Q: I’ve been trying to identify this piece for some time. I thought it was a sugar shaker made by the Tarentum Glass factory in the early 1900s. However, a colleague knowledgeable in antiques says it’s a pounce pot or sand duster. There are no marks on the piece. It’s hand-painted on milk glass.
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