Here is a very odd marble. I am not sure how old it is or anything else about it. I find it strange because there is a seam and the thingy inside is askew. Did they make pressed glass marbles? I might think someone tried to cut through, but it does not appear the cut goes all the way through, which doesn't explain the askew thingy. Besides that, the cut is very clean and smooth.
So? Any ideas.
The marble is sitting on a very nice miniature Coalport candle holder. Too bad some of the flowers are, predictably, broken.
So? Any ideas.
The marble is sitting on a very nice miniature Coalport candle holder. Too bad some of the flowers are, predictably, broken.
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This sphere appears to have been cast in two halves and then joined by either fusing the two halves with a folding form before the glass solidified or possibly two finished halves joined by reliquifying the glass of the joint with a torch.
ReplyDeleteI think what appears to be the cut you refer around the circumference is where the glass in the original form halves domed up in the molds because of the viscosity of the glass that was not ground perfectly flat before joining the halves.
There may have been a wire wrap to capture this sphere along its seam to hold it in a larger artwork or possibly it may have been a stand alone curio. Sorry no idea as to its origin.
Lloyd Avery
Thanks Lloyd. That's some helpful info. That steers me away from thinking it is an error and more towards thinking someone was playing around. No doubt just to mess with me. :P
ReplyDeleteReally interesting collectable stuff!
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