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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brian Warshaw, post: 9512133, member: 16674&quot;]Is there anything special about these bowls? I think so, so I await you knocking me down.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ever the optimist, I see three very stately ice cream and/or fruit bowls.&nbsp; No maker’s marks and everything pointing to late 19th century:</p><p><br /></p><p>·&nbsp; Clear resonating ping sound when the rim is flicked, suggesting crystal glass;</p><p><br /></p><p>·&nbsp; Glass thickening at the bowl rim;</p><p><br /></p><p>·&nbsp; Bladed or annular knop;</p><p><br /></p><p>·&nbsp; Circumferential and angular striations in the bowl; circumferential on the foot;</p><p><br /></p><p>·&nbsp; Occasional small bubble in the glass;</p><p><br /></p><p>·&nbsp; Pontil marks have been polished.</p><p><br /></p><p>The height, rim and foot dimensions are very similar, no more than one millimetre difference:</p><p><br /></p><p>·&nbsp; Height&nbsp; 13.0 cm</p><p>·&nbsp; Rim diameter&nbsp; 11.3 cm</p><p>·&nbsp; Foot diameter&nbsp; 8.1 cm</p><p><br /></p><p>It is only in the weight that there is a [significant] difference:</p><p><br /></p><p>·&nbsp; 165 grams</p><p>·&nbsp; 214 grams</p><p>·&nbsp; 222 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven’t found any the same on the internet, so your opinions would be appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450862[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450863[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450864[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450865[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450866[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450867[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450868[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450872[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450870[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450871[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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