Topic: baffles me

[mark]

hi all, these are blown glass base 2 1/8th diameter glass diameter 2 1/8th height 2 3/4 top lip 1 inch polisher engraved with ferns ,marks as to make unreadable due to ware , what are they for ? and how old and any other information please

[mark]

hi all, these are blown glass base 2 1/8th diameter glass diameter 2 1/8th height 2 3/4 top lip 1 inch polisher engraved with ferns ,marks as to make unreadable due to ware , what are they for ? and how old and any other information please

   are they medical ?

[bat20]

They’ve got a leech jar look about them , but without the flat rim.?

[mark]

i thought so but when i search the top rim is not the same and these are very much smaller, i wonder if it is the glass they put bees in to sting ?

[mark]

hi all , told ivy ball glasses but these seem small, searched but can not find any like these still baffled, to small for ivy cuttings , need super expert , think 1800s age but what are they for and signature still with loop evades me

[Lustrousstone]

They are far too small for ivy balls. The fern motifs date them to the pteridomania period !1850s-1890s). I'm not convinced the marks are deliberate though. It is possible they are table decoration posy vases for violets or primroses, which were sold commercially in bunches.

[teckle peh]

The look like vases to me

[mark]

They are far too small for ivy balls. The fern motifs date them to the pteridomania period !1850s-1890s). I'm not convinced the marks are deliberate though. It is possible they are table decoration posy vases for violets or primroses, which were sold commercially in bunches.

thank you , i have never seen with so small glass and lip such an odd design and thank you for sharing your knowledge which takes a long time to acquire
 

[Ivo]

They could be samples, miniature products which the travelling salesman had in his suitcase to show to customers.  They look 1870s-90s and my guess would be Northern France.

[mark]

thank you, but as drinking goes why such a small lip, impossible to drink from so samples vases , thank you once more