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Offline donaldf

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I had never seen a weight like this... Any Ideas on its origin . Italian?
« on: September 10, 2012, 04:54:41 PM »
Hello, I picked this weight up recently thinking it was unusual with painted on flowers on the overlay. The faceted windows also have a gold line pained around the circumference. Any ideas where it was made... Thank you, Don
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Re: I had never seen a weight like this... Any Ideas on its origin . Italian?
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2012, 05:11:52 PM »
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Hi Don.

It is a Murano piece (a not common, but known style), and the millefiori in the disk of canes makes me think it is a Galliano & Ferro piece, maybe from the 1950s.

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Re: I had never seen a weight like this... Any Ideas on its origin . Italian?
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2012, 09:24:37 PM »
Thank you Alan, Do you know of any online link to more info on the maker?
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