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Title: What could this be?
Post by: Martinezia on August 01, 2015, 06:49:22 AM

Does anyone know what this is?

Title: Re: What could this be?
Post by: cogar on August 01, 2015, 06:56:09 AM

What is its dimensions and is that the lid for it?

Title: Re: What could this be?
Post by: Martinezia on August 01, 2015, 07:04:13 AM

9cm with the lid on. 20.5cm circumference. The lid goes on top, don't know what else it does.

Title: Re: What could this be?
Post by: Martinezia on August 01, 2015, 07:05:39 AM

Here it is with the lid on.

Title: Re: What could this be?
Post by: mart on August 01, 2015, 09:06:58 AM

I assume the lid fits pretty securely ??  Is anything written or stamped on the bottom ?? Possibly a sugar container ??  Like a sugar bowl ??

Title: Re: What could this be?
Post by: KC on August 01, 2015, 04:18:55 PM

My first impulse was it was a covered glass to drink from.  Depending on where you live and the flying bugs, covered glassware have been around.

Title: Re: What could this be?
Post by: Martinezia on August 01, 2015, 04:21:05 PM

The lid fits pretty loosely and unfortunately there is no stamp on the bottom... I live in Sweden and it doesn't seem like it's anything Swedish about it.

Title: Re: What could this be?
Post by: mart on August 01, 2015, 07:21:46 PM

Just because you do not see anything typically Swedish about it doesn`t mean it isn`t from your country !!  That is how most designers become famous,,,by not doing the typical and ordinary !!  Check your ebay for similar pottery designs !!

Title: Re: What could this be?
Post by: Ipcress on August 02, 2015, 05:59:36 AM

It's not that far removed from some Swedish art or art pottery. If you look at the items the Sami have produced, or more orthodox manufacturers like Upsala Ekeby, you can see the similarities.

If it's unmarked it may have been sold at a department store or similar and labelled with a sticker which as since worn off but it could still have been designed by a noted or collected artist.
Could also have been brought over the bridge from Denmark !

Title: Re: What could this be?
Post by: KC on August 02, 2015, 09:08:22 AM

Here in the USA you will find items like this as gift items with bath salts, candies, nuts, etc. in them and shrink wrapped.

Title: Re: What could this be?
Post by: Martinezia on August 02, 2015, 12:35:08 PM

Cool, thanks for the answers.