Looks like a glass cannon "barrel" (dont know the term)...so, a toy, I would imagine (possibly filled with candy).
The nubs sticking out would be the trunnions...where it pivots. ??
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From: Richard W Galloway <[log in to unmask]>
To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Fri, Dec 5, 2014 11:55 am
Subject: Re: another mystery object
This brought up a memory of a bottle I saw somewhere once before, but
can't remember where. It was a Whiskey bottle like this one:
http://www.peachridgeglass.com/2012/03/general-scotts-artillery-bitters-the-ultimate-cannon-barrel-figural/
Perhaps some one from the Bottle ID group will pipe in with some more
examples.
Richard
On 12/5/2014 11:34 AM, Linda Hylkema wrote:
> Thanks to those who responded to my "curtain finial". I'm confident that's
> what it is...now I have another object from the same deposit. It is clear
> glass, and looks like a handle with two knobs on one end (like it is meant
> to be inserted into something and the knobs keep it from coming out??). The
> end opposite the knobs is broken.
>
> You can see it here:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/20752981@N05/sets/72157649625455015/
>
> Thanks in advance for any help...
>
> Linda
>
> Linda Hylkema
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