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I WAS CONTACTED BY A FELLA OFF OF MY AD THAT HAS A 1 PIECE MILK GLASS GLOBE,COLLAR SIZE "UNKNOWN" BUT HE DESCRIBED IT AS BEING "UP SIDE DOWN" HE SAID THERE ARE 4 OR MAYBE 5 PEGASUS ON BOTH SIDES ,IF YOU WERE TO ATTACH THE GLOBE TO A PUMP HE SAID THE PEGASUS WOULD BE UP SIDE DOWN?? WHAT WERE THESE MADE FOR ? NO CRACKS BLACK BAND I THINK AROUND THE COLLAR "THAT DOSE NOT COME OFF" IT DOSE NOT SAY MOBILGAS ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE, HE ALSO SAID THERE IS NO DOUBT THE PIECE IS OLD! ANY INFO ON WHAT THIS WOULD HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN ATTACHED TO! THANKS

Sounds like a stained glass or milk glass lamp shade.

BRAD WAS THIS SOMETHING MADE BY MOBILGAS? OR FANTASY PIECE? A FRIEND TOLD ME LAST NIGHT THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO A STATION LIGHTER BETWEEN PUMP ISLAND? I HAVE NO IDEA IM JUST TRYING TO AUTHENTICATE THE PIECE BEFORE I BUY IT!

I think that whey where given to some stations or dealers. I will see if I can find a picture of it.

GREAT THANKS BRAD ,ALSO IF YOU FIND IT IN A BOOK ,IF I COULD GET THE NAME OF THE PUBLICATION!

Is it shaped like a gas pump globe or is it shaped like a ceiling light globe? I'm not talking about a canopy globe which is basically an upside down gas pump globe.
There are some ceiling light globes in various brands floating around.

Chris I could not find a pic of one. Sorry I tried

HERES A PIC ,I KNOW ITS BAD ,BUT THIS IS WHAT HE SENT ME, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF THIS IS A ORIGINAL MOBILGAS PIECE & VALUE! 3 PEGASUS ON GLOBE !

Looks like a salad bowl

i like blue cheese on mine...lol

IF, it's a ceiling fixture, it should have a flange for screws. IF the area in circle is flat, I'm thinking Salad/Mixing Bowl also.

HERES A PIC OF COLLAR & UNDER SIDE! LOL..........SALAD BOWL!.......THATS AWESOME ! I'LL POST SOME PICS WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON IT TOMORROW ,THATS IF I CAN BUY AT A SALAD BOWL PRICE!LOL....

MAIN QUESTION: WAS ANYTHING LIKE THIS REPOPPED?
ACCORDING TO SELLER ,WHEN UP CLOSE,THERE'S WITH OUT ANY DOUBT ITS VERY OLD? HE SAYS YOU CAN JUST TELL BY THE GLASS????

-COLLAR SIZE 6"
-10" UP & DOWN X 14" ACROSS

I wonder if the "Flying Horses" are decals (or even vinyl transfers). It will be fun to hear the update from Chris. John

Im out on a limb on this one. But my gut feeling says that they could be a repo. jm2c

Brad--Its unlikely that anyone would ever reproduce an item like this as the value would not be there. It could surely be a fantasy piece or it could even be an original dealership light shade given out to dealerships but we should have seen it before if that was so.
I think that Johns question about the Pegasus could answer a lot. If they are transfers or vinyl decals, its someones fantasy piece. If not, theres more to the story!!

Pegasus on an item does not make it an authorized Mobil item.
Does this item exist in a Dealer brochure or Mobil advertising?

WELL I JUST SPOKE & SECURED THE DEAL FOR TOMORROW , EITHER WAY "REAL OR NOT"I WILL HAVE TOMORROW & FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OUR DEAL ,I KNOW HOW CRAPPY THE PICS ARE,SO I WILL POST TOMORROW WHEN HE DROPS IT OFF! KZ100 THE SALAD BOWL THING WORKED WELL BY THE WAY! LOL.....JUST KIDDING! OH AND EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO THE SELLER..... THE PEGASUS & THE RINGS AROUND GLOBE ARE "BAKED ON" "QUOTE FROM SELLER",HE SAID YOU CAN FEEL THE PAINT LIKE ITS RAISED A LITTLE & THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO HOLD IT, TO REALLY SEE THE TRUE AGE ,THE INSIDE & MINUTE SWIRLS ALL OVER THE MILK GLASS TELL A STORY HE SAYS,THE GUY COLLECTS COLA STUFF & IS VERY AWARE ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF REPOPS & IS BASING HIS INFO SOLELY ON HIS EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER OLD MILK GLASS STUFF & BEING A ANTIQUE DEALER FOR 30 YEARS DEALING AND DABBLING IN A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING ! AGAIN I WILL SHARE SOME UP CLOSE & PERSONAL PIC'S OF GLOBE TOMORROW! THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP!

THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS WONDERING DB ,,,,HOW LONG HAS CHECK THE OIL MAG BEEN AROUND ,I WOULD THINK SOMEWHERE THERE ARE PHOTOS OF THIS PIECE "SOMEWHERE" AND I WOULD THINK THE OTHER "VERY OLD SCHOOL"GLOBE GURU COLLECTORS WHO PROBABLY HATE THE INTERNET & STOPPED BUYING GLOBES 20 YEARS AGO BECAUSE ALL THE NEWBIES WERE P!SSING THEM OFF AT THE SALES............"PROBABLY" SOMEONE LIKE THAT WOULD KNOW ! I HOPE SOMEONE DOSE ANYWAYS! THANKS AGAIN!

I've never seen a "salad bowl" looking light globe, but I've seen a few shaped like the one pictured.
The ones I remember seeing were Mobil, the Esso that's pictured,and Standard. The Esso belonged to Rex. The Mobil might have too. The Standard is mine.

HERE ARE SOME GOOD PICS OF THE MOBIL GLOBE,HE DROPPED IT OFF TO ME THIS MORNING & I STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK!

LASTGAS THANKS FOR YOUR INFO & INPUT,IT HAS HELPED ALOT ,AFTER SEEING THE ESSO GLOBE NOW I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD BE DISPLAYED I'M GOING TO START SEARCHING FOR A DECORATIVE BRASS PIECE TO FIT OVER COLLAR AND MIMIC EXACTLY HOW THAT ESSO GLOBE LOOKS ,I LIKE IT ALOT!

IMO if Mobil made it the pegasus would not be on such of an angle, I believe the right angle is when the nose is relatively level

Rick,
WE ain't getting SALAD !

Sure aint nothing I ever saw used in any Mobil station I was ever in . Must of been a promotional item . Ed Shaver

Chris--You said that you like it and that should be enough! It was obviously cheap enough to purchase--fantasy or actual, so hang it like a light fixture and enjoy it!!

Chris....in my opinion it's not an item that was provided by the company. If it's "old", it's most likely an item the dealer had made up for his own facility. I've never seen another like it, so it's not likely to be a "repo" or a fantasy item.....those items aren't usually "one-offs". It's for sure a cool piece!!

Richard

i think the pegasus is in gitty up mode

But it is a cool looking piece.....

SO HOW ARE THE PEGASUS' APPLIED TO THE GLASS? THE SAME WAY AS A GAS GLOBE WOULD BE MADE? OVEN-FIRED? OR PAINTED ON?

Doc, they appear to be silk screened on ........... Ed Shaver

ED IS RIGHT, I WAS ACTUALLY DISAPPOINTED ONCE I RAN MY HANDS OVER THE PIECE,SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE "SILK SCREEN PART" THATS WHAT MADE ME THINK???????????????????????WELL HOW OLD IS THIS PIECE REALLY? I THOUGHT & COULD BE WRONG ,,,,BUT THAT OLDER GLOBES WERE ALL PAINTED & BAKED ON,HE TOLD ME YOU COULD FEEL THE PAINT ,,,,WELL YOU CAN BUT NOT LIKE A VERY OLD SCHOOL GLOBE THAT IS OVEN FIRED & PAINTED ,THAT ALMOST FEELS EMBOSSED OR RAISED ! THIS IS SILK SCREENED ON! CAN SOME ONE SAY WHAT YEARS THEY STARTED THE SILK SCREEN PROCESS WITH ADVERTISING GLOBES?

KEVIN YOUR RIGHT,ITS COOL & ACTUALLY GOING IN THE LIVING ROOM BELIEVE IT OR NOT! LOL..... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HELP OLD GAS!

BY LOOKING AT THE ESSO PIECE YOU CAN JUST SEE THE AGE WITH THE PAINT,AND I JUST DON'T GET THAT FEELING WITH THIS! BUT IF STORED INSIDE MOST OF ITS LIFE IT COULD HAVE SOME TO DO WITH IT! I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE THE ESSO PIECE!

CHRIS, I HOPE YOUR HANDS AREN'T TOO ROUGH OR YOU'LL SCRAPE THE PAINT RIGHT OFF! LOL! COOL PIECE THOUGH.