Anyone know what this object is?

[xelasnave]

That is a very rare piece, not many were made and I am surprised that you have come across this one.
Do you have the lid?
Alex

[Sol-Skysailor (Sol)]

Hi,

I’m leaving the names out of the quote below, from an earlier post on this thread, because we should discuss the topic and not the person. It could be satire but it might not be.

Jokes, satire, sarcasm, real-thoughts all get interpreted and propagated. Without any factual information about the glass object in question, readers may see that prima facie one country was immediately labelled with presumptions, accusations, fear-induced words. Suppose the OP’s glass object might possibly be related to the UK as appeared in a later post, is it all alright then? No issue, no intent, no hate, no fear, the UK isn’t taking over the whole world in a global onslaught, not to be nuked back to the stone age?

[QUOTE ]It's a brilliant invention from ....
...
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![/QUOTE]

When it’s a joke please make clear; but why joke at the expense of others’ pain?! Please, let us especially in this science-related forum observe freedom of respectful and rational speech. It’s not about gagging speech but speech points to the mind and speech can be a horrid weapon. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum apparently expressed a few days ago, “The holocaust did not begin with killing. It began with words”. Other discussions stated how citizens of Germany were “taught to despise”.

Jokes or no. They carry. Consciously or subconsciously, people ASSOCIATE these words with certain features, then stereotype, re-associate, apply selective statistics, and escalate. There are consequences! There are school kids bullied. There are citizens and visitors and investors suffering. There are people killed, and horribly so. No good just blaming ‘just a mad person’ for a crime (when it’s one of ‘us’, but blaming the whole country/religion/colour/continent/the-lot when it’s one of ‘them’), words spread, hate spreads, stereotypes spread. Also, even if acceptance-of-other-human-beings is not practiced, do we expect NO retaliation??

Sure speaking up is uncomfortable. Should bystanders do nothing? See #makeitawkward. For world peace’s sake, please.

In any case, we all know Carl Sagan’s take.

And back to the OP’s topic…… Anything else please kindly start a new thread.

Cheers

[Sol-Skysailor (Sol)]

Hi,

Yes, to raymo’s last reply, I wondered about that but thought it was a DIY or created by artists. As to the bumpiness, I’d make it so myself because wet glass slips like ‘ell and I remember an expert gardener talking about having broken lots of glass sheet cloches. But yes, it does seem too fine to be a garden bell jar.

It could of course be something entirely different –and I don’t know the dimensions...? Perhaps you could check if all edges sit very evenly upside down, which could indicate a grooved base or indoor use like for food such as cheese (with a hole for a pet mouse –no, I mean for a utensil or as a key for alignment because it’s hard to make four sides equal).

Yes to Geoff, a vase is entirely plausible! Or (if large) a punch bowl with personality, very popular in the ‘70s too, with a place to hang a serving ladle; or (if small) a server for, say, mint jelly or a dessert topping. It would sit on a wooden base and the bump would key into the base. This would make sense for the spin you mentioned. Like for a Dobsonian base! so it relates to astronomy after all ;-)

As to possible future uses, now I’d enjoy thinking of some but the OP didn’t ask that.

Cheers

[raymo]

The dimensions are weight 2.53kg.
160mm square at the open end
150mm square at the other end.
160mm high
The corners are curved from top to bottom 150mm to 160mm, not straight lines, making it harder to imagine that it would be stacked in some way
like glass bricks.
raymo

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by silv

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

If that is a real mathom it's incredibly valuable and should be in a museum! Finds from that lost era of Earth history are as rare as Nazgul teeth. Hobbiton is overgrown and lost, Minas Tirith has crumbled to dust and the Númenóreans have descended to savages, yet this tiny object preserves the memory and reality of that bygone age. Archaeologists might think they do well with all their digging but the real treasures are to be found at charity fêtes.

[MichaelSW (Michael)]

Raymo,

G'day.

If I had asked my Grandad he would have called it a "Wing-Wong for a Goose's Bridle"

Andy McConnell, one of the ceramic and glass experts on Antiques Roadshow, reckons it is a glass lamp shade from IKEA circa 2005. Haven't managed to find an actual photo, but the style is similar to their Sinnerlig Collection lamps as per the photo. (These use LED E12 400 lumen bulbs).

Well called, Gaseous.

Cheers.

[gaseous (Patrick)]

Originally Posted by MichaelSW

Raymo,

G'day.

If I had asked my Grandad he would have called it a "Wing-Wong for a Goose's Bridle"

Andy McConnell, one of the ceramic and glass experts on Antiques Roadshow, reckons it is a glass lamp shade from IKEA circa 2005. Haven't managed to find an actual photo, but the style is similar to their Sinnerlig Collection lamps as per the photo. (These use LED E12 400 lumen bulbs).

Well called, Gaseous.

Cheers.

First longshot that's ever come off!

[AndrewJ]

Just google "Ice cube Lamp"
Looks like there were several variations
http://picclick.co.uk/IKEA-Retro-Ice...599521753.html
https://www.tokopedia.com/jualbarang...bentuk-es-batu
Looks like a perfect fit, even down to the hole for the cord.

Andrew

[raymo]

IKEA it is. Thank you all for your efforts and contributions, both
humorous and serious.
raymo