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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: essi on May 10, 2016, 07:05:57 PM
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Picked this pressed glass item up today because of the interesting shape. Underneath it was marked Chances at one end and British made at the
other end. I have no idea what its purpose is but I was thinking it looks like a base for a glass dome?
It is 175mm long ,125mm wide and 35mm high with 45 degree slope towards the middle
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Tim
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It's usually known as Chance's glass to collectors, me included, I don't recognise this piece, I've had a look through book 2 and can't find anything, the first book is somewhere else, I'll have a look when I find it ::) ;D ;D
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Thanks for coming on board with this one Keith, its a bit of a puzzle. Do you think it is a part
of something ?
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Could it be a soap dish?
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It looks a bit like some of the oven ware but it's a bit small for that more suitable for soap as Anne said, had a look through the other book, nothing there either, got me ! ??? ???
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Something architectural, perhaps, like a pavement light?
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how about some form of shop display item, with perhaps a small plastic or glass dome/covering that sat over the central raised part. :-\
sorry, just realized that Tim had already suggested that idea.
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The nearest thing I can find is the Orlak kitchen ware in David's second book but can't see that particular shape and I have no idea how Orlak was marked, sorry ::) ;D ;D
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Thanks for all your input and suggestions. I posted one more picture just to highlight what looks like paint on the second vertical face. This substance seems to have gone around the whole circumference of the item.
I can see no marks or scratches in the central feature.
I'm stumped.
Thanks again.
Tim
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that might indicate a sealant - perhaps some form of mastic/rubber - which might support Stephen's suggestion of an industrial use.