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Author Topic: Help - Pink Paperweight  (Read 2213 times)

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Connie

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Help - Pink Paperweight
« on: March 12, 2006, 11:01:43 AM »
I know nothing about paperweights but that didn't prevent me from buying 2 last weekend  :lol: This is the first one pink on a ground of aventurine.  Is this a Murano weight?  It is 3 inches tall and 3 inches wide.

Pink Paperweight

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Canes in thick aventurine ground

Flat polished bottom

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Detail with dark purple cane Paperweight

Cog cane with green and yellow center  

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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2006, 03:20:14 AM »
I think this one was from Fratelli Toso. Might be early 20th century.

The very "fancy" cog-like canes and the central structure of the central cane are certainly of the style used in their weights. The cushion of "lumpy" aventurine also fits for that maker - but of course, "lumpy" aventurine may be found in many Murano weights.
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Connie

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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2006, 09:43:18 AM »
Oooh!  That is good news, isn't it?  :oops:

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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2006, 05:52:46 PM »
Definitely Murano.

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