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Offline SharonM

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Advice & guidance Please:
« on: September 21, 2008, 08:49:09 AM »
Hi all,

I,m new to this and i,m just looking for some advice really!

I was given a bag full of paper weights the other day and found this one in the bag, i really like it, so my question is can any one give me some more info on it please.


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SharonM

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Re: Advice & guidance Please:
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2008, 09:24:22 AM »
Be aware that paperweights bruise easily if knocked together.

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Offline RAINBOWGIRL

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Re: Advice & guidance Please:
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2008, 07:18:18 PM »
A bag of paperweights? Bag? I hope they were well-wrapped. But good for you to be given paperweights. Tell us more. How many? Why did you only post this photo? To answer your question, the paperweight in question is contemporary Chinese.

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Offline glasstrufflehunter

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Re: Advice & guidance Please:
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2008, 07:16:18 AM »
*cringes* I do hope they were wrapped.

I'd like to see what other goodies were in the bag.
I collect Scottish and Italian paperweights and anything else that strikes my fancy.

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Offline RAINBOWGIRL

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Re: Advice & guidance Please:
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2008, 02:17:14 PM »
How about a group photo of the paperweights?

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Offline SharonM

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Re: Advice & guidance Please:
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2008, 07:34:32 PM »
Hi All,

As requested some more pics of the bag full of paper weights we were given, they werent wrapped up and a couple of them have slight " bruises"  :cry:.

Any way some more advice would be welcome on these paper weights.

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Offline glasstrufflehunter

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Re: Advice & guidance Please:
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2008, 08:10:59 PM »
That large reddish one is called a peacock paperweight. It's from China.

The little orangish-red and blue flowers and the blue one with what looks like some sort of animal and the orange strings are also from China.

All the years I was growing up I saw the others with the color swirls and the sprays and bubbles I know some of that type are made in India bbut whether or not all come from there I do not know.
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« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2008, 08:21:15 PM »
Hi

Thanks for that,

SharonM

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Offline RAINBOWGIRL

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Re: Advice & guidance Please:
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2008, 05:47:44 AM »
Agreed. All contemporary (1970s - 1980s) and made in China or India. Very limited value.

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« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2008, 10:26:47 AM »
Hi Sharon

There is one "better" weight I have spotted. It is in your second group picture with the peacock weight and three above it - the one on the right is a Caithness paperweight called Fleur. It was designed in 1987 by Colin Terris as an unlimited edition.

If its a first quality it will have "Caithness" "Fleur" and "Scotland" etched on the base and a number scratched on.

If it is a second quality it will have CIIG etched or scratched underneath or the base will be blank.

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Derek   

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