome to the GMB, and thanks for the news of the update to the website.

I have a question:
For "Pruikenbol", google translates this as "Wig ball" (or wig stand). Is that a collector term or were those items actually produced as wig stands? In the UK many people call them "mantel ornaments" but many also say "wig stand".

GWNB:

--- Quote from: KevinH on April 28, 2017, 05:01:49 PM ---Welcome to the GMB, and thanks for the news of the update to the website.

I have a question:
For "Pruikenbol", google translates this as "Wig ball" (or wig stand). Is that a collector term or were those items actually produced as wig stands? In the UK many people call them "mantel ornaments" but many also say "wig stand".

--- End quote ---

Hi Kevin, thanks for welcoming me!

As far as I know, they actually are made as 'pruikenbollen' or wig stands. But often people use them for decoration, like some of my family did. We got a few of them which are made in 1890 by glass producer A.J. Bakker which was located in Nw-Buinen.  :)

GWNB:
People who are curious or interested about the glass which are made in Nieuw-Buinen (DR): There is a exhibition from 8 July till 2 October with as theme the glass factory from Nanninga.

See Exhibition: Dutch glass | Nieuw-Buinen in the Events forum

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