I can't explain my thought processes or what stirs our imagination into thinking there might be a link Alan. It just does.
Kevin pointed out either earlier in this thread or on another thread, that the way the twist was done was particular. Something about the Muller glasses I saw on Monday made me stop and take a close look, but at the time I couldn't remember what it was that made me do so. It was the style of the twists (likewise the style of the twists on the stem of the goblets of some 17th century Venetian glass - but they would be the wrong century). Because they stirred my memory about the style of the twist on the lily of the valley paperweight. I meant to post then but forgot.
CHF Muller was not a company I'd read anything about before so I looked them up when I got back. They made some very very interesting and diverse stuff.
I meant to post on this thread then but forgot.
Then I was reading about something else and came across the enamelled glass again. The design on the enamels of the flowers and the twists and the colours in the decoration reminded me again of the twist on the Muller stems and so I posted.
Sometimes, it's the little details that can lead to a new avenue to explore. That's why I posted.
I don't believe paperweight makers work completely in isolation, never to be influenced by regional ideas, colours or styles whether on wood, porcelain or enamel. Who is to know what makes someone design a paperweight with a specific decoration? It could be they saw a piece (any piece, wood, glass, pottery, or a painting) in a museum/exhibition and liked the colours, or the design. It might be that they had their own firm ideas but had to use the materials available in the region. Either way, it is possible that there are some regional influences.
In this case the colours on the design on the enamelled piece and the twist in the stem of the glass made me think Germany and CFH Muller all within the same few days (and Muller actually might have been right timing for the period), so I thought I would post - kind of like brain-storming really where no idea is a wrong idea if you see what I mean?
Edited to add - I thought this post was posted in the spirit of 'let's see if there are any ideas out there'. I guess how new ideas are viewed depends on the angle they are being viewed from i.e. if you already have firm ideas of where the weight might hail from, then your view of 'new' ideas will be coloured by whether or not they fit the given secret parameters of the country of origin. If however there are no firm parameters and there is still everything to play for then it's open for all avenues to explored.
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