Interesting goblet that I found in my backyard

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by Vaidas, Aug 26, 2018.

  1. Vaidas

    Vaidas New Member

    Hi everyone, one day I was digging my backyard when I found something interesting. When I dig it out, I relised it was goblet.
    Does anyone know from what time is this goblet, is it anything worth?
    Goblet's handles are seahorses, and on the side of the goblet there is like poseidon face or something like that.
    Thanks for your answers 1.jpg
     
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  2. Cherryhill

    Cherryhill Well-Known Member

    A guess would be the material is spelter, (19th century pot metal) for silver plating. Guess, 1880 plus or minus 10 years.
     
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  3. fenton

    fenton Well-Known Member

    It could have been part of an old Burial Urn.
     
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  4. Vaidas

    Vaidas New Member

    Does these kind of goblets have any value or it is just an old crap?
     
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  5. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    Unless solid silver,not much Im afraid.
     
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  6. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Welcome, Vaidas. I would describe the shape as chalice rather than goblet. Please give us the measurements. I am guessing it is for outdoor plants, not for drinking if it larger than an average drinking glass. What we do here is mainly help with describing an item correctly so the poster has good words to use for more Internet research. We do a better job if we can see more of an item than 1 photo shows. It would help us to help you if you provide:

    Dimensions
    Photos of:
    • the underside of the base
    • the inside
    • the other side, which appears to have more damage
    • 1 of the handles showing the front of the 'seahorse'.
    What the man is wearing on his head is not consistent with Poseidon, he looks more like Ambiorix or a figure of that type.

    If I am correct about the purpose, some useful English/French words: planter, jardiniere, cache-pot.

    It was buried outside, making it very difficult to guess age.
     
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  7. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Nice old 19th C plant urn for topping off a stone pillar.
     
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  8. Vaidas

    Vaidas New Member

    Looks that you guys are correct. This is not goblet as I thought, this is planter urn. Now I googled it and found very similar planters on the internet.
     
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  9. AuDragon

    AuDragon Well-Known Member

    Welcome Vaidas. That's a nice backyard find - I'd be thrilled to find something like that. :)
     
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  10. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It may look better now as a "dug" piece than it did new.
     
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  11. Firemandk

    Firemandk Well-Known Member

    Gotta love that dug stuff ! We have a beautiful little salt shaker with all the bird engravings on it , dug up in 1962 when my Dad traded for the lot next to his house and dug up the floor of the old garage to pour cement . On the Cliffs of West Cliff drive in Santa Cruz there was a flora and fauna museum circa 1900 , must have had a fire because as a kid I dug up all sorts of goodies with a lot of burned wood ....Ah, the good old days . The best one is the huge cleaver my friend Ricky dug out of the river bank...it sits on my parents fire place to split kindling...I wonder what "stories" it might hold to be buried in a river bank.....lol
     
  12. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Makes you wonder why they "buried the hatchet" .... and in who.
     
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