Topic: What do you think this could have been used for ??

[redheat4]

Hi I was wondering if some of you may know what this glass was used for, it's obviously not for drinking as the turned rim would make it difficult.

The overall height is 60mm, the folded foot diameter is 115mm and the rim diameter is 82mm.

I do have a couple of theories but I would be interested in what you think.

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Ian  :?:

[Glen]

Interesting question.

Cuspidor? Rose bowl?

Glen

[wrightoutlook]

Possibly as a decorative item in which a goldfish merrily floated about for a week or so; until, well, gulp. Or maybe a flower was floated in it; similar to the way the white flower floats over a lily pad.

[Frank]

Much to small 60mm is just over 2". I would be looking for a medical use, has it got signs of age? But maybe too fancy for that.

[Anne]

At that size it would be the perfect size to store a glass eye in... if you needed to of course.

[Carolyn Preston]

Despite the size, I'm still going for some type of flower vase in the range of a rose bowl (maybe for some minature flower? )

It's the rim that has me convinced.

Carolyn

[Pinkspoons]

I think there may have been a typo for the height - if you look at the sizes given for the rim and foot, and then look at the proportions of the glass in the photograph.

I suspect it should read 160mm - a touch over 6" - which isn't so small.

[Nancy128]

My vote is for Rose Bowl.  Unless............ it could be for dentures?  :?

[Anne E.B.]

A sweetmeat dish?

[redheat4]

Hi I apologise to you all I wrote the dimentions on a scrap of paper then couldn't decipher my own writing, the true dimentions are height 115mm, rim60mm and foot 82mm.
It is amost certainly 18th century.

Ian  :oops: