Sea blue business card bowl from Fyens Glassworks

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"Diameter" 23x18 cm.

The bowl is showed in Fyens Glassworks catalogue from 1910.
Beautiful blue bowl from Fyens Glasværk.

The bowl is with optical eyes at the bottom and with edge that is shaped in a mold, this one is a clear edge. A piece of the rim is bent over the bowl to make it easier to grip.

Having a business card bowl at the end of the 19th century was somewhat common. You would put your business card in the bowl when visiting and the host had not been home and you would have been received by the servants. Then the lady of the house would review these and plan visits to those guets of the house she hadn't been able to receive.

Item number: 5331