Anyone know what these large glass “knobs” / “furniture pulls” are made for?

These came in an auction lot. They seem to be furniture pulls or knobs but they are huge and delicate. Maybe I have it all wrong?

 

@J Dagger - Are these pieces flat on the back? If so they may be a decorative thing that you put a glass knob in the center.

These pieces look similar to yours.

http://www.tgldirect.com/products/u...pattern-drawer-pulls-set-of-two/164200410000/

You would then use this type knob.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/224472093461?hash=item3443945315:g:lXgAAOSwQ8ZgoVQ~

Here are some on Etsy but they are metal.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/289816...-biYPk8Uw-s1ZIyLqfrJ6uguI123nyiwaAkoNEALw_wcB

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=san...hUKEwjztMni9uXwAhVaWs0KHdo2CbQQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA

~Cheryl

 

ditto on curtain tiebacks
Antique Glass Curtain Tiebacks for Sale (patternglass.com)

replacement posts available online
Historic Houseparts, Inc. > Curtain Hardware > Bronze Post for Curtain Knob or Tieback

Historic Houseparts, Inc. > House Hardware > Curtain Hardware

 

oh man! I actually wondered if that’s what they were upon picking them up and then forgot I ever had that thought upon taking them out today and making this post! Thanks!!

 

Thanks for the hardware link! I wonder if I’d be better off selling them with hardware in the long run? Probably, then again I usually just take the route with the least amount of steps.

 

thanks crystal. they are flat. turns out they are meant to be curtain tie backs. there is certainly no reason you couldn’t use them as drawer pulls though. assuming they wouldn’t get in the way of the drawer opening and closing and the users were gentle.

 

Did you get the metal hardware with them by any chance? If not I am sure they would sell on their own merits.

They are likely too big for my suggestion & I had seen these before but that thought of course did not enter the brain.

Luckily @DragonflyWink & @TallCakes were here to set it straight.

 

They could be the real deal....Sandwich glass tiebacks, but I don't know how to tell the difference between the antique and the new. Perhaps someone here knows...............I think if one had one of each, antique/new in hand, the difference would be obvious.

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1...AhXJU80KHfDuCnsQjJkEegQIBhAB&biw=1035&bih=653

 

I didn’t get the hardware unfortunately. I was just in a big home a few times recently with fancy tie backs and I immediately thought of those when I saw these. I had never seen glass ones though and obviously forgot all about that too.

I did however get a couple with the long glass backer like in the photo below.

looking at eBay I guess they do sell ok but not like hot cakes.

 

I’ve been wondering about that since I got the first replies. I’ll say that there was a bunch of repop type stuff in the estate. Then again there was a little bit of genuinely old stuff too. Something about the way they feel and look up close doesn’t scream 19th c to me but I don’t know glass very well. I’ve gotta find where I put the rest of this lot. I think there was a couple amber glass ones and maybe some others. I guess that could bode well for being antique or at least “early repro” since according to one source most of the new repros are uranium green. Based on the estate I’m going to lean to repro for now but hopefully someone can prove me wrong.

 

With 40 plus years of looking at antique glass, including curtain tie-backs, I've never seen the solid glass post on the back. I'll bet they are new, not reproductions, just recently made.

 

Good to know! Thanks Cherryhill.