Topic: vintage bubble weights: apple + metal leaf & animal

[Alton11]

similar timeframe i suspect as these have been in storage since 80's. just not sure of who made them and when..
thnks for the help.

[alexander]

There are a lot of these on eBay at the moment, I recall seeing them pop up regularly for a long time,
wether there are more now or I just notice more of them because of this post I cannot say for sure.

[KevinH]

The matte bottoms probably indicates modern Chinese or Eastern European

Glad you put "probably" in there. But in any event matte bottoms do not only appy to China or East Europe.  (probably) Plenty of makers in (probably) various countries finish bases with a matte grinding.

[Leni]

Plenty of makers in (probably) various countries finish bases with a matte grinding.

I have a Peter Layton paperweight, which has a matt base.  I jokingly told Peter when I bought it, "People will think this is Chinese, because of the matt base!" so he laughed and signed and dated it for me (he doesn't usually sign paperweights.)  

Chinese makers are now polishing the base of their recently made weights, so the 'matt base' rule can no no longer be reliably applied to Chinese weights anyway.  It was used a rule of thumb in the past, but was by no means - as Kevin points out - exclusive to China.     

[Lustrousstone]

And my apple but I wasn't just basing my thoughts on the base.

[johnphilip]

Correction i have had mine at least 25 years and not new when bought .