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  A couple of examples of very French Sandwich glass in the 'oval" hobnail pattern.
https://jeffreysevans.com/auction/assorted-pressed-sandwich-glass-articles-lot-of-four/
The puff box matches almost perfectly the the sugar no 43  illustrated in m's first link of pressglas-korrespondenz provided earlier in this thread. The difference according to Barlow/Kaisers sandwich guide is that the American version has a rough pontil mark inside the lid under the stem and the French version does not. They also say the French version is lighter in weight. The blue under plate in the link has 16 points and the French illustrated in pressglas-korrespondenz 14 points.
https://jeffreysevans.com/auction/blown-molded-oval-hobnail-cologne-bottle-11/

Nice to see both vases together to compare Wingedsphinx - thank you for posting. Mulling it over.  There were two pieces in Pressglas Korrespondenz, one here (seite 7 here) which showed a Saint-Louis vase with a pointed knop body,
https://www.pressglas-korrespondenz.de/aktuelles/pdf/pk-2007-2w-sg-louis-dose-ananas.pdf
and the other a link I provided on a previous post in this thread which showed a yellow perfume bottle with a wavy rim.
Of course neither of those characteristics are determinative on their own.  However, perhaps it shows Saint-Louis produced molds with those characteristics?

The other thing I found interesting relating to the post I've quoted here, is that I have two mid 19th (?) sugar boxes/melon boxes which I think are Bohemian.  They are exceptionally well made and neither has a pontil mark or a rough pontil mark on the inside of the lid where the stalk of the melon is applied to the lid.  Inside the lid is just a smooth slight dent at the point the stalk is applied.

Yes,  I probably meant inkwell/bottle.  When I mean hollow,  it’s only hollow from the top which I presume is where the neck of a bottle begins?  It’s quite solid and from picture 2 in the first post you can see where the hole starts and it’s been smoothed over at the neck (or cut depending on if we think it’s modified).  I have the Perthshire book and cannot see any candle holders or anything similar so either this is modified or it’s a one off piece or even a curiosity made for fun?  Having all those Xmas canes then gets me thinking it was made as a custom Xmas candle holder,  table piece?   What do you think?

Harcourt ? early

Always interesting to see. I don’t normally do pressed glass but recently got a nice Molineaux Webb Reg. 249600 (17 January 1871 reg. lozenge) frosted pressed dish. That is frosted by abrasion.

I’m going to try and get some clear surface photos of my abraded Richardson vermicular goblet and the white acid frosting on a Northwood piece for comparison.

I'm sitting on half a dozen early Molineaux Webb frosted pieces (not pressed) including something from their first frosted suite from c1850-55.
I'll have to do a few close up pics for you, they are unlikely to have used a technique different to Richardsons. Their frosted goblets are not that different to those shown on Love Decanters.