Antique spill vases. Spills were twists of paper that you would use to light your pipe or melt sealing wax back before there were matches. Every home needed two or three. Different materials and designs.

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Staffordshire spill vase in the motif of two children sleeping with a bird watching over them with tufts of hand modeled foliage in the various branches. mid 19th c. British. Ceramic. Handpainted with gilt around the base. Image © Rogues’ Hollow Antiques, 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.rogueshollowantiques.com/product/antique-staffordshire-spill-vase/
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Pair of spill vases. 1901. Edwardian. English. Sterling silver with weighted bases. Makers marks: matching hallmarks for Birmingham 1901 with the silversmiths marks for John S. Pullinger & W. J .Myatt & Company. Image ©2020 LoveAntiques.com. Fair use license. via https://www.loveantiques.com/antique-silver/silver-vases/pair-of-antique-edwardian-sterling-silver-9-spill-vases-1901-167320
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Pair of spill vases. 1900. Jugendstil/Art Nouveau. German. Pewter. Orivit, maker. Makers marks: stamped “ORIVIT” on the base with “2165”. Image © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.amazon.com/Orivit-Antique-Nouveau-Pewter-Spill/dp/B00JHRJ5NU
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Pair of Staffordshire mare and foal spill vases. ca. 1850. Ceramic. Image © 2020 Chairish, Inc. and Apropos Antiques, Henrico Virginia. Fair use license. via https://www.chairish.com/product/2130150/antique-staffordshire-mare-foal-spill-vases

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