Topic: Rare NEGC Papetrweight from 1818 ?????????????

[casalibre]

In my opinion the first paperweight were made about 1845!
Of course , this weight is very interesting:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Briefbeschwerer-Paperweight-NEW-ENGLAND-GLASS-COMPANY-Spaced-Millefiori-/380459273186?pt=Glas_Kristall&hash=item589523cbe2
but I think it was made about 1850.
Any opinions?

[Derek]

Hi casalibre

My German is non-existant but it appears that the description is referring to the
start and closure of the NEGC factory 1818 - 1888 rather than the actual date
of the paperweight.

Best regards

Derek

[Wuff]

In the meantime the seller has added a comment (1818 is a typo - should be 1851) and apologizes for the "embarrassing error".

[alpha]

Yes, that was good of him to do, but too bad he still has the NEGC attribution wrong.

[Wuff]

Yes, that was good of him to do, but too bad he still has the NEGC attribution wrong.

What do you think, it is ?

[alpha]

The millefiori canes have a minimalist use of color and large clear spaces in them. The only company I have seen that had this style of cane is 1970's Pairpoint.

[casalibre]

In my opinion, sorry:
Pairpoint is an absolutely nonesens!
Maybe not NEGC, but what else?
Please look at the shape of the weight: it is of course an antique weight!

[paperweights]

I agree with Alpha that this is appears to be a Pairpoint paperweight.  But since it is so minimalist, I am open to other suggestions. 

[casalibre]

Dear Allan!
OK
Lets open the voting!
I am very interested in a discussion, if this item is antique or not!
(Please look at all the pictures)!!!

[casalibre]

Of course I would like to have a commend of  one of the best: Alan Thornton!