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Posted 5 years ago
JoshPop
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Would love to know what this is. Have acquired this recently and have no idea what it is or if it is of value
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It’s called an expergne, and used for a centrepiece with flowers in, I think.
Yes, it's an epergne, in ruby or cranberry glass. Very popular in the Victorian period but made in this style as late as the 1920s in England. Also various repro/modern examples made from the 1950s onwards in the US (primarily by Fenton) & Murano.
This does look like a late Victorian piece, say 1880s - 1890s. It was used as a table centrepiece - you could display flowers in the trumpet vases & perhaps put sweets or other snack treats in the bowl.