savant365 said:
Skrimpy said:
I still feel that this is a glass drawer pull knob and was likely made by either The New England Glass Company or by Sandwich.
Antiquarian said:Skrimpy said:
I've handled a number of "threadless" insulators over the years and I've never had one that was shaped like this.
The "frosted" finish on the piece was commonly used throughout the 19th century as it helped to conceal imperfections in the glass during the manufacturing process. There's been little information published on the "utilitarian products" produced by Sandwich. The most extensive writings have been by Raymond Barlow & Joan Kaiser in the 1980's.
For example: The glass font or the oil reservoir of my avatar oil lamp was made by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company in about 1865. They didn't make the entire lamp though, as the rest was made by the J F Iden Company of New york City. Here is a close up of the "frosted" glass of the font.
Your drawer knob is beautiful piece and probably worth between $40 - $50.
Skrimpy said:Antiquarian said:Skrimpy said:
I've handled a number of "threadless" insulators over the years and I've never had one that was shaped like this.
The "frosted" finish on the piece was commonly used throughout the 19th century as it helped to conceal imperfections in the glass during the manufacturing process. There's been little information published on the "utilitarian products" produced by Sandwich. The most extensive writings have been by Raymond Barlow & Joan Kaiser in the 1980's.
For example: The glass font or the oil reservoir of my avatar oil lamp was made by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company in about 1865. They didn't make the entire lamp though, as the rest was made by the J F Iden Company of New york City. Here is a close up of the "frosted" glass of the font.
Your drawer knob is beautiful piece and probably worth between $40 - $50.
I don't think it's small enough to be a drawer knob. I think it's a door knob. I didn't put a good scale in the pic and the camera is dead....let me see if I can get one with the phone to post.
Antiquarian said:Skrimpy said:
I've handled a number of "threadless" insulators over the years and I've never had one that was shaped like this.
The "frosted" finish on the piece was commonly used throughout the 19th century as it helped to conceal imperfections in the glass during the manufacturing process. There's been little information published on the "utilitarian products" produced by Sandwich. The most extensive writings have been by Raymond Barlow & Joan Kaiser in the 1980's.
For example: The glass font or the oil reservoir of my avatar oil lamp was made by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company in about 1865. They didn't make the entire lamp though, as the rest was made by the J F Iden Company of New York City. Here's a close up of the "frosted" glass of the font.
Your drawer knob is beautiful piece and probably worth between $40 - $50.
trixie charger said:
What it hit as on the detector? 
J/K
