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Chinese millefiori bottle - very yellow, would it be an old one?
josordoni:
Now with no offence to anyone who likes Chinese millefiori bottles, I can't help thinking this is the bottom of the pile when it comes to quality....
The glass is very oily and yellow, am I right a) that it is chinese, b) that it might have a bit of age to it?
http://clarkagency.co.uk/clicpicapril/chinese_bottle/_local_chinese_bottle.htm
My own gallery for the mo, I'll pop it into my Glass Gallery if it is viewed to be worth keeping for posterity (most certainly not prosperity.... ;D ;D)
Wuff:
I've got an almost identical one: 95 mm dia, 109 mm high (main body), 1165 g (all together).
The glass of mine seems to be much clearer, though there is some yellow tint in the thick bottom part.
Not high quality - but I quite liked it - wouldn't have bought it otherwise ;-).
From the canes I always assumed it was Murano, second half 20th century - but that's just a vague guess: I also would be very interested to hear other's opinion on it's maker.
Leni:
These canes are similar to some seen in Murano weights, but even the Murano-made canes are available for sale on the internet, so the weights and bottles could be made anywhere! I reckon it's a Chinese one. Chinese glass is of very variable quality, in my experience.
Wuff:
If sold via Internet, this would mean fairly recent. I would assume that Murano canes were likely exported before the Internet: does anyone have info on earlier weights manufactured outside Murano (or Italy) but using canes bought from Murano manufacturers?
KevinH:
Yes - Chinese. I also have one just like it, except it has no "dipper" (as is the case with some others I have seen). Canes match others in known Chinese weights - and they also appear in some items shown in my Zibo trade catalogues from 2000. Base also shows the yellow very well, and is rough ground, too.
I think the date of these is probably "last ten years or so".
Mine was bought at an "antiques & collectables" fair in the UK - and it had an "old English" hoped-for attribution. I knew it was not OE, but it wasn't until later that I discovered it to be Chinese. The "dipper" is typical and still appears in the same shape in some of the current bottles. I paid a bit too much for my example!
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