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Miniature Millefiori Paperweight w/ Cut Facets on Side
« on: May 28, 2013, 08:15:04 PM »
Hi everyone!! It was suggested by the folks on the ebay PG&P board that I post this piece here for help in possibly ID'ing the maker.

The piece measure 1 3/16" to the top & is 1 11/16" across the bottom. It has a polished bottom with 5 round cut facets around the sides. There are 4 circles of canes & then the one cane in the center. Someone on the PG&P board asked if there was a P in the center cane which there is not. All of the surfaces has the feel of good quality glass.

Thanks for any & all advice or opinions!!!

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Re: Miniature Millefiori Paperweight w/ Cut Facets on Side
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013, 08:37:55 PM »
Hi
Welcome to the board, this is a weight by Perthshire Paperweights, I don't have my book to hand to confirm the design number but if no one else confirms it I will
 check tomorrow for you.

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Re: Miniature Millefiori Paperweight w/ Cut Facets on Side
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2013, 09:42:24 PM »
Thank you so much Nick!! I very much appreciate the help & will report back to the PG&P board member that they were indeed correct in their thinking.

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Re: Miniature Millefiori Paperweight w/ Cut Facets on Side
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2013, 11:04:08 PM »
Hi bearcrystal,

It is always best to wait until an ID is fully confirmed.

Nick may well be correct, but all I can see, for miniature weights having four rows of canes, in The Complete Guide to Perthshire Paperweights (Mahoney, McClanahan 1997) is the design PP3 - but this is not stated as being faceted.

Also, could you please confirm the colour of the ground of your weight - is it really light blue and dark blue? Or is that a lighting effect?
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Re: Miniature Millefiori Paperweight w/ Cut Facets on Side
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2013, 11:55:22 PM »
Hi Kevin. The base color is a dark blue.
Thanks for your help.
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Re: Miniature Millefiori Paperweight w/ Cut Facets on Side
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2013, 09:37:52 AM »
Hmm
Sorry Peggy I may have jumped the gun a bit, I too have been through the Perthshire book now and like Kevin cannot find a match, by the canes I immediately thought Perthshire but maybe it's a later Peter McDougal weight? Not had any of his myself to confirm, hopefully someone else will have some idea.

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Re: Miniature Millefiori Paperweight w/ Cut Facets on Side
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2013, 11:21:27 AM »
I must admit my first thought was PMcD, but I'm now tending to the Perthshire view.  The canes  in the weight look less complex than usually found in Peter's own-label weights, even the entry-level inexpensive ones.

I thought that Peter tended to include a PMcD cane in his post Perthshire work.  Having said that I have an early PMcD own-label weight of a different design that has both P and PMcD canes.

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Re: Miniature Millefiori Paperweight w/ Cut Facets on Side
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2013, 11:34:59 AM »
Just to say that I've just discovered that Peter used to include both P and PMcD canes in some weights he made whilst still working for Perthshire.
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Re: Miniature Millefiori Paperweight w/ Cut Facets on Side
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2013, 01:54:53 PM »
I appreciate everyone's input. I have looked at the canes multiple times & if there is a letter or letters inside any of them I have not been able to find it even using a jeweler's loupe.

Luckily this piece is small so it can sit over there on the shelf for awhile until hopefully someone recognizes the maker.

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Re: Miniature Millefiori Paperweight w/ Cut Facets on Side
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2013, 02:22:22 PM »
I appreciate everyone's input. I have looked at the canes multiple times & if there is a letter or letters inside any of them I have not been able to find it even using a jeweler's loupe.

Luckily this piece is small so it can sit over there on the shelf for awhile until hopefully someone recognizes the maker.

peggy--janette here from PGP board..glad you are getting help here..told you these "guys" are great !

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