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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 62702, member: 59"]So I went to a big neighborhood sale this morning and this 4 1/2" tall pitcher "spoke" to me. The seller had an 1890's tag on it. I will admit that the vast majority of what she had out was definitely "older" stuff, but I'm not normally a glassie, so I really don't know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've tried to capture the salient angles. The best ones colorwise were taken on a windowsill, because I found that the camera flash showed the colors much darker than reality. You should be able to see that the 4 sides of the body were flattened by round impressions (which I assume means it was formed in a mold?) but there are no mold marks visible on any other part. No marks that I can see either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall view:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16104[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From the top:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16105[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16106[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Handle attachment (on the windowsill)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16107[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>To show color and circular impressions:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16108[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So does this pitcher ring any bells with anyone? Does it look as old as she thought?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 62702, member: 59"]So I went to a big neighborhood sale this morning and this 4 1/2" tall pitcher "spoke" to me. The seller had an 1890's tag on it. I will admit that the vast majority of what she had out was definitely "older" stuff, but I'm not normally a glassie, so I really don't know. I've tried to capture the salient angles. The best ones colorwise were taken on a windowsill, because I found that the camera flash showed the colors much darker than reality. You should be able to see that the 4 sides of the body were flattened by round impressions (which I assume means it was formed in a mold?) but there are no mold marks visible on any other part. No marks that I can see either. Overall view: [ATTACH=full]16104[/ATTACH] From the top: [ATTACH=full]16105[/ATTACH] Bottom: [ATTACH=full]16106[/ATTACH] Handle attachment (on the windowsill) [ATTACH=full]16107[/ATTACH] To show color and circular impressions: [ATTACH=full]16108[/ATTACH] So does this pitcher ring any bells with anyone? Does it look as old as she thought?[/QUOTE]
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