Chris is the owner of the website that Brenda linked to. He has studied and done extensive research German porcelain and wanna be items for many...
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When I saw it, my first thought was something to hold flowers, basically a flower frog with base. I wasn't sure if machine made cigs were...
It's "newer" Blenko, Catalog #9431, Hank Adams would have been the designer at that time. I only saw it in the 1994 & 1995 catalogs, so probably...
Hull has done several pieces with the runners. Several years ago I had another piece of Hull with runners.
My SWAG is Rainbow decorated. They bought glass from others and did Ruby Stain decor on the glass in the early 1950's...
The green one in the picture posted by Scoutshouse is possibly Blenko 947, however I am pretty sure the other one isn't Blenko, and I am doubtful...
Paden City, Spring Orchard http://www.chataboutdg.com/gallery/img10083.search.htm
Asia, China specifically is the most likely, there is some nice looking stuff that comes from China these days, just not quite as refined yet as...
I agree with Greg that the hole was drilled later, probably to make it a lamp. Any value it might have had was significantly reduced with the...
In general, pieces from Murano will have a polished base, while pieces from Asia will have a satin/unpolished base
I would be surprised if it was from Italy, I'd more likely guess Asia as an area of origin
IMHO, it does look like it was formed in a mold vs at a potters wheel. Most pottery sold in stores etc are from a mold. Studio pottery is about...
lauragarnet, may I "steal" your pic? These shapes come up quite often, and your ad would be most helpful to others. :)
It can decrease desirability, however, Charleton and a few other decorating companies, Lotus Decorating and Wheeling Decorating, have their own...
Anchor Hocking, Fairfield. R calls this piece a nappy, and with the scalloped rim, I would tend to agree....
BTW, if you list these, a better keyword then "cup" is "tumbler". Cups generally have handles, and are usually shorter. Tumbler is the term for...
I would list it as a bell.
I've had bells where the clapper was glued in with a little button at the top. This type of clapper often came loose and the owner never glued it...
Whoops I see someone else found it while I was working on it :)
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