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Author Topic: Help ID Paperweight (Bohemian ?)  (Read 1012 times)

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Offline mhgcgolfclub

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Help ID Paperweight (Bohemian ?)
« on: July 01, 2009, 07:24:41 PM »
Not very good with paperweights, could this be a Bohemian c1920's , diameter 67mm height 35mm weight 218gm flat base, glows green under UV light

Thanks Roy

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Re: Help ID Paperweight (Bohemian ?)
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2009, 08:08:45 PM »
Hi Roy

Yes! Typical specimen.

To be more precise, not quite Bohemian, though maybe it is mainly semantics.  These weights are often called Bohemian, and generally date from the 1900 (+/- 20 year) period. But they are not strictly Bohemian, in the sense that weights from Carlsthal, Josephinhutte, Riedel, or Egermann might be called that. Weights like yours - which I think are attractive and collectable - are from the Silesia / Thuringia region, which might now be called Polish / German. When Peter Von Brackels's book on Bohemian weights is published (fairly soon) it should help us all.

Hope this helps rather than confuses!

Alan
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Offline mhgcgolfclub

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Re: Help ID Paperweight (Bohemian ?)
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2009, 04:21:51 PM »
Hi Alan

Thank you for that , I only made my ID from the small Miller's Paperweight Collectors Guide

Thanks again Roy

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