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Offline tropdevin

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Identifying Old English Paperweights
« on: August 20, 2007, 04:51:12 PM »
Hi All

Several people have asked questions about Old English paperweights in the past year, so I have put together a brief illustrated guide on my web site, and added an article I wrote a couple of years ago.  You can find these at www.pwts.co.uk , Identification of Old English Paperweights, as 'guide' and 'article' respectively.  Hope this helps.

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Re: Identifying Old English Paperweights
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2007, 09:07:02 PM »
Thanks Alan

Very useful info.

Best wishes

Hazel  :hiclp:
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Re: Identifying Old English Paperweights
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2007, 08:40:15 PM »
Thanks Alan, enormously helpful  :D

I'm a real fan of the old English weights, something about the color schemes and canes
that I like a lot. Especially Bacchus, they seem to be a little out of my range tho.
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Re: Identifying Old English Paperweights
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2007, 10:19:24 PM »
Hi Alan,
Great website. As well as the article on Old English Paperweights at http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/paperweights/pages/OE%20New%20Groups.htm
and your great guide to identifying them at http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/paperweights/pages/OE%20Identification.htm
I see that you also have a fascinating page about Chinese paperweights - very useful for identifying them - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/paperweights/pages/Chinese.htm
I recognised a few of my own amongst them!
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Re: Identifying Old English Paperweights
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2007, 05:09:23 PM »
"snip" I see that you also have a fascinating page about Chinese paperweights - very useful for identifying them - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/paperweights/pages/Chinese.htm"snip"
Second row, third from left, sunflower.  If anyone has one that they want to get rid of please let me know!!!!
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