The following is a submission by the Blog's new guest writer, and friend to Tug- Lenny Tits. Enjoy.
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Moriaga Influence Hand - Enameled with gold Paste Outlining and decoration
Nipponese-Japan
Circa 1909 6 1/2 " High
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Dear Craig,
I am a collector of rare bulbous urns and certain other bulbous objects and knick knacks. Mostly knacks. I reside in the tiny hamlet of Hamlet, Ontario. I came across your listing rather by mistake, I thought I was in Ontario not Ohio. At least I didn't end up in Ottawa, screw those hill billies in their stupid monkey ears. Any who, I am very much interested in it but I am not sure how bulbous it really is. I need to see if you can provide me the following details. I want to know the circumference at the fatest and most bulbous part. If we have this information the exact bulbousity and diameter can be ascertained. This information is critical in determining the value of a bulbous urn such as this. This maker, Nipponese, I have never heard of him, but his art is wonderful. Are there any flaws such as "hairlip" or "eggshell" cracks. Is the circle 1909 some kind of dimensional measurement? Does the Urn have an opening? If so
how large is that? This is very important to me because of the purpose that I intend to use this bulbous object.
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My Urn is in wonderful shape it has been in a glass cabnit for 70-80 years . Owned by the same family for over 100 years. The urn has no cracks, chips etc. The urn is dated back to 1909 . The urn does have an opening at the top
The circunference is 19" and the opening is 1 1/2 "
I had an Appraisal done on all my pieces in 2009.
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Is the diameter the same the other way around as well? Does the opening have a lid or is it simply remain open at all times? Is this the type of urn that is commonly used to store a loved one's ashes? If so how many loved ones should this urn be able to contain? Would you have the mnister aprays some of my bulbous urns and my deceased loved one's ashes if I brought them with me when I brought you the money down to Ohio Amercia? Can you put this urn in the dishwasher like a Pie Rex or do you have to use the hand washing method. Do you have any other items that match this bulbous urn? I am looking for other items as well even though I am especially on the look out for bulbous items. I really look forward to finding out more about your urn and other knacks.
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The 19"is around the thickest part of the middle. The Urn does not have a lid and I don't think it ever has. Iam not sure that you would use it for ashes or not I guess you could. Like I said it has been in a cabnit for 70-80 years . Myself I would not put it in the dishwasher. Very rare piece
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Dear Craig,
If you are not keeping ashes in the urn, then what are you putting in there? Do you think this urn could contain multiple people's ashes? If not people what about cats. Although I do have a wife who has passed away recently and I originally intended to put in this vessicle, I would also like to combine her ashes with some of her cats and put them into this bulbous urn. She had 32 cats over the years and because she was a librarian who saw the death of the card catalog and the berth of the computer age. She kept the kitty's ashes in the card catalog in the Hamlet library after they brought in the computers because they moved it into her office. If I have performed the calculations correctly, then the volume of your boulbous urn turns out to be 115.82699976713245" ( I think you gave me the circumference not the diameter). Can you confirm this? As I am Canadian can you convert this into Metric? This sounds like it may not quite be large enough to fully accomodiate my needs. Do you think you vessicle can handle the full scope of my vision? I don't know if this helps but before I was going to hit send, I decided to try to kwantify my needs for you so that you could picture it more clearly. I can fit the kitty ashes into 9 Dixie cups. If you can check that that would akomodate that I would appreciate that a lot. Also after you poor in the 9 cups, pour in one solo cup and one more Dixie cup and that is how much my wife takes up. If this test works the way I think it will it should come to .001869 cubic meters. I believe that the math makes it all fit, bearly. If you can help me verify these speks I think that we are ready to make this happen.
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