Topic: Who made Flensburg paperweight

[Frank]

Probably datesd from 1930-50's. Flensburg is on the German/Danish border.

http://tinypic.com/54c7l1

http://tinypic.com/54c94j


http://tinypic.com/54c96q

[Leni]

Has a look of one of those pavement light thingies to me  :shock:

Leni

[Frank]

Lehnee

[KevinH]

What's the size of this "fascinating" object?

[Frank]

131mm wide
98mm deep
39mm high
900+ grams

Coat of Arms, on closer inspection, is cut and etched or even fully hand-engaved?
http://tinypic.com/54ha12

[Anne]

Frank, do you still have the pics for this as tinypic's eaten them.

[Frank]

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[Madbrit]

Hi Frank
Flensburg is a curious town, located on the Baltic sea, if you pass through the town, and thru passport control it seems to continue on the Danish side of the German border. Did Flensburg have a glass works? this looks to me like a municipal piece rather than a tourist piece. It may well have been made across the border. Kev

[Frank]

Only a bottle works, not even a glass cutter in town!

171. Heye, H., Glasfabrik in Flensburg (), Prov. Schles­wig-Holstein (Preußen). 80, TA: Heye, Flensburg. Inh.: F. C. H. Heye, Hamburg. GeschĂ€ftsfĂŒhrer: W. Vol- quardsen. Postscheckkonto: Hamburg 1207.
Fabrikat: Flaschen. (Gegr. 1852.)

In the winter the sea would freeze over and you could walk over to Denmark. But this lump could have easily been made in Bohemia or Denmark too.