Topic: Help ID old French antique paperweight

[mhgcgolfclub]

I bought this as an old antique French paperweight , my first thought was Clichy, I am having a few second thoughts now.

Diameter 5cm, weight 172 gm , slight concaved base with lots of wear on base rim.

Thanks for any help Roy

[alexander]

Hi, my first reaction when I was taking in the colors and design was Clichy, but I agree with your second thoughts, St Mandé perhaps?

[mhgcgolfclub]

Thanks Alexander

I do not really know anything much about St Mande except dor what I read on the GMB, but I did wonder it it may be

Thanks Roy

[SimonD]

There may be some similarities with the set of paperweights described in the article "Late Clichy," or What? (Paul Dunlop) that appeared in Annual Bulletin of the Paperweight Collectors Association, Inc (2005).

In particular

(1) the "Floating color" cane - the complex star with the circle of colour (transparent red) around it, that appears 4 times in the outer ring. In the above article, the ring is blue.

(2) the "Ruffle, filled valleys" cane - the cane with the opaque white stipes on transparent green, that appears in the last photo above. The common factor here is the filled valleys - in the article base colour is transleucent red.

Haven't seen these anywhere else.

I'm no expert - so please challenge!