Bud vase ?

[diginit]

I remember seeing one of these with a red sash fed between the handles and then around the neck,then back through the handles and up. This one was hung and filled with popourri. I don't know what it was orginally used for. Sorry.Back to square one.
Next Guess Please...

 

[IRISH]

I'd never thought of a potpourri holder, it could well be that too I suppose.
Looks like I will just have to invent some long winded story about the history, use and value of it to tell new collectors who come to my place [] [] .

 

[tazmainiendigger]

Nice looking antique Irish! Have you ever tried oxalic acid? I use it for cleaning my iron stained mineral specimens.. It is a non-corrosive cleaner also called wood bleach, it works great... I dont have any problems with any white porus feldspathic alumina based things... just dont let it make a yellow tea... change it if you see the solution picking up iron, then plop it in a baking soda bath to neutralize... Taz