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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 12653, member: 25"]If you were going to make elegant decorated glass silver rimmed bud vases, would you stencil and etch (an industrial quality method) anything on the bits of glass you suppose to be with them. It's unlikely, and I have never seen such a combination among the similar vases I have seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure this is simply a coincidence of sizes. What, really, would be the point of including something else to narrow the neck of an item that is far from a precision implement? </p><p>One bloke says 'make the vases an inch across at the top' and in a totally different shed, some other bloke says, make the 6cfm throat gates the right size to fit the Paten siphon flow hydrostatic gages. That's one inch across.'</p><p><br /></p><p>Donkeys years later, Bingo. The bits wind up in the same box and a marriage on canvenience is made.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, if you doubt my account, find a similar, not uncommon, vase with a throat attachment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 12653, member: 25"]If you were going to make elegant decorated glass silver rimmed bud vases, would you stencil and etch (an industrial quality method) anything on the bits of glass you suppose to be with them. It's unlikely, and I have never seen such a combination among the similar vases I have seen. I am sure this is simply a coincidence of sizes. What, really, would be the point of including something else to narrow the neck of an item that is far from a precision implement? One bloke says 'make the vases an inch across at the top' and in a totally different shed, some other bloke says, make the 6cfm throat gates the right size to fit the Paten siphon flow hydrostatic gages. That's one inch across.' Donkeys years later, Bingo. The bits wind up in the same box and a marriage on canvenience is made. Of course, if you doubt my account, find a similar, not uncommon, vase with a throat attachment.[/QUOTE]
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