the strange blue orb
General Item Category
Glass
Medium - What is the item made out of (e.g. "silver")?
glass
Distinguishing marks or signature (e.g. artist's name, silver hallmark)
this piece has small bumps all over it
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Price Paid (If known)
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Weight
Condition
Good
History
found this in a dig, been perplexed by it ever since
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This is a strange item. At first I thought it was a target ball, then a lightning rod ball, now I have no idea. The whole ball stands about 3 1/4" tall. On the top is a rusted lid, which is about an inch in diameter. On the bottom is an interesting little node. It is round and then flat on the bottom. It extrudes about a quarter of an inch and has some screw thread wrapped around. The bottom is closed, and the top lid has a small hole in it and as stated before, is in rusted condition. The color is a nice sort of teal blue and it catches the light fantastically. If anyone can help me identify this strange little piece, I would really appreciate it.
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Yes, list item as "For Sale"
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Re: the strange blue orb
A friend of mine thinks this is a peg lamp, c. 1850...a blown glass oil font that fits into a candle stick and it would have had a burner threaded into the top. I hope this helps.