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Featured Small pitcher with added surprise

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by stracci, Jul 31, 2020.

  1. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    I bought this small 6" pitcher from a thrift store yesterday.
    After I got it home, I noticed a mysterious dark lump inside.
    Upon closer inspection with a flashlight, it turns out to be a petrified mouse. Yikes!
    He won't fit through the neck, so I can't get him out. :eek:

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    Last edited: Jul 31, 2020
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  2. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    lol : re-donate
     
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  3. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    Oh dear, eeek!
    This is a first here I think. Good luck I have no advice.
     
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  4. sabre123

    sabre123 Well-Known Member

    Pour some liquid in to soften her up, put a bit of lube around the neck, and then...:eek: JOKING!
     
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  5. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    I thought of this!
    Not sure I like the pitcher that much!
     
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  6. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    I found a small black widow living in a larger vase not long ago,
    from Goodwill.
    Two years ago we got a moth infestation from a Navajo rug.
    No more rugs!!!
    You never know what gross thing you might bring home.
    We junk collectors live on the edge!
     
  7. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Dehydrate a :cat:, put it in and wait;)
    Or... Crush the fossilized mouse to powder and wash thoroughly before ending the process with VODKA:p
     
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  8. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    Call the undertaker. That is all I got.
     
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  9. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Lapidary saw
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    Ceramic glue
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  10. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

    Sell on eBay as 'haunted jug', possibly holding the remains of celebrity mouse 'Jerry', his apparition said to have been seen by some...


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    ~Cheryl
     
  11. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is a nice pitcher, stracci.

    If it is petrified mouse like this:

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    just tell it it is all right, you are a gentle person and it won't have to be scared anymore. Then try to coax it out with some cheese.

    If it is more like the one below, sell it to a Museum of Antiquities.;)

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  12. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Find a cork and resell!
     
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  13. Jeff Drum

    Jeff Drum Well-Known Member

    I bought one of those huge 19th century sugar bowls in coin silver at an estate sale. Lid was stuck. When I got it home and managed to get the lid off I found it was filled with ashes. Took me a few minutes to realize it was being used as a cremation urn! I hoped it was for a pet, but was never sure that it wasn't for grandma. After driving around with it in my car for a while, I finally took it to a cemetery so I could scatter the ashes without feeling too guilty.

    Before you donate this pitcher, can I ask whether there is any writing on the bottom and if so to take a pic of it? I have a similar pitcher that I've been hanging onto solely because there is writing on the bottom that I can't read. I can really only see that there are two words, and one of them starts or ends with an 'X'. Which leaves me clueless. I guess I'll start a new thread instead of cluttering up this one if I can get pics that show anything.
     
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  14. ulilwitch

    ulilwitch Well-Known Member

    Oh, that is gross. Here's one for you. My Mom bought an adorable sugar bowl which she couldn't get the lid off. I took the sugar bowl and put it very warm soapy water. I saw the lid had come lose so I put my hands in the water to wash the bowl and came up with false teeth. Scared the heck out of me.
     
  15. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    This thread is a hoot!! :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
     
  16. Northern Lights Lodge

    Northern Lights Lodge Well-Known Member

    I vote for anything that doesn't include "hydrating" it back up! AGGGH! Grodie! I guess if it were me - I'd attempt to break it up into some big chunks and dump it out. THEN disinfect the pitcher!
    Leslie
     
  17. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    When I was kid about 6 years old.I was digging in my gramps closet. There was a shopping bag hanging in the back, As I tried to move it it ripped a tear. Out fell over 30 dentures cascading down on top of my head. It seems that my gramp dug graves at a local church many years before.
    When he found bodies that were not marked with a stone. he would gather up the bones and what ever was left and buried them at the edge of the grave yard. I never asked why he saved the teeth. I still get the chills once in a while when I relive that accident.
    greg
     
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  18. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

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  19. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    Believe it or not. People buy dentures on ebay.
    :eek::eek::eek:
     
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  20. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Suckers :hilarious:
     
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