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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: davidfish1212 on November 15, 2010, 08:37:36 PM
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Hi, I bought this at the weekend out of interest more than anything, does anyone know what this might be? It stands about 15cm high, it is quite heavy. I imagine it it hangs from the loop but for what purpose? Has any one seen one before and how old might it be? Any information would be great, thanks in advance. D :sc:
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light pull?
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Or toilet flush pull.
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Hi David, as my Dad would have said.......'If you wanted one of those, it would be just the thing'.!! :ha:
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The problem with light pulls and the like is that they tend to swing about and bash into walls, perhaps not the ideal application for glass.
A whole host of them hanging might make a nice display or sculpture.
John
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It's also huge for any sort of pull :o
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fly catcher !!!!!
Just thought i would have a punt at it
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Seriously tho i would say it was the middle piece of a wind charm. Ping it and see what sound it produces then imagine lots of smaller ones around it doing the same
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Thanks for all the ideas, I think it is too big to be a toilet or light pull, the wind charm idea is a possibility BUT it is very heavy and has no real ring to it when you ' ting ' it, it also has no marks to suggest it has been struck by other bits of chime ( or in fact anything ). Now a fly catcher? how would that work?
Cheers everyone :thup:
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Could it be some sort of fishing weight used for a net?
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glass workers 'plumb'............ :wsh:
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It's a "hingy-thingy". :ha:
(Scots for hang is "hing" - it rhymes with "thing" better than hang does.......)
Why does it have to BE anything?
A suncatcher?
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If it wasn't for the loop I would say aubergine (eggplant).
John
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If that is a hole in the bottom end it is probably a planter for an Antipodius cardamine enneaphyllos.
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Vintage pulls were 5 inches. This is an inch and a half larger so it is large for a pull but not beyond the possibility, esp as it's a feature or statement.
They do make and sell new glass pulls so glass must be suitable for the purpose.
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I was Googling Glass Pulls, and the like and came across this site which has the most breathtaking glass sculptures as well as lighting and other glass objects....it has pages and pages of the most beautiful glass, so although many of you may well have come across it, I felt driven to mention it in case any of you haven't seen it.
http://www.whiteelks.com/glasschandelier.htm
Who knows, David, your piece could be part of the centre of one of the chandeliers?????? :X:
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Amazing stuff! Not so sure about the "Cremation Urns" though (involuntary shudder!)
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Know what you mean Anne....supposing you dropped it.....you could never sell it on eBay then!! :o :pb: :24: :chky: :wsh:
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Funerary is forbidden on eBay, gosh how did I sell my bronze grave photo frame then :o as to those chandeliers...
23 words spring to mind... cleaning, organic, messy
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Gorgeous stuff though! :chky: :chky: :chky:
Carolyn
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Rosieposie, that whiteelks site is amazing! How I would love to have those beautiful glass sinks in my home! Personally I wouldn't mind having my mortal remains placed in one of those beautiful urns. They even have a paperweight top! Soooooo appropriate! As for now, guess I'll just have to settle with my final resting place being a niche with a sea view. (I suffer so ..... :angel:)
Thanks for the link! .... Lily >:D
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I got your planter joke, Frank ;D
As for the chandeliers - if you can afford Chihuly designs, you can afford to pay somebody else to clean them.
As to funerary stuff, I'm leaving my soft bits to science, and currently contemplating getting organised to give the bones to Edinburgh's ghosty tours. The extortionate cost of a funeral makes me balk. I'm not having one.
I'd far rather Michael had a nice holiday. :thup:
I don't think the hingy-thingy is related to these.