Posted 2 years ago
kwqd
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This ruffled toothpick is about 3.25" high x 3" in diameter. The true exterior color is custard, but it is washed out in my images as is the deep salmon pink of the interior. There is a lot of debris in the glass, especially on the top and bottom of the foot, shown as black spots. There is one spot on the ruffled rim. There is a ground, concave pontil.
Until I saw that pontil, I thought that this was by Fenton Art Glass, but I have never seen a ground pontil on a Fenton piece and doubt that it would have made it past Fenton's scrap bin with all of the debris on the surface of the glass. I have no idea who made this, but it feels "old" to me, though there is no wear at all to the piece. Guessing "toothpick" due to the diminutive size. $1 GW find today.
Does anyone know who made this?
Definitely not Fenton, but definitely Victorian era. Impossible to pin down an exact maker but I think Bohemian origin, though similar things were made in England. A very nice item & a super buy at $1!
Thanks for the information! It is a cool little piece but I almost passed on it due to the debris in the glass. For $1, though, I decided to take it home. Glad I did!
Thanks for loving my custard ruffled toothpick sklo42, Vynil33rpm, PhilDMorris, Cokeman1959, IronLace, BHIFOS, Jenni, Kevin, sherrilou, vcal, dav2no1, fortapache and Searching1!
Thank you Watchsearcher and Cisum!
Thanks Daisy1000 and jscott0363!
Thanks Deano!