Is this real?

[jane8851]

Is this real? An antique guy is trying to sell it, saying it's an early perfume. He wants $500.

 

[jane8851]

Base.

 

[epackage]

Is the thing next to it the stopper?

 

[botlguy]

Looks to me to be very, very old and probably European. I have what I believe to be a traveling priest / father Holy Water flask that looks very similar as far as the glass itself goes, not the form. I posted pictures of my item on this forum some time ago. The color and patina are quite similar. I will be quite interested in comments on this piece. $500 for this item seems way steep to me. But then, thats an asking PRICE and not necessarly its VALUE.

 

[kungfufighter]

I run like h-e-double toothpicks that that price but that's just me.

 

[jane8851]

Yes, the thing next to it is the stopper. I'm not interested in buying it, just posted for a friend who is looking at it for resale. It didn't look right to me but what do I know. I'll tell him not to pay $500. What do you think it's worth?

 

[deepbluedigger]

It looks like a very recent piece of glass to me (late 20th century at the earliest). Color, lip/finish, stopper, overall shape, all make it look like the kind of thing you'd find in an arty/crafty 'gallery' type shop.

 

[tigue710]

It looks like someone threw it in a rock tumbler!

 

[brokenshovel]

Looks South of the Border to me.
Is the stopper cobalt INSIDE clear glass?

 

[druggistnut]

I don't see any wear or ground area on that stopper, from being in the bottle. Normally it would have a frosted appearance, where it makes contact. The inside of the lip doesn't have that frosted look, either, from having a stopper sitting in it. Just doesn't "look" right.
I wonder if the guy who has the saddle flasks made, for sale on ebay had anything to do with this? Same type of work, in my mind.
Bill