This is the last few pieces (for now)

[Keith]

This first piece is a small monkey figurine.It has Japan on the end.It represents,speak no evil,see no evil,hear no evil.This may have went with something else,I'm not sure.
The next is a ceramic Japanese figurine,it is 8 1/2'' tall.I can't find any markings on it.
The last is,i believe to be crystal,however i am not sure.They are banana shaped,and are 9 1/2'' long and
4 1/2'' wide.There is a set of 4 and also have no markings,that i can find.

[regularjoe2]

Hi Keith ...
From your images , I'd say that your glass items are not crystal .... but hey , you've got a set of 4 ....

Look at them close , and you'll probably find 'seams' from the mold that they were pressed in .
They look like Banana Split boats , to me .

[KC]

yep agree regularjoe2, they sure look like the dishes for banana splits!  Bet they are pressed glass as well.  $l0 - 12

Unless there are some really rare markings on the monkeys....tops $4  The Hear No/See No/Speak No Monkeys have been around for a long time traced back to Japan in the 18th Century and even in scrolls from a Buddhist Monk from the 8th C in reference to an Indian God Vadrja!

As for the Japanese figurine...she sure looks to be made since the 50's to me.

However, the rest of the Antique_Shop crew can prove me wrong any day! :>)

[Keith]

My wife said,as a kid they did eat banana splits out of them,so that answers that.However,no matter how hard i look there is no seams to be found.

[regularjoe2]

If they are crystal , you'd see sharp edges and perfectly flat surfaces where the details had been ground into the surface , and would typicaly have a perfectly flat-ground base (bottom) as well .

[cogar]

I don’t really think they were made for banana splits if they are 9 1/2'' long and 4 1/2'' wide. Unless it was a "banana split for two". 

Me thinks they are just “pressed glass” like what I use to call “Kroger Glass” which customers could buy a piece or two when grocery shopping. Used as nappies, bon-bons or an auxiliary piece for a table setting for olives, mushrooms, etc., or whatever the cook wanted to use them for.

[KC]

Cogar, FYI, even my pressed glass corn cob servers are over 3 1/4" wide and an average commercial scoop size is just over 2 1/2 " (just happen to have several of those and went and measured them).

[luxetveritas]

That's not a bad idea Croger. But I think I'll have to cast my vote for banana split dishes.

a.) most importantly in my mind, didn't his wife as a child use to eat splits out of them?
b.) I think the length measurements are correct for a split boat, and maybe they're wide for condiments (can you use condiments as a word for ice cream and syrups? I suppose  )


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[regularjoe2]

I remember that stuff going on , cogar .... even up to the 1980's .
Toasters , mixers & blenders in bank windows too !

Perhaps it's one of the many roots of the current obesity plague in the U.S. ....
Big dishes + buy more to put in them + come back for more dishes + etc. ....
(just kidding , mostly) .

[cogar]

I concede, ..... I concede, ...... (for now), ..... its a banana split dish.

But it sure looks similar to this.

12” Pressed glass celery dish


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[Keith]

I took a few more pic. to see if maybe that would help.I will never dispute what you all tell me.You all are the experts,as far as i am concerned.

Thanks to all,God bless,Keith

[KC]

http://www.prairiemoon.biz/baspdi.html

http://www.retroplanet.com/PROD/26219

FYI dimensions on split dishes which were also called "boats" way back when.

Got to admit you celery dish looks a lot like his split dishes/boats....

[regularjoe2]

Just remember what they say about experts .....

an 'ex' is a has-been &

a 'spurt' is a drip under pressure ....

[luxetveritas]

Haha, that's a good one Joe, and oh so true ;p

--Lux

[D&b antiques]

Cogar is right this glass was sold as a premium in grocery stores the pattern all way's reminded me of Hobstar. but it's not.