posted on March 21, 2007 06:35:17 AM new
Hello board, I have this little porcelain glass and have no idea what it says or if it is valuable. The words around the top are, valete cvraein fvmo, and there is an unglazed face. It stands approx 2 1/4 inches tall by 2 3/16 inches across the top. The mark is blue but I can't read it. Thank you in advance.
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posted on March 21, 2007 09:11:28 AM new
It is sweet - French you think? Paris Porcelain maybe? Hopeful someone will know the mark or can read the words.
posted on March 21, 2007 10:16:08 AM new
It looks to me like it might be "valete curaein fumo" with the "v" in the second and third word being a "u" like Latin. Did a web translation from Italian to English and got "you are worth curaein smoke". I can not find any translation for "curaein" so maybe a proper name? Could it be an advertising piece for tobacco? -----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o
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Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
posted on March 21, 2007 05:52:08 PM new
Wow, you guys are great, thank you, I bet it is a cigarette or match holder! Nothing really on the bottom to strike a match unless it would be the unglazed bottom rim. I collect advertizing things so it may have found a home with me.
