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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4488504, member: 76316"]6" high, ~2½" X ~2¼" cross-section, ~2⅞" rim diameter, ~⅛" wall at rim; it weighs 217 grams. The rim is ground, and maybe not as noticeably, chamfered on both the inner and outer edge, very clean & smooth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago I was being educated by a patient expert in many things fine & old, as was she. I was told what this process was called, and the name of one high-end studio where this craft had matured into stunning, magnificent creations...I was even briefly allowed to hold a piece of it in my hot little hands, to marvel & drool over such a precious bauble. That same day I was also introduced to Daum Nancy...which I have never encountered since!</p><p><br /></p><p>So much for a lesson the essentials of which have passed from my alleged mind. I'm completely at a loss to ID this, though I doubt it's anywhere as old, nor as fine as the example was back then. I cast myself upon your tender mercies, full of hope. Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390898[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390899[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390900[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390901[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390902[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4488504, member: 76316"]6" high, ~2½" X ~2¼" cross-section, ~2⅞" rim diameter, ~⅛" wall at rim; it weighs 217 grams. The rim is ground, and maybe not as noticeably, chamfered on both the inner and outer edge, very clean & smooth. Years ago I was being educated by a patient expert in many things fine & old, as was she. I was told what this process was called, and the name of one high-end studio where this craft had matured into stunning, magnificent creations...I was even briefly allowed to hold a piece of it in my hot little hands, to marvel & drool over such a precious bauble. That same day I was also introduced to Daum Nancy...which I have never encountered since! So much for a lesson the essentials of which have passed from my alleged mind. I'm completely at a loss to ID this, though I doubt it's anywhere as old, nor as fine as the example was back then. I cast myself upon your tender mercies, full of hope. Thanks! [ATTACH=full]390898[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390899[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390900[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390901[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390902[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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