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Finials
(Newel Posts).
Left: There
are six alternating panels of diamond point and unequal size bulls-eyes.
The blown hollow blank is 6” tall x 4” diameter. Weight: 1 pound, 7
ounces.
Center: This newel post finial could be either American or
English and has a faceted knob on top of a dome. The hollow blown blank
is 10” tall and weighs 2 ounces.
Right: This balloon shaped blown finial is 3¾” diameter above a 1½”
diameter wafer and weighs 2 pounds, 2 ounces. There are 12 slightly
concave flutes cut around the post.
From:
"Cooking with Class, Dining with Glass"
by the Lone Star Chapter
of the American Cut Glass Association, Fig. 184.
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