Topic: Iridescent Footed Ball.Fish Bowl or What?!?

[ElaineB]

Black foot,iridescent.Yellowish clear glass glows wildly green in bright sunshine.I've no blacklight so I can't test it.Ribbed like a pumpkin when viewed outside but can't really be felt.Anyone any ideas?
Many thanks again
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5241
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5242

[Frank]

Fish bowl is unlikely, what is the size?

[ElaineB]

Hiya Frank,It's 11" x about 11" wide and the glass is really quite thick.My old Uncle picked it up at a Junk shop in Denny a few years ago...he kept a Shubunkin goldfish in it!Elaine.

[Ivo]

Although I do not recognise the model I recognise the style. Maastricht did this sort of black footed bowl, as did Leerdam, as did the Belgians, as did the Czechs.
The material is almost certainly iridescent Annagreen; the foot may be opaque (Leerdam, Czech) or black amethyst (Maastricht, Belgium).  Timewise it is 1930s with a very high probability.

[Heidimin]

Didn't the goldfish need sunglasses with all that irridescence? 

OK, OK, I'm off to the cafe...

[Frank]

Quite a size! I still think fish-bowl is unlikely if not impossible. Would need to find it described in a catalogue to detrmine a purpose but pot-pourri is a possibility.

[ElaineB]

Hiya Frank,Improbable but not impossible;It actually holds 18 pints leaving a gap of 2 inches at the top to allow oxygen transfer.
After the demise of Big Geordie,I took the bowl (plus fish) home with me but I soon found that it was outgrowing the bowl so was decanted to a 'proper' aquarium.
So far the fish has outlived him by 8 months...(even without sunglasses Heidimin)
Please accept my comment as pure Scottish tongue-in-cheek but I think that 18 pints of Pot-Pourri is improbable,impossible and down-right greedy
Aw the Best,Elaine.