Ideas about this vase/bottle?
Hello! I recently discovered this great forum and am hoping someone will have thoughts/info about my Dad's vase. He always loved it... he got it from his great-grandmother, but I have
no idea where she got it from or when. I figure it has to be at least 80
years old -- probably more.
I have been trying to get a decent photo but it is so highly reflective that it just doesn't work. The glass is a light amber color. The white appears hand-painted and is heavily textured, but it doesn't feel like paint (IYKWIM). There are no marks on the bottom, just a pontil mark in the center. It's approx. 8" tall and 4" at the widest part.
We have taken it to 3 different antique appraisal shows. Twice we were told they had no ideas about it. Once (in about 1985?) we were told it was probably a bottle from a barber shop and would have held something like cologne or after-shave. That appraiser suggested it might be worth $350 at the time.
I've always loved it as much as my Dad, so he gave it to me about 10 years ago. I've always been curious about it too.
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