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Author Topic: ID help please - antique paperweight  (Read 914 times)

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ID help please - antique paperweight
« on: June 24, 2009, 12:27:55 PM »
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I have a vague memory of seeing a similar paperweight to the one shown below in a book or auction catalogue a few years ago, but cannot trace it.  The weight is made of lead crystal, looks like it is old glass with some sugaring / cording and a slight dark tinge.  The base is original, not polished down from a much deeper weight, as far as I can see.  The white and blue are just standard colours that appear in most weights, but the orange/brown central stripe looks rather like St Louis, as does the idea of adding a torsade which you cannot see from above!

Diameter 3 1/4 inch / 83 mm; height 1 1/2 inch / 40 mm.

Any thoughts or leads gratefully received.

Alan

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