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<p>[QUOTE="ola402, post: 427932, member: 182"]A friend of mine bought a box lot and this was in it. So I convinced her to let me have it in order to research it. It's shaped like a light bulb, has verticals ridges and is excellent quality glass, maybe flint? It glows bright green under UV light. It looks like part of something else? There appears to be a round opening where it attached to something. The "shoulders" of the ridges are ground and polished (see 2 photos) and the entire piece appears to be fire polished because it's so sparkly. The bottom shows no wear, assuming you set it with the opening pointed up which appears to be incorrect. No wear anywhere on it except for the opening which is chewed up. Other than finial for a very large lamp, I can't think of anything else. It measures 5" high, the opening is 1" (just the hole) and it's 5" across at its widest point. Ideas would be most welcome, TY!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]149832[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149833[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149834[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149835[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149836[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149837[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149838[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149839[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ola402, post: 427932, member: 182"]A friend of mine bought a box lot and this was in it. So I convinced her to let me have it in order to research it. It's shaped like a light bulb, has verticals ridges and is excellent quality glass, maybe flint? It glows bright green under UV light. It looks like part of something else? There appears to be a round opening where it attached to something. The "shoulders" of the ridges are ground and polished (see 2 photos) and the entire piece appears to be fire polished because it's so sparkly. The bottom shows no wear, assuming you set it with the opening pointed up which appears to be incorrect. No wear anywhere on it except for the opening which is chewed up. Other than finial for a very large lamp, I can't think of anything else. It measures 5" high, the opening is 1" (just the hole) and it's 5" across at its widest point. Ideas would be most welcome, TY! [ATTACH=full]149832[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149833[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149834[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149835[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149836[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149837[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149838[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]149839[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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