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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: keith on October 21, 2009, 02:43:30 PM

Title: One for the birds???
Post by: keith on October 21, 2009, 02:43:30 PM

3 inches high,had no idea what it was until told then it's obvious,Keith.

Title: Re: One for the birds???
Post by: jsmeasell on October 21, 2009, 02:47:55 PM

Bird feeder. Slips between bars of bird cage.

A few firms in USA made glass bird feeders (round shape) that were designed to hang from tree branches.

Title: Re: One for the birds???
Post by: keith on October 21, 2009, 02:55:28 PM

Spot on,any idea of age,I presume someone still makes these things,somewhere,Keith.

Title: Re: One for the birds???
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 21, 2009, 03:33:18 PM

They appear in numerous manufacturer's catalogues from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, including Sowerby, usually under miscellaneous.

Doubt that they are still made in glass these days

Title: Re: One for the birds???
Post by: Frank on October 21, 2009, 04:38:40 PM

Came across some in Holland a few years ago, before we had a bird so did not buy. Definitely older ones made in Germany and prob Bohemia.