Glasswares in the FP world

[syngent]

Man I have been checking out some cool glass stuff in the last little while, the Script bottles with the inner pockets are cool to me, and i have seen some limited edition bottles over time that i would have loved to get, even the cool visconti, montblanc, iroshizuku bottles draw me in

there is a tonne of cool designs over the years its a shame we dont see much in the way of bottles with some interesting design features anymore


Then Doug posted this really cool glass blotter rocker, that sent a few people off looking for one


And today Sam showed me these cool glass pen holders that I thought were cool there is some really nifty things out there you never would have guess if you werent looking for them


Just thought i would share incase anyone else thought they were neat and wanted to see for themselves, or if you have some cool stuff you have seen or own would love to see them as well

 

[the_edski]

The red glass holder is awesome! Ugh, James, are you now trying to enable rare and insanely pricey AD's?

 

[OldSchoolYoungin]

That's his job, ain't it?

 

[syngent]

Lol i dont know how expensive they are, wonder how many people like those things, may look good on someones desk

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

I like some of the Pelikan pen holders...

 

[Snargle]

An interesting little item that you frequently see in antique/junk/thrift shops is a glass "frog". It's designed for holding flower stems in fancy arrangements, but it can be used as a pen holder/display. My wife has one and has several ballpoints(!) stuck in it and it looks quite nice. You may have to shop around to find one that fits your particular use, as the holes can vary in size. A decent one shouldn't cost you more that $10 or $20.

They look like this:

 

[Rockminer]

Food for thought, I live fairly close to a business that does their own glass blowing. They have some pretty crazy looking art pieces as well as some nice subdued stuff.

If there is enough interest, I would be willing to go to them with a few designs and discuss a group buy with them. Here's a site with some pics of the place and some of their work.


http://kansastravel.org/kargartglass.htm

 

[Shutterbug57]

Here are a few glass or pottery pieces from my collection.

Waterman Sterling and cobalt glass rocker blotter and matching paper weight (the colors are the same, but the glass is thicker on the blotter, so it looks darker in the pics)



Omas Desk Pen with cobalt blue glass base.


Pelikan pen holder.

 

[Shutterbug57]

Food for thought, I live fairly close to a business that does their own glass blowing. They have some pretty crazy looking art pieces as well as some nice subdued stuff.

If there is enough interest, I would be willing to go to them with a few designs and discuss a group buy with them. Here's a site with some pics of the place and some of their work.


http://kansastravel.org/kargartglass.htm

Interesting stuff and an artisan business. Come up with something useful and interesting and I will be in. Need to see designs before committing.

 

[rockviper]

I needs to gets me a glass FP holder or two, for home and the office The guys at work already think I'm a kook born in the wrong generation (FPs, straights, fedoras). This would be just one more thing for them to peek at.

 

[nemo]

Sengbusch No.300 ink well holder, originally had a glass and bakelite well, but it now holds a Skrip bottle, paper clips, and pens.

Bottom

 

[syngent]

Is that yours Doug?

 

[Vlad]

Pelikan pen holder!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nemo]

Is that yours Doug?

Of course, can't you recognize that custom M200?

I got that Sengbusch for less than $10 at a pen show. They're out there.

 

[oc_in_fw]

Pelikan pen holder!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, I like it too.

 

[cb91710]

I'll just leave this here....

 

[syngent]

Be careful with that Rich, someone may step in it

 

[Rockminer]

I'll just leave this here....

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Nice, although to be fair and make sure the correct people get one, we should drop some water on the mogwai......

 

[packersfan117]

My uncle is a detective in Oklahoma City and has an old revolver cylinder holding a few pens on his desk. It's pretty sweet, but would be sweeter with some Vacumatics in it instead of cheapie Pilot clickers.

 

[syngent]

My uncle is a detective in Oklahoma City and has an old revolver cylinder holding a few pens on his desk. It's pretty sweet, but would be sweeter with some Vacumatics in it instead of cheapie Pilot clickers.

Lol you should buy him a Metro and sneak it into that one day without him seeing, let the "Detective" figure it out. At least i would think that some good family fun