Nice item... :thup: :thup:
Not sure if this is related or not, but I had a couple of these *types of items (never thought of posting them). The ones I had - had a base pot. We see a lot of these over here at Antiques shows. So they are collectible. I think I had one that had a gold oval label on it that just said *CHINA* on it.
Here is an example (from Ebay) of the type that I had, and mean:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270770711205&clk_rvr_id=248811860089It is called there (on Ebay) a
Peking Glass Bonsai Tree, cherry Blossoms.
Again the ones that I have had have a base pot like in the picture from Ebay......Now yours might
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? be related to those types of designs, EXCEPT yours was done with a different type of base......or I guess it is possible that yours
might have had a base that got broken and this is what the base looks like within
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?? the pot. Since the pot usually hides the bottom of the tree, Hard to know what the bottom does look like.
Either way, I believe yours in along this same idea just made maybe without a flower pot. Again, see many of these at Antiques shows here (had a couple myself that I used outside on the patio table) and they are collectible. The price in the Ebay ad of $59 for it -- would be about the same I see here at antiques shows. They are nice, and when you move them (or the breeze hits them if used outside in a covered area)
the Glass leaves make a nice *tinkle* sound as they lightly hit together. Again I had used mine in the enclosed Gabazbo outside (as I did not want to weather them) but then they need no Sun to grow, and shade does not bother them -- so they made a nice *decorative item*
(for me
) to use outside......both of mine got sold by me because a lady saw them on my patio table and wanted them (badly) -- so I had sold mine.
Gee, I had never though of posting those here :thud: and DUH ...
Hope that helps some.....highly collectible around here, and again always at Antiques Shows. So I think an
older Import item from maybe the 70's era
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