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Fostoria #1467 Virginia (AKA: Whirlwind/Pinwheel and star) c1906 covered powder jar

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    Posted 6 years ago

    kwqd
    (1122 items)

    Thrift shop find today. It was marked $4.99 but there was a 75% off sale, so I paid $1.25 for it. My guess is the pattern is something like star and pinwheel or pinwheel and star, but just a guess. I only found one example like it, that on ebay, but it was set up as a vase with a frog instead of a solid lid.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Press-Glass-Metal-Frog-Rose-Bowl-with-Pinwheels-and-Stars/361725325426?hash=item5438827072:g:63gAAOSwi0RX1es8

    It measures 3.25" high without the lid and 4" in diameter. It is 3.75" with lid. The lid is made of metal and plated to look like gold. The bottom is ground flat. It looks like it was made in a four piece mold, i.e., four mold lines. There was a candlestick in the same pattern, which I also bought. Both are very high quality workmanship. Neither piece is marked. A mystery. Mint except for a scratch on the lid. The lid has some tarry substance on it that I removing with rubbing alcohol, but it is slow going.

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    1. MALKEY MALKEY, 6 years ago
      super wee piece & what a fabilus bargain
      thanks for sharing kwqd
      all the very best malkey
      1412
    2. kwqd kwqd, 6 years ago
      Thanks for your kind words, Malkey! It is a peach!

      Kevin
    3. kwqd kwqd, 6 years ago
      Thanks for loving my powder jar, Vynil33rpm! You guys loved it almost as fast as I added it!

      Kevin
    4. kwqd kwqd, 6 years ago
      Now I'm just waiting for TallCakes to tell me what it is! ;)
    5. TallCakes TallCakes, 6 years ago
      looks to be Fostoria #1467 Virginia (AKA: Whirlwind) c1906
    6. kwqd kwqd, 6 years ago
      Thanks, TallCakes! I looked at hundreds of images and couldn't find any pinwheels with four diamonds and a cross. Searched on several makers and at Replacement.com, too. Fostoria never occurred to me!
    7. kwqd kwqd, 6 years ago
      Thanks for loving my powder jar!

      AnnaB
      racer4four
      vetraio50
      fortapache
      Brunswick
      Newfld
      aura
      Vynil33rpm
      MALKEY

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