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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheOLdGuy, post: 93396, member: 878&quot;]Thanks, TallCakes. That does put a different perspective on it. Though a bit different from what I&#039;ve heard, it certainly sounds logical.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always used &quot;straw mark&quot; to describe that thin, long indentation on the otherwise smooth bottom inside a base, with the thought that it could have other meanings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where &quot;straw mark&quot; originated I was told someone once remarked that it could have been from a piece of packing straw that fell into a base that had not fully cooled. Whether said tongue in cheek or not, it certainly has caught on and is understood by all glass collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is what I meant in my above <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/worthless-collectables.6626/page-5#post-92889" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/worthless-collectables.6626/page-5#post-92889"><span style="color: #404040">Thursday at 3:43 PM</span></a> post, second paragraph from the bottom. And Terry offered even another definition of straw mark. The list I am sure could expand even further. Perhaps one should make a formal list of such descriptions with all possible uses. And require every author, and more importantly, every on line seller, to adhere to the list. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Or do I actually recall someone having already done that?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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