tomwiii
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posted on July 17, 2003 10:37:31 AM new
This 6.26" high etched glass mini-basket was in Mom's home for over 50 years! Marked in bottom thusly:
PAT 'D
What to call it?? TRASH or TREASURE??
THANKS  THANKS THANKS
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
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CBlev65252
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posted on July 17, 2003 10:44:26 AM new
Treasure! Definately, treasure!
Cheryl
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tomwiii
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posted on July 17, 2003 11:04:03 AM new
Thanks, Cheryl...but WHAT do I call this pretty thingy, & WHERE do I list it??
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
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Roadsmith
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posted on July 17, 2003 11:32:12 AM new
Looks a bit like a "bride's basket" to me. Search under that and see what pops up.
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CBlev65252
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posted on July 17, 2003 11:39:38 AM new
Roadsmith may be precisely right. I seem to remember some glass (crystal?) that my mother had resembling the design on this basket. She received them as wedding gifts. Is the bottom a starburst design?
Cheryl
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tomwiii
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posted on July 17, 2003 11:39:59 AM new
Cheryl: Yes to the STARBURST!
Roadkill: THANKS! Yes, it looks like other Bride's baskets! Mine has a line all the way around -- looks like 2 halves pressed together. Is that Pressed Glass?
Obviously, Ralphie knows NOTHING about collectible glass & is being a real PITA today munching on me toes! STOP THAT you turkey!!
 
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
[ edited by tomwiii on Jul 17, 2003 11:40 AM ]
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CBlev65252
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posted on July 17, 2003 01:00:11 PM new
Yup, pressed or molded glass. I had a sort of matching small water pitcher that was my mother's (it's now my daughter's). Small world, eh?
Cheryl
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bigpeepa
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posted on July 17, 2003 02:58:03 PM new
I have had a lot of those baskets through the years. They sell but I could never get much for them. Good Luck.
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neroter12
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posted on July 17, 2003 05:55:02 PM new
yep,brides basket.
Tom, I have a question for you? Do you ever dress ralphie up in outfits??
I just got the cutest dog holiday clothes. (Each Holiday has an outfit.) The owner passed on and they were sold at an estate sale. Auctioner told me she had had a beagle she dressed up. OHH! They are so cute!! I dont even have a dog but I feel like I dont even want to sell them! Would be easier if somebody "I knew" not that I know you - but I feel like I've come to know ralphie.....lol....wanted them.
Tessa
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tomwiii
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posted on July 17, 2003 06:03:53 PM new
He actually needs SOMETHING in the winter. Although this is NE FL, it does get COLD sometimes & poor ole puppy-boy suffers during his morning "constitutionals!"
If you'd like, please drop us a line at Ralphie's email addy:
[email protected]
THANKS!
Tom & Ralph
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
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kiara
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posted on July 17, 2003 06:09:56 PM new
Bride's baskets are usually ruffled and sit in a metal holder. But yes, this is a basket.
A-tisket, a-tasket,
An etched glass basket.......
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neglus
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posted on July 17, 2003 06:11:03 PM new
We used to put violets in my mom's basket like that - you know the wild violets that bloom by the gazillions in the spring? I thought it was called a "violet basket"..
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neroter12
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posted on July 17, 2003 06:13:16 PM new
ok tom, gonna take some pix's so you can see.
and will email them to you.
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Libra63
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posted on July 17, 2003 07:52:15 PM new
Hey Tomwii I have one of those items also. My mom called it a basket. I don't think it is a bride's basket though. She told me it was a good piece but that it was old. She must have gotten it in the 40's. I think she used it for real flowers like Lilly of the Valley or something on that order. Look real hard and see if the Heisey mark is there. Look closely around the handle. They made this type of basket back then.
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stonecold613
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posted on July 17, 2003 09:11:36 PM new
It's trash. Throw it out. Just let us know where you toss it.
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sparkz
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posted on July 17, 2003 09:20:38 PM new
Libra...I was thinking Heisey also. Definitely not a promo or F.W. Woolworth stock item.
Tom...Look through the Imperial category also. They were known to spring a few surprises on occasion.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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ohmslucy
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posted on July 17, 2003 09:53:26 PM new
Most definitely not trash! I had one from my mother-in-law's estate. She was married in 1921 and I *think* it was a wedding gift.
I'm also thinking Heisey or another of the elegant glass companies. Design looks wheel-cut to me but could be etched.
Very pretty basket!
Lucy
Life's too short to drink cheap wine...
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sallyhoffman
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posted on July 18, 2003 06:18:10 AM new
Tomwiii, please post the item number if you decide to part with this. It sure would like neat in my curio cabinet.......
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tomwiii
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posted on July 18, 2003 07:06:48 AM new
http://tinyurl.com/hbyj
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
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tomwiii
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posted on July 18, 2003 08:56:50 AM new
Sally: if ye winneth the auction, please make sure to let me know it's YOU, so we can apply RALPHIE'S DOGGY-DO-GOODER-TO-VD'ers DISCOUNT!
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
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