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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 1715302, member: 30"]Thank you all so much for taking a look at these and finding more about them then I could. </p><p><br /></p><p>As much as I would love to believe these are circa 1865-75, there are no actual wear marks on them, so I think it likely these are vintage Cristal D Argues Mandelieu Honeycomb bowls... BUT HERE IS THE PROBLEM: I asked the seller of the ebay bowls to double check her dimensions for me please, and she confirmed hers are a much different size than mine. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mine measure 5-1/8" across the top and are 2" tall. Ebay Seller's are 5-5/8" x 1-1/4" tall. She doesn't show them from the side view, so I cannot perceive the size differences in her photos. Would it be probable that mine are the same brand, but were not widened as much as hers were in the manufacturing process? I believe the widening could have caused less height overall. <<Does this sound right? </p><p><br /></p><p>Just seems bizarre the size differences that cannot be discerned from the photos of both when compared! Any thoughts on the size differences will be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 1715302, member: 30"]Thank you all so much for taking a look at these and finding more about them then I could. As much as I would love to believe these are circa 1865-75, there are no actual wear marks on them, so I think it likely these are vintage Cristal D Argues Mandelieu Honeycomb bowls... BUT HERE IS THE PROBLEM: I asked the seller of the ebay bowls to double check her dimensions for me please, and she confirmed hers are a much different size than mine. Mine measure 5-1/8" across the top and are 2" tall. Ebay Seller's are 5-5/8" x 1-1/4" tall. She doesn't show them from the side view, so I cannot perceive the size differences in her photos. Would it be probable that mine are the same brand, but were not widened as much as hers were in the manufacturing process? I believe the widening could have caused less height overall. <<Does this sound right? Just seems bizarre the size differences that cannot be discerned from the photos of both when compared! Any thoughts on the size differences will be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]
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