My wife bought this glass object at a Lions sale thinking that she might be
able to do something artistic with it. I wonder what [if anything] it was
designed to do. It is heavy at 2.5kg, has a sort of unevenly dimpled outer surface including the bottom[or top?] so that it won't stand upright. The centre
lump on the bottom[or top] is slightly more proud than the others so that it
will spin on it. It has one semicircular cutout as can be seen in the pic.
It is lightly sand blasted internally.
So is it some sort of abstract object, or does it have a specific purpose?
raymo
The efficiency of a whisky glass, tea light and ash tray wrapped in a single functional and aesthetic package.
Prima facia evidence of capability and intent that these chaps will take over the world with their dastardly cunning. ... Nuke 'em back to the stone age while we still stand a chance against the global onslaught of their trebuchets, I say!
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I haven't looked closely at many glass bricks, but the few I have looked at were cubes that would sit nicely on each other, whereas this object has
Clive's curved whisky glass sides[corners], so it is larger at the top[?] than
at the bottom. How would they fit together? Also, what is the purpose of the cutout? Do glass bricks normally have this feature for some reason?
raymo
I've just realised that it is a social ashtray. Four people sit around it, and the
mini cigar that would rest in the cutout is passed to each smoker in turn by spinning the ashtray 90 degrees.
raymo
I've just realised that it is a social ashtray. Four people sit around it, and the
mini cigar that would rest in the cutout is passed to each smoker in turn by spinning the ashtray 90 degrees.
raymo
It did occur to me that it might be a stoner's smoking game..
Is it a plant pot that has lost it's base? It should have a drain hole but perhaps the cut-out is for overflow. Alternatively it's a sugar bowl that has lost it's lid and the tea-spoon sits in the cut-out. I'm guessing that the protruding dimple is a manufacturing fault - but they have managed to sell it anyway.
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Originally Posted by clive milne
It did occur to me that it might be a stoner's smoking game..
'Spin the reefer' for want of a better term.
Man, they'd never manage that!! Most of the time they can't even remember to pass the reefer. Why do you think there is an instructional song??
An upside down arty table lamp? The recess in the rim is for the power cord and lightbulb to sit neatly underneath it? Otherwise, the must-have ashtray for the well-to-do chain smoker is my bet. Not a glass brick though.
The lumpy bumpy top[bottom] is slightly curved down toward all four corners,
so the highest[lowest] point is in the centre, so it obviously not meant to
stand up as it is in the photo. Any light inside it would have to be very low powered as the heat build up would be enormous with an incandescent bulb.
raymo
Thanks for your efforts Sol. I just wonder though why a cloche would be
so beautifully made, frosted on the inside, and for want of a better description, all lumpy bumpy and highly polished on the outside.
raymo
Don't ask what this thing can do for you.
Ask what you can do with this thing. ;-)
Mainly, in the 60s, early 70s, pieces like this were designed with the principle of mathoms in mind: (Hobbit) presents which are gifted forward after collecting dust for a few years.
I think its use for you was actually to post a photo of it and ask for its use.
You / it got us thinking
How 'bout this, it's a flower arranging vase with the base missing, the base clips onto the cut out to hold it in place when the vase is moved about, late 60's my mum did flower arranging as a hobby & had all sorts of weird vases.
