Condition Is Good, See Images Carefully. Images Are It'S Own Description. Vintage Mercury Glass Vase Flower Pot Hand Blown Pontil Decorative Collectibles . Size Is 2 Inches Wide And 4 Inches Tall From Surface. Circa 1900. No Chip And Cracks. Mercury Glass Was Originally Created As A Replacement For Sterling Silver. In Fact, It Was Sometimes Called "Poor Man'S Silver". It Could Be Made Cheaply, By Blowing Double-Walled Glass And Coating The Interior Walls Of The Glass With A Metallic Coating (Not Actual Mercury) To Give It The Silver Appearance. The Opening At The Bottom, Called A "Pontil", Was Sealed With Wax Or A Cork To Prevent Air From Attacking The Silver Coating. But Here Is It'S Silver Coating Is Damaged, Which You Can See In The Images.