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Author Topic: Unknown Paperweight  (Read 1903 times)

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Offline BFD222

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Re: Unknowen Appperweight
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2011, 04:43:23 PM »
I would say modern Chinese.

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Re: Unknowen Appperweight
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2011, 04:46:49 PM »
Or even Indian

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Re: Unknowen Appperweight
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2011, 07:04:22 PM »
India or China would be my guess too.
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Re: Unknown Paperweight
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2011, 12:49:46 AM »
Could we please see a couple of photos of the base - one straight on and the other at angle of about 30 degrees.
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Re: Unknown Paperweight
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2011, 03:35:38 PM »
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Hi Barry

The non-circular flat base is typical of Chinese products, and the colours could well be Chinese. I have not spotted this particular design on Chinese exporters websites, but there are - literally - thousands of paperweight designs on offer from China, so I suspect that is where it was made.

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Re: Unknown Paperweight
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2011, 06:31:21 PM »
Let's see, poor choice of colors, out-of-round, modest effort at finishing the base, no distinguishing technique or colors, and made with frit and a pick.  This could literally have been made in any location with hot glass.  It looks like a amateur effort and attempting to assign a country of origin is nothing but pure guesswork.

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