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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: sugarcube5419 on October 09, 2014, 08:44:41 PM
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here's a tuesday godwill--on thursday
fancy strainer with mark
was marked 9.99, got it for 2.00
does anyone know the maker sign on the bottom?
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pic of the bowl
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I can`t even tell what the mark is !!
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hi mart,
beautiful day in MN--cleaned out the garage
I can't tell who or what the mark is either, I can't tell if its japanese or chinese?
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Is it metal, ceramic or what ?? Cool and rainy here !! Boring day !!
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ceramic
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What are the dimensions of the bowl?
Reminds me of one that is a pottery insert for a planter - such as for forcing bulbs.
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Looks like a berry bowl to this old coot , sugarcube5419 !
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What are the dimensions of the bowl?
Reminds me of one that is a pottery insert for a planter - such as for forcing bulbs.
hello KC--it is 9 inches across and 5 inches tall
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Looks like a berry bowl to this old coot , sugarcube5419 !
checking all over for a berry bowl--would you find holes on a berry bowl?
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Yah , it's (holes , that is) the common feature on them , sugarcube5419 .... many modern ones have an integral 'platter' thrown by the potter at the bottom of the bowl ; others are two-piece sets .
I've used a heavy one like yours for draining & washing fruits & mushies & such .
I can't say for sure on if yours is a berry bowl , but it's just got the look of one to me ... ;)
Looks like a well-thrown & glazed pot & I'd guess Japanese .
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thanks--never too old to learn I guess...
I really thought it was a strainer....a fancy one....
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fancypants, majority of berry bowls I have seen over the years have holes in the bottom so water/moisture doesn't collect and rot the berries - but there were fruit bowls made at times to allow air to circulate I have seen. Collanders have holes in the bottom as well.
Orchid bowls are made in the same manner as this bowl as well.
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Yup , I'm with you there , KC .
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Oh !! Orchids !! That's why the leaves are on the outside !! Mine was in lava rock, no soil !! Couldn`t figure why the leaves were painted on the outside of a berry/fruit bowl !! Perhaps your strainer is an orchid planter !!
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hi mart
kc mentioned orchard bowl previously also--I really have to look that up......
just trying to figure out if you put dirt in such a nice bowl
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Yes she did !! I read her post and the light came on !! :D That's why the greenery on the outside which didn`t fit with it being a strainer or berry bowl !! Then I remembered how my orchid grew in lava rock,, no dirt,, and it has to stay drained of excess moisture or it will rot !! You stand the pot in water and let it soak a while, then take it out !! With the holes it drains the water except what is absorbed by the lava rock and that's how it grew !!
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Yes she did !! I read her post and the light came on !! :D That's why the greenery on the outside which didn`t fit with it being a strainer or berry bowl !! Then I remembered how my orchid grew in lava rock,, no dirt,, and it has to stay drained of excess moisture or it will rot !! You stand the pot in water and let it soak a while, then take it out !! With the holes it drains the water except what is absorbed by the lava rock and that's how it grew !!
so cool mart--I finally see what you mean...I think you are both right--plus the signature doesn't make sense for a strainer I think it is an orchid bowl and thank you both for sending me in the right direction.......... .
maybe even try my hand at growing some
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I thought it would be slam dunk to find another but still not ... mart can you look?
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I will try !! May be wrong but let me see !!
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https://www.etsy.com/listing/79902163/red-berry-bowl-colander-on-leaf-saucer?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_listing_promoted&utm_campaign=housewares-kitchen-bowl-mid&ione_adtype=pla&ione_creative=54864645035&ione_product_id=79902163&ione_product_partit ion_id=89244931235&ione_store_code=&ione_device=c&ione_product_channe l=online&ione_merchant_id=6983811&ione_product_countr y=US&ione_product_langua ge=en&gclid=CKj1ran8r8ECFXEQ7Aod5i4AcA
Don`t know but found these on Etsy !! Back to looking !!
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http://www.repotme.com/ceramic-orchid-pots/index.html
This is what I had in mind but I looked around a bit and found others that were called berry/fruit or orchid bowls !! So I guess it can be used as either one of the three !!
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Older pieces didn't have a "attached" base/drain bowl. That is a "newer" invention.
My grandmother was a member of a very active garden club for over 50+ years...and she had quite a few orchid bowls...all shapes, sizes, colors, origins, etc.
That's where I have seen similar! :)
Also, back in the late 70's there were several companies that sold pots - touting that you can grow many plants without soil - using aerated pots and lava rock.