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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: NevB on April 16, 2023, 12:15:43 PM
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This is an interesting little posy vase set in a plated brass? water lily leaf holder, overall size 3" long x 3" high. I can't find a similar one but presumably from one of the Stourbridge makers, possibly Richardson.
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Christine has it id'd as Webb.
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=1729
http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=1730
Yours is only the second one I've ever seen Nev. :)
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Thanks Sue, I did check to see if one had been posted here but didn't check Christine's gallery. Mine does show a hint of brass on the edge so this confirms it.
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I searched the Uranium section of Christine's gallery and it was on pretty much the last page.
But I knew it would be in there. ;) I didn't try looking here.
It is very unusual and really pretty, it's the sort of thing you remember. It stands out.
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mine wasn't uranium glass but the same shape in a silver holder and I think they're salts aren't they?
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:) Christine suggests toothpick holder. They're a bit deep and narrow for a salt - you couldn't get your finger and thumb in together in order to take a pinch.
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with a salt spoon though?
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I don't have a salt spoon, I don't think. I have 3 tiny mustard spoons and the handles wouldn't be long enough. They're only about 2.5" long in total. You'd still have the trouble of getting fingertips holding the handle in deep enough. There is a narrowing at the inner "rim" of the glass bowl and they're slightly bulbous at the base. The angle at which it is held in the holder does suggest "offering a toothpick" to me.
I only know it as Christine's piece and have always thought it was a toothpick holder - I just didn't bother trying to think of anything else it could be, it seemed so right.
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Actually looking at the size Sue I think mine was bigger than that but I can't find any photos of it. Same shape though.
So probably a different use then.
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Just to add a couple of pics of a pair that I used to own....
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So definitely a salt although it could be used fortoothpicks, I've got this 1953 ex-military EPNS spoon to go with it, I'll have to look out for an earlier one.
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It can be really hard to work out true sizes from photos. ::) I have seen and handled Christine's one, the only one I have ever encountered and I suspect I am assuming they're all very similar - but Flying-free's pair look shorter and easier to access the contents.
Now, I'm starting to imagine great banquetting tables with all sorts of various sizes of these beauties offering their various contents to the guests. ;D
If looking out for quality second hand cutlery, you can't go far wrong with anything called "Staybrite", specifically Firth Staybrite. It's extremely hard steel which really does not tarnish. The pieces tend to be very plain - the steel is too hard for successfull embossing which is why it fell out of favour and the softer steel of Old Hall took its place.
Mine still looks brand new after over 40 years of being shoved in a dishwasher. It was an unused set made in the '30s I inherited.
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Not mine Sue :) They were Greg's. They're very pretty and actually useful still on a table. I use my Harrach crackle glass nautilus shells but only at Christmas.
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Salts are items which have become relevant again now, if you like using sea salt flakes at table rather than pouring salt.
They're an excuse to indulge in beautiful old glass for everyday use and general life enhancement.
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I won't be using it as I don't add salt to my food, I suppose I'll just have to look at it ;D.
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I'm not a salt user either - except for a little on spuds. So I do need my little Pantin pink and amber opalescent salt with the gold surface. It's lovely knowing how old it is when I take a tiny pinch.
Unfortunately, I then have leave the table to go and wash my hands. The salt left on my fingers is far too much to lick off. It's not really very practical.
But it's worth it for the joy of using my salt. ;D