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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 4481187, member: 76316&quot;]&quot;Sorry, I have no idea what a tube pontil is.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Please forgive me!</p><p><br /></p><p>On the base, there seems to be a circular feature, probably characterized by ragged or even sharp edges...fractured glass. In the making of a glass article, the artisan must gave a &#039;handle&#039; to manage the fiercely hot item. Those handles take several forms, one of them being a tube of some material that is fused to the glass under work. When the work no longer needs a handle, either at the end of creation or between processes, the handle is snapped off, leaving a scar; the pontil.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not a glass artist, so some of the above may be found erroneous by those far more familiar with glass-blowing than I.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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