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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherryhill, post: 858076, member: 70&quot;]The clear/orange around the rim is from reheating to cut and form the top of the piece, the blow pipe was originally attached there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bye the way, once on Antique Roadshow I heard an &quot;authority&quot; explains that the pontil on the bottom of a blown piece was where the blowpipe had been attached, it had been &quot;blown through the bottom.!!! I about choked!</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t ever fall for that. The pontil, either&nbsp; finished (ground and polished, or fire polished) broken off (sharp) Is where a punty rod had been temporarily attached so that the top, (where the blow pipe was/had been) could be finished, or other work could be done, handles, rigaree, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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