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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 4568715, member: 51"]Very faint evidence of ribs inside... mostly smooth, but slight ribs.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I just noticed, if you look carefully on the bottom of the pot, there is a straight seam and this faintly follows up the pot on both sides, almost as if two pieces were put together.</p><p><br /></p><p>So just puzzling this one out. My instinct is it mass produced, but then why the somewhat crude signature -- I suppose could be glazed by that person, but actually it came out quite well and doesn't look totally amateur. This was purchased at the glass estate sale I've been posting. The planter was surrounded by 19C pieces on the hold table and I remember the estate seller marveling instead at this planter. It was just $3, so even if decorative, probably was a good purchase. Just curious about it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my clumsy attempt at showing where the seam is. The photo doesn't show it well so I circled it. A definite seam if you look closely and goes up both sides of the pot as well as on the base.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]405767[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 4568715, member: 51"]Very faint evidence of ribs inside... mostly smooth, but slight ribs. One thing I just noticed, if you look carefully on the bottom of the pot, there is a straight seam and this faintly follows up the pot on both sides, almost as if two pieces were put together. So just puzzling this one out. My instinct is it mass produced, but then why the somewhat crude signature -- I suppose could be glazed by that person, but actually it came out quite well and doesn't look totally amateur. This was purchased at the glass estate sale I've been posting. The planter was surrounded by 19C pieces on the hold table and I remember the estate seller marveling instead at this planter. It was just $3, so even if decorative, probably was a good purchase. Just curious about it. Here is my clumsy attempt at showing where the seam is. The photo doesn't show it well so I circled it. A definite seam if you look closely and goes up both sides of the pot as well as on the base. [ATTACH=full]405767[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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