tooMuchFabric

Little hidey-bottle for a nip of whiskey.
Maybe to hide in a lady's purse or muff.

Moonpi

I'm with Quiltkrazy - stick insense was stored inside and taken out to burn, The indents on the flower faces are for cone insense. I have a similar one carved from soapstone.

mjsylvstr

Karen, while recently on vacation I came across an item that reminded me of your query.

I was at a store showing blown glass and my eye hit a display which I thought looked a lot like your yard sale purchase.

What I saw was a container which holds a Mezuzah...which is a Jewish scroll...
I looked it up on google and thought perhaps the scroll might be rolled and placed in the open end of your investment..

reading the google article further, it mentioned that most people think of the holder as the Mezuzah.......but the scroll is what is actually the Mezuzah.........

don't know what the holder is called but thought that this might just be what you happened upon while yard-saleing.

MaryJane

Stitchnripper

That was my first thought too - a mezuzah holder

gollytwo

looks like a rolling pin to me

ZTAgirlknits

so I was quiltingboard stalking you and I saw this post and I have a guess as to what this is!! (I'm sure you probably already have figured it out at this point) but when I saw it I thought it was a lachrymatory, or a tear bottle. They were really popular in the Victorian era!

Tear Bottles have been a part of our world's history since before Christ's time. Historians have found their evidence in ancient Rome and Egypt. Legend has it that our ancestors have used the small glass vessels to collect their tears, as a means for mourning and respect. Today, modern Tear Bottles are given to symbolize the emotions of love, joy, sorrow and remembrance. The gift of the tear bottle is often given at times of loss and bereavement, weddings, births, graduations, anniversaries and other rites of passage. They are quickly becoming a popular heartfelt keepsake and gift item.



Maybe?? If that's not it....then what is it????


Ok I totally looked it up some more online and I found two that look almost exactly like this!! It would have had a little stopper that went in the top!

ManiacQuilter2

I will throw my cents in and agree that it is probably art glass. Looks very pretty. Hope you got a good deal on the price..... :)

kwhite

Stitch I never did find out what it is. The best I can figure it is a perfume bottle, but you are probably right. Please post the links to the tear bottles you found that look like mine. Yes I got it for a buck. I thought it was so pretty. Too pretty to pass up for that price.

Peckish

It's an incense burner.

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.