Topic: Lampwork paperweight - id help please

[SimonD]

I'd appreciate your help in identifying this pansy lampwork paperweight. It measures 2.61 inches diameter by 2.1 inches high and has a brown and yellow flower with stem and three leaves. The leaves have two rows of bubbles running along them. The centre of the flower has a complex millefiori cane though it is not very distinct. The flower rests on a swirl ground made of 26 milky white rods. The base is concave with a wide rim that has been worn matt with age. The weight seems quite heavy ie made of lead crystal.

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?album=418&pos=3
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?album=418&pos=4
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?album=418&pos=5

[Della]

Hi Simon,

I am sorry, but I cannot help with your weight, but when you copy and paste a link to a photo, you have to use the url that is given in the box under
the photograph.
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-7771
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-7770
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-7769

 

[theglassnut]

hello simon, it is a viola rather than a pansy and i think it maybe chinese dating from the 1930s. the latticinio basket looks very similar to a chinese example i have.

kindest regards theglassnut...


ps, hi della.

[paperweights]

Hi Simon,

Wonderful paperweight.  New England Glass Company c.1870.  I think this is incredibly rare. 

No chance that this is Chinese.

I don't have anything like this, but check out my tutorial on Poinsettias to distinguish Chinese from the real thing.

http://paperweights.com/poinsettia.htm

Allan

[karelm]

Hi,
That frosted basal ring in the second pic, is that not suppossed to point to Clichy? I am not saying it is....I am asking for some (more) education
Thanks,
karelm

[KevinH]

That frosted basal ring in the second pic, is that not suppossed to point to Clichy?

Not necessarily. Many companies used a frosted basal ring and a concave polished base, including ones from Bohemia, America and France. Anyway, the frosted part looks far too wide to be Clichy.

I will trust Allan's attribution to NEGC. As for rarity - it must be extremely rare - I cannot see a similar weight in John Hawley's definite book on the subject!

[paperweights]

A few extra observations:

• The whole composition (leaves, bud, off center flower) is typical NEGC
• The leaves with the double rows of bubbles are also NEGC
• The base looks like NEGC to me but that is an external detail that can change with time (and refinishing)

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One thing that does not match is the number of rods in the latticinio, which should be 32, not 26.  Simon, can provide a full picture of the bottom so I can count the rods myself. 

[SimonD]

Thank you everyone for their valued information.

As there are queries about the base, here is a photo of this too:

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-7788

I count 26 rods in the swirl, which is 6 short of the normal 32 expected of a NEGC.

[theglassnut]

here is an interesting comparison, it has the same small bubbles along the leaves. and it is identified as NEGC. so i stand corrected.  160135031688

kindest regards theglassnut...

[paperweights]

Hi Simon,

I wonder if you have learned anything new aout this papeweight.  I'd like to post a picture of it on my website at some time in the future.  If you want, send me a private email.  Just click on my website link below for my email.

Thanks,

Allan