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ANY IDEAS? - 1/5/2005 7:22:42 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 803 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline Hello, I recently picked this up at a local Goodwill. I thought it was neat and bought it. I only paid something like 50 cents for it. It is cobalt and that's pretty much all I know about it. Any clue what it might be? Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/5/2005 7:32:54 PM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline Maybe a pestle (sp?) as in "mortar & petsle"? Or a hanging ornament? Is it solid or hollow? (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 2

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/5/2005 7:35:16 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 803 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline Hello again, it is hollow and looks like it might be broke off at the end. Thanks for your interest! (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 3

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/5/2005 9:08:52 PM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline All I can think of is that if it is hollow, it is more likely to be a hanging ornament of some sort, and not a tool. Just a guess. Neat looking, whatever it is! (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 4

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/5/2005 10:16:05 PM    S.C. Warner   Posts: 126 Joined: 1/2/2005 From: it happens out in Vegas, and it happens in Moline. Status: offline Hi Everyone! I don't know Ronvae, you could still be right about it being a tool. or maybe part of a tool? Some glass items can be pretty durable and tough. It does look close to a pedstal. Using imagination I could see it as one handle to a very unique rolling pin. DiggerBryan, what are the dimensions and weight? Using imagination a bit further (I hope you don't mind I took liberty with your shot DB.) maybe missing cork, could it be a stopper for a fancy decanter? BTW, I would have bought it too! Especially at that price! It almost looks like lapis. best, sc. Attachment (1) < Message edited by S.C. Warner -- 1/5/2005 10:21:40 PM > (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 5

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/5/2005 10:36:06 PM    S.C. Warner   Posts: 126 Joined: 1/2/2005 From: it happens out in Vegas, and it happens in Moline. Status: offline Correction: pestle sc (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 6

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/7/2005 5:20:30 AM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 803 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline Hello again, sorry I haven't had a chance to reply the power has been out due to an ice storm. The "thing" is about 7 inches long and at the widest part an inch and a half. I was thinking it could have been a tool also. I started brainstorming again and thought maybe someone was practicing glass blowing maybe? and came out with this. But I don't know. Thanks for the help so far! (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 7

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/7/2005 9:07:21 AM    medbottle   Posts: 112 Joined: 7/13/2004 Status: offline Are there any wear spots? Is the open end broken, or is it sheared? lightly re-fired? (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 8

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/7/2005 12:27:10 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 803 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline Hello medbottle, I can't seem to find any wear marks. The end seems to be broken off. It is also filled with hundreds of bubbles. (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 9

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/7/2005 8:27:19 PM    glassy eyed   Posts: 13 Joined: 12/27/2004 Status: offline It could be a ........ no better not say . Some might find my suggestion offensive. (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 10

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/8/2005 8:40:06 AM    idigjars Posts: 1284 Joined: 12/24/2004 From: Michigan Status: offline Hello, could just be a glassblower's whimsey? Or maybe the rounded end was used as a tool to help darn socks? Who knows for sure. Very cool color. Thanks for sharing the pic. Paul (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 11

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/9/2005 1:27:38 AM    S.C. Warner   Posts: 126 Joined: 1/2/2005 From: it happens out in Vegas, and it happens in Moline. Status: offline I'm still thinking handle for rolling pin. (I don't have a clue why.) Very true about the color, would that be called Cobalt blue or Saphire? Or...are they both the same? sc (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 12

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/9/2005 9:34:21 PM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline I go along with D.C. its the stopper for a decanter. The broken part may have been the ground end of the stopper. Dave (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 13

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/18/2005 10:18:10 AM    WhiteLighting Posts: 485 Joined: 1/21/2004 From: The Electric City,Upstate NY Status: offline Looks like a lighting rod/ball glass top,does it have a hole in it>?..... _____________________________ It's time for another TEA PARTY!!!! (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 14

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/18/2005 11:48:11 AM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 803 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline Hello, yes in does have a hole in it, but only on one side. You think it could possibly be a lightning rod ball? COOL! (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 15

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/18/2005 1:17:42 PM    WhiteLighting Posts: 485 Joined: 1/21/2004 From: The Electric City,Upstate NY Status: offline it well could be,theres alot fo differnt types and sizes,they use to put them on barns/buildings...or it could be somthing else.... how big is it,and whats the width?...Weight?,how large is the hole?,is it misshapen "kinda melted look?......... it looks also like a stopper like the others said above and also like one of them newer "Glass Smokin Herb Devices,but broke", "glassy eyed"----- LOL.......could be aswell,never know in this world...LOL,.,.,.,. _____________________________ It's time for another TEA PARTY!!!! (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 16

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 1/18/2005 3:22:09 PM    Monsonant   Posts: 58 Joined: 5/5/2004 From: Monson Massachusetts Status: offline Looks like a broken stopper to me also . Used to see those giant "Decanter'" Genie type bottles allot when I was a kid in the 60s. They were fashionable in the 50's People liked to put them on their TV sets , they stood about 2 - 3 ft high and were usually very bright in color with a pattern of some sort worked into the glass . I always thought they were Italian . Pestiles (Mortar & Pestle) are usally solid ..... as are the similar "off-hand" sock darners that are found occasionally. d.e.a. Attachment (1) _____________________________ 'Not all who wander are lost.' (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 17

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 2/7/2005 9:36:56 PM    diggs   Posts: 37 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline Looks like something left out in the farmers field after the Woodstock concert.Seriously.Anyone else agree? (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 18

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 2/7/2005 9:54:21 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Glass blower's end of day whimsey? Its composition looks a little out of true to have been part of a stopper for a quality piece of glasswork. It kind of 'leans/bends' to the left from your picture. I thought it way too large for a stopper until Dave's mention of those oversized decantors, now I wonder.... Just looked at the pictures again, is there any chance the 'broken' end is actually sheared or otherwise purposefully cut? < Message edited by Maine Digger -- 2/7/2005 9:58:08 PM > _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 19

RE: ANY IDEAS? - 2/7/2005 11:05:23 PM    oldshoe4u   Posts: 211 Joined: 2/3/2005 From: Cental NY Status: offline Is it holow at the broken end too or just in the center bulb area? (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 20

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