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Title: Old english glass expert required unusual wine decanter??
Post by: BRADBURY7308 on October 19, 2009, 02:19:29 PM

Purchased this quirky wine decanter today it has the grapes/vines engraving, The item appear to be filled from the top and when you need to serve yourself or a guest you go over and press the metal fitting onto the bottom of there glass and that releases a valve and hey presto the wine decants. Anybody have an idea of age and if they have a more specific name or where most may have been made there is no makers mark to the meta valve/fitting to the base. Measures about a foot long. :hiclp:

Title: Re: Old english glass expert required unusual wine decanter??
Post by: pamela on October 19, 2009, 03:58:24 PM

The German word for it is
WEINHEBER
see f.e.
http://cgi.ebay.de/Wunderschoener-Weinheber-Sammlerstueck_W0QQitemZ230389701738QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMetallobjekte?hash=item35a44bdc6a

Wein = wine
heben = to lift

 :cheers:

Title: Re: Old english glass expert required unusual wine decanter??
Post by: BRADBURY7308 on October 19, 2009, 04:18:02 PM

Thanks pamela isnt the german language very similar to english with some words the way they are constructed! Thanks for your information.
wine-lifter i will go search this. :hiclp:

Title: Re: Old english glass expert required unusual wine decanter??
Post by: Carolyn Preston on October 19, 2009, 11:52:55 PM

I don't think you need an Old English glass expert for this one. Anyone about 50 years of age or so should be able to identify it  :24:

My parents had one when I was a teen (hence the age of the expert). It would hang open side up in an elaborate metal holder.

Carolyn

Title: Re: Old english glass expert required unusual wine decanter??
Post by: BRADBURY7308 on October 20, 2009, 12:03:31 AM

hi thanks for your reply carol :24:

Title: Re: Old english glass expert required unusual wine decanter??
Post by: Ivo on October 20, 2009, 06:22:38 AM

Quote from: Carolyn Preston on October 19, 2009, 11:52:55 PM

I don't think you need an Old English glass expert for this one. Anyone about 50 years of age or so should be able to identify it  :24:

That is an old glass expert!

Title: Re: Old english glass expert required unusual wine decanter??
Post by: Carolyn Preston on October 20, 2009, 11:38:14 PM

Quote from: Ivo on October 20, 2009, 06:22:38 AM

Quote from: Carolyn Preston on October 19, 2009, 11:52:55 PM

I don't think you need an Old English glass expert for this one. Anyone about 50 years of age or so should be able to identify it  :24:

That is an old glass expert!

No way. I'm 50. You're not even middle aged, 'til you're ten years older than me.  :24: :24: :24:

Carolyn