Vintage Green Depression Glass Bug Catcher | Hanging Blown Glass Fly Trap

Here's a vintage, blown glass fly trap in excellent, well-preserved condition! These typically date back to the 1920s and 30s and sometimes earlier. They were used to catch flies by baiting them with sugar water or honey inside. The top would be corked or otherwise closed off, and the trap would be hung from a ceiling or wall bracket. Flies would enter in the open cone at the bottom. The inner reservoir would be filled with sugar water or honey, and the flies would exhaust themselves flying around inside and fall in the water and drown or get caught in the honey.

Catchers like these were used in homes, shops, and factories, primarily before window screens were in wide use. This fly trap is depression green glass with a metal hanger fashioned around the neck for hanging. It is new old stock, found packed away in an old building where it was stored away for decades. It measures 6 3/4 inches high and about 5 1/4 inches in diameter at its widest. It's a great-looking, old piece of glass, filled with lots of tiny bubbles and charming imperfections typical of hand-blown glass. No chips, cracks, or other damage. Bottle collectors, antiques enthusiasts, and interior decorators like these catchers because of the varieties of shape and colors they are found in. Best of all, you can still use it! What was once a utilitarian item is now a very nice-looking collector's piece!