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Ever wonder how shakers were made? They were made in moulds like this one. Most Victorian shakers were "Blown" into a mould and then broken off the blow pipe when done. That is why most early shakers had a rough, chipped top edge.
This mould is not of the Victorian era, early mould are either in museums or lost forever, many melted down for scrap during war times.
This one made the later Fostoria Coin pieces maybe 40 to 50 years ago?
This is very cool:)
Thanks, and it is sure heavy!
thanks for sharing. I love it.
You are welcome. I dont think there are many of these around so I thought I would show it.
Scott
Actually, yes I did wonder. Thanks so much for sharing this with everyone. I really like this piece and would probably try making my own if I had it LoL
I love the chair its sitting on.... its very beautiful =^) handsome seat and the legs things me of a Scottish man (socks) being a Napier of course I adore that. is there a set of bag pipes around?
Thanks, no bag pipes but lotsof victorian stuff. House built in the 1870s
The chair is sort of a piano seat with a back, very different.
This certainly deserves a love. I have a couple questions. How do they stop the glass from sticking to the mold so it won't break when taken out? Are threads for the cover made automatically during the process? I would assume so but never saw this type mold before so I was wondering. How long would it take to make each shaker?
Im not a glass maker but I do believe that an additional piece of the mould is missing. I believe that this may have been a mould to make "Pressed" pieces rather that mould blown. This is a more modern mould than the victorian era moulds. I find moulds are very hard to come by so I dont have any other examples that may be different or with any of the additional parts.
So, in other words Im not completely sure how the threads were added, but would suspect with an additional part to the mould.