Topic: Miniature vase with spiral filagree, Bimini or?

[Coupsdestylo]

It's a shame about the tips, but they can be repaired by a brave person. The small chip doesn't affect it too much, If someone else wants one they'll either have to spend a year looking or 2-300 buying partial sets to build one up, when featherglass breaks it usually breaks completely.
The 12 set above is actually a rotating carousel, the base has a glass spike that goes inside the body and the whole shebang rotates rather smoothly.

[glassobsessed]

I am happy with my set, you have to look really hard to spot those losses and it has sentimental value for me too, it belonged to someone who has passed.

Yours rotates, fantastic! That adds a whole new dimension of desire as far as I am concerned - I want one.

[Coupsdestylo]

Mine is new revival piece, there are some significant differences to the older ones, but I needed to have it to see the differences close up and it was too good to walk past. Most carousels of this ilk hold glass charms and very few old ones were for cocktail sticks (similar to the carousel cigarette holders). If it was a complete mechanical glass toy from the 20's - 30's then it would be in a museum.
Here is a vintage and very nearly perfect carousel with umbrella glass charms/markers :-)