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Title: Victorian weirdo....
Post by: keith on January 20, 2011, 07:05:57 PM: 6 inches high,no nibbles or chips,presume from a number of places,what were these people smoking?
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Post by: Lustrousstone on January 20, 2011, 07:26:36 PM: Nice one!
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Post by: keith on January 20, 2011, 09:04:02 PM: Mmmm
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Post by: Anne on January 20, 2011, 11:24:21 PM: I bet Leni will like that! It's like her triffids or whatever it was they were called!
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Post by: Ohio on January 21, 2011, 05:15:33 AM: I remember the B-movie "The Day of the Triffids" back in the early 60's.
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Post by: Leni on January 21, 2011, 08:44:23 AM: Hi, yes, definitely related to my 'triffids' ;D Although I tend to collect only uranium ones, I do have a few in clear and green, like this. Some people identify them as 'Webb', some as 'Richardson', but the general consensus is that they are 'Stourbridge' of some sort, as they were made by several companies. The problem is, some seem to have been made by continental and / or 'Bohemian' companies as well! I gave up trying to pin them down ages ago! ::) ;)
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Post by: chopin-liszt on January 21, 2011, 01:01:20 PM: Keith, they were probably smoking opium - the correct sorts of dates tie in. :sm:

Ohio - the film is why some of us call these beasts Triffids - the name has sort of stuck - to the point we forget it's not actually an official title for these fabulous and weird pieces of glass! :-[
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Post by: Leni on January 21, 2011, 01:30:14 PM: Quote from: chopin-liszt on January 21, 2011, 01:01:20 PM
Ohio - the film is why some of us call these beasts Triffids - the name has sort of stuck - to the point we forget it's not actually an official title for these fabulous and weird pieces of glass! :-[
;D I think you'll find they're more commonly called 'Thorn' vases or 'Rustic' vases, but to me they'll now always be Triffids .... or, in the case of the more flower-like ones, 'Audreys' >:D Does anyone (other than Sue ;) ) get that reference? ;D
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Post by: chopin-liszt on January 21, 2011, 01:38:41 PM: >:D ..... "Feed me, feed me - now"....
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Post by: keith on January 21, 2011, 04:24:33 PM: Like Triffids,the book was the first sci-fi novel I ever read (10 years old!) I met the man behind the voice of Audrey many years ago in Quinton,of all places.
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Post by: Ohio on January 21, 2011, 09:34:19 PM: Quote
Ohio - the film is why some of us call these beasts Triffids - the name has sort of stuck - to the point we forget it's not actually an official title for these fabulous and weird pieces of glass! :-[

Well I learned something new then. Ken (part of the Edinburg Nicol Clan)
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Post by: Carolyn Preston on January 23, 2011, 08:27:05 PM: Little shop of horrors, by any chance? :t:

Carolyn
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Post by: Leni on January 23, 2011, 10:19:38 PM: Spot on, Carolyn! ;D
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Post by: keith on January 24, 2011, 09:00:32 PM: Very 'Audrey' Leni,here are my little 'horrors'...
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Post by: Leni on January 24, 2011, 09:48:30 PM: Very nice, Keith! :D Obviously related to this little horror of mine: ;)