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Hi.
There are some unusual Thomas Webb paperweights with a European influence. When I visited Broadfield House in mid 2007, by a lucky coincidence a couple came to the desk with paperweights to show to the staff. These were 'picture' weights, containing black and white photographic images fused onto a white sulphide plaque, all set in clear glass - a typical 'Czech' product. However, the pictures were of the grandparents of the man - and had been made by the grandfather, when he worked at Thomas Webb. A German glass worker at the factory had showed the technique for making them to his grandfather and other workers. See PCC Newsletter 94 (if you are a PCC member...).
Alan