Thread: Ok you antique people, what is this?!?!?!

ROFL

Originally Posted by lynnie

first guess wa incene burner,next, drug paraphenailia(?)
put joint in end, i don't know, don't do drugs. If there any people around you from the middle east, i'd ask them, or maybe Oriental or Native American, or glassblowers, you could look that up,all else fails, call the local sex shop. good luck, let us know

Oh my! The things ya'all come up with.
I vote tear holder. Looks about right.

Those are the same ones that I found as well!! It looks really similar to the one kwhite bought!! How cool would it be if you could get it certified or something as to its date. Imagine the history behind it!

OMG yes that is it. It is right here. I would have never thought of that. Thanks Stitch!!!

Anytime!

I would say I am antique but never saw one of those. How amazing. Thanks for sharing and thanks to those who did the research to come up with an answer..tear holder.

Yes, I was raised with everyday antiques of yesterday years. Some things have been lost due to "progress", but good memories linger on forever.

I was going to say a wearable bud vase. Looks like you found your answer.

http://www.lachrymatory.com/images/22_tear_bottle.jpg

Originally Posted by dunster

I am pretty sure ZTAgirlknits is right. Look at these tear bottles - http://19thcenturyartofmourning.com/...r_catchers.htm

What a wonderful find! And thanks for posting it - I enjoyed learning about these.

Oh, I think she got it!!

Originally Posted by kwhite

It is about 8 inches long and it is made of glass. Amber glass. Hand painted and carved. Art glass is a good guess I think. It does not have a flat bottom so it is not meatn to stand on it's own. I though maybe a bud vase but no. it has little indents at each flower on the face like finger indents.

I didn't mean the people were antique. I meant young people who knew lots about antiques. HAHAHA

The person in the last photo is DH. He was helping.

My first guess was a whistle of some sort and after this additional information, I'd say a whistle for sure.