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Offline smokerstill

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Oldish looking paperweight?
« on: December 25, 2008, 01:30:23 AM »
I know nothing about paperweights:-) This one doesnt come across as new chinese tho. Base is ground flat.
Thanks

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Re: Oldish looking paperweight?
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2008, 12:16:23 PM »
Hi

The design looks rather like the Indian 3 flower spatter pattern weights, but the taller shape and subtlety of colour is not like the Indian weights. I think the frit and ice-pick technique for these flower designs has been used in many places.

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Offline StyleModerne

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Re: Oldish looking paperweight?
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2008, 03:51:57 PM »
Japanese, perhaps? The higher dome doesn't fit the typical look of India's glass paperweight output. I saw some taller paperweights in an antique shop that I thought were Bohemian, but when I looked at them, they turned out to be Japanese thanks to silver and black labels on the bottoms.

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Re: Oldish looking paperweight?
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2008, 09:41:32 PM »
Thanks so much, the Japanese have made some great art glass especially in the 1970's, just a pity there are not better records available

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