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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10428024, member: 76316"]Weight is ~27 3/4 oz, capacity perhaps as much as 24 oz; it's 8 3/4" high to the lip, ~7" max diameter, ~1 5/8" ground pontil, ~3 5/8" OD base wear pattern. The ground stopper adds ~2 3/8" to the height. I've had it for ~60 years, acquired in San Diego in the early 1960's. I've never filled it or even thought to use it.</p><p>The pontil grind is incomplete, in that it leaves a long, narrow concave furrow ~1 1/8" by ~1/4" in its bottom; note that the gaps in the wear scratches are aligned with that furrow, which can be seen through the bottom from inside (pic 5).</p><p>I've done zero research on this piece until this post...what can y'all say about it? Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]524774[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524775[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524776[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524777[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524780[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10428024, member: 76316"]Weight is ~27 3/4 oz, capacity perhaps as much as 24 oz; it's 8 3/4" high to the lip, ~7" max diameter, ~1 5/8" ground pontil, ~3 5/8" OD base wear pattern. The ground stopper adds ~2 3/8" to the height. I've had it for ~60 years, acquired in San Diego in the early 1960's. I've never filled it or even thought to use it. The pontil grind is incomplete, in that it leaves a long, narrow concave furrow ~1 1/8" by ~1/4" in its bottom; note that the gaps in the wear scratches are aligned with that furrow, which can be seen through the bottom from inside (pic 5). I've done zero research on this piece until this post...what can y'all say about it? Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]524774[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524775[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524776[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524777[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]524780[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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