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Slumped glass form
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:05 pm
by Doug Randall
We used to call them floppy bowls, rounds of glass places on top of a cylindrical SS form, like an old milkshake mixing container. What do you folks call the bowls they make. Haven't seen them in years.
Re: Slumped glass form
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 6:50 pm
by carol carson
Doug,
I think they call them floral formers.
Re: Slumped glass form
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:36 pm
by Marty
Doug- you must not be getting out much.
The blowers call them handkerchief vases (blow a bubble, open it and spin it out then let it drape) but I've got another name for them that I can't use here.
Re: Slumped glass form
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:17 pm
by Bert Weiss
Back in the 80's I paid $18 for a floral former from a glass wholesaler. Then I bought a martini shaker for $3.50 from a restaurant supply house. it turned out they were exactly the same, same manufacturer and everything.
Re: Slumped glass form
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:10 pm
by Morganica
The formal name for them is "fazzoletto" or "fazzoletto vase." But like Marty said, it means "handkerchief."
Re: Slumped glass form
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:28 pm
by Marty
That wasn't the name I was thinking about....
Re: Slumped glass form
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 5:34 pm
by DonMcClennen
I think they are a novice piece produced following success making "coasters". We were all there at one time longgggggg ago!