ANY IDEAS?

[idigjars]

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 []

 

[S.C. Warner]

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?
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[David E]

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

 

[WhiteLighting]

Looks like a lighting rod/ball glass top,does it have a hole in it>?.....

 

[DiggerBryan]

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!

 

[WhiteLighting]

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,.,.,.,.

 

[Monsonant]

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.

 

[diggs]

Looks like something left out in the farmers field after the Woodstock concert.Seriously.Anyone else agree?

 

[Maine Digger]

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?

 

[oldshoe4u]

Is it holow at the broken end too or just in the center bulb area?