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

Old 08-22-2010, 10:32 AM
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I bought this at a yard sale yesterday cause it is cool. But what the heck is it???
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Old 08-22-2010, 11:05 AM
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So do we get twenty questions about it? Is it made of glass?
Length? Off the top of my head, I'd say it is a piece of art glass. Sorry, the glare off background makes it hard to see.
Looks interesting.
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Old 08-22-2010, 11:09 AM
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Looks like an insence burner.
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Old 08-22-2010, 11:12 AM
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We may be old, but we aren't ANTIQUE!!! well, maybe SOME are, but I'm not!!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I have no idea what it is either!
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Old 08-22-2010, 11:15 AM
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Is that a mouthpiece in the last picture?
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Old 08-22-2010, 11:20 AM
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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.
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Old 08-22-2010, 11:24 AM
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P.S. check your P.M.s
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Old 08-22-2010, 12:36 PM
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let us know when you learn what it is. Very interesting looking. I wondered if it is some kind of musical instrument.
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Old 08-22-2010, 02:03 PM
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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
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My guess is it probably fit down over a spindle of some sort. As a decorative cover. My mom was an antique dealer and I grew up in antique shops. But there are so many things that are antique or collectible that I have never seen. I haven't ever seen one of these. My first thought was maybe it came off of something and worked as a handle. but as it is glass that isn't likely.

I asked my mom and she hasn't seen anything like it either. I use to have a book on glass jars and vials. You might look online for something like that.

Another thought I collect perfume jars and it could be an old vial for perfume or spices or something like that. It reminds me of a science lab tube. Since it doesn't stand it probably sat in a stand of some sort.
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