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Posted 2 years ago
Alfredo
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Pallme König, also known as Elizabethhütte, is one of my favorite Czech
glass manufacturers. It is characterized by the extravagant tooling of the glass, and scissored handles. This is a small piece, only 4" high and 5" wide, very thick glass in opaque green glass, with dark purple drips. I was quite surprised to find out it glows under an UV light. An interesting detail: the drips go over the pontil. I have not seen too many PK's in this particular color.
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Eye candy!
Looks like real candy!!
Someone called it "peppermint patty"-- but the drips are not brown. Yet, the name will stick, if only because those are my favorites!
Beautiful glass Alfredo. The peppermint patty name seems appropriate.
Thanks for sharing,
Scott
To me it looks like the colors in an Andes mint! :)
What is an Andes mint?
http://rebelwithoutasauce.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/andes-mint-chocolate-chip-cookies/
You can see photos of some here