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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 116843, member: 85&quot;]Gorgeous! ! !</p><p>To answer your question about antique.&nbsp; The US government came up with the 100 years in order to qualify as an antique for the purpose of importing.&nbsp; One hundred years has been adopted as the criteria for being called an antique.&nbsp; Anything less than that would be considered a collectible.</p><p>This is something that has been debated and discussed for quite a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your lovely vase, not an umbrella stand.&nbsp; As scout said too fragile.&nbsp; Never would have survived umbrellas.&nbsp; I think this is probably older than the 75 years you think it is.&nbsp; I think early 1900s to 1920s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is French in origin.&nbsp; I was thinking Sarreguemines pottery, but in doing a search, I came up with many other French companies doing the flower applications.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=sarreguemines+pottery&amp;biw=1654&amp;bih=1057&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi7gNiIx-3KAhUO42MKHaMnCg4Q_AUIBygC&amp;dpr=0.85#tbm=isch&amp;q=sarreguemines+vase+with+applied+flowers&amp;imgrc=_" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=sarreguemines+pottery&amp;biw=1654&amp;bih=1057&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi7gNiIx-3KAhUO42MKHaMnCg4Q_AUIBygC&amp;dpr=0.85#tbm=isch&amp;q=sarreguemines+vase+with+applied+flowers&amp;imgrc=_" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=sarreguemines+pottery&amp;biw=1654&amp;bih=1057&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi7gNiIx-3KAhUO42MKHaMnCg4Q_AUIBygC&amp;dpr=0.85#tbm=isch&amp;q=sarreguemines+vase+with+applied+flowers&amp;imgrc=_</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to the board.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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