Topic: Chinese or murano?

[marc]

Hello, are chinese or murano? thanks in advance. Marc

[Leni]

Chinese, IMHO.

[alexander]

Agree - these are sometimes sold in Murano as well.
Bob Hall in his "World Paperweights: Millefiori and Lampwork" shows a pic taken on a visit to Murano
of many chinese weights being sold as Murano.

Sad state of affairs.

A good clue to nixing a Murano attribution is to look to the base - bases are almost always well polished on 20th Century Murano weights. Antique ones can show pontil marks.

[glasstrufflehunter]

Some of the newest Chinese weights also have polished bases.

The canes and colors in these weights are typically Chinese. The Chinese are getting better. I have seen pieces with cane bundles but on close examination these bundles are made up of typical Chinese canes.