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Title: KC !! and others !! Do you remember these ?? Is there another use ??
Post by: mart on February 08, 2016, 07:21:18 PM

http://www.kovels.com/media/kunena/attachments/229928/12729184_1732192313662581_1306569847331585432_n.jpg

KC,, and anyone else,, do you remember these from the 60`s & 70`s ??  What are they called ??  All I have seen them used for are vases and the little one as a candy dish !!  Was there ever a particular use for them ??

Title: Re: KC !! and others !! Do you remember these ?? Is there another use ??
Post by: fancypants on February 08, 2016, 07:59:31 PM

Something rattling around in the (few) remaining cells  .... think I may have seen these semi-filled with marbles , water & flower petals in them ... like a centerpiece thingie .

Prisons for snow globes ?
Show tank for turtles ?

I don't really know what they were/are called ... sorry mart !

Title: Re: KC !! and others !! Do you remember these ?? Is there another use ??
Post by: KC on February 08, 2016, 10:00:06 PM

In 1920's "Float Bowls" became the rage for floating multiple flower heads and were very intricate with intricate glass figurines of fish/girls riding turtles/dolphins/etc.  Later in the 1940's to 50's they became popular again but were less intricate and became better known as a floating bud vase.

You see them used often for display on sideboards/buffets/coffee tables.  Have seen them re-purposed in later years to serve nuts/hard candies/jordan almonds, bottom filled with ice and shrimp or shelled seafood presented on the ice, etc.