Topic: Isle of wight weight Signed Michael Harris

[yesvil]

Hi, can anyone confirm the authenticity of this signature as I know there are a lot of forgeries. All being well is this an early one?

[NMott]

Looks the right colours. I believe he signed the pedestal paperweights - see bottom paperweight here:
http://www.circaglass.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/circa?opendocument&part=5

[yesvil]

Thanks NMott. Talking about the pedestal is this unique to IOW? Or are ther other manufactures that do similar? I have two weights that are not signed but have the same base as this one.

[stew2u2]

believe the weights that are signed were for export to the USA. trying to find the message on here about it

[chopin-liszt]

Many of these pedestal weights were signed.
The matter of signed pieces for export to the states doesn't refer to these early weights. 

[daveweight]

Timothy Harris told me that in the early days of IoW glass they found it quicker and cheaper to put a pedestal type base on paperweights that to grind and polish the bases.
Dave