Topic: ID Please

[Roger H]

This weight is 3.15 inches tall and 3.00 inches wide,two parallel lovely facets and polished flat base. It has a ruby overlay and what I would loosely term a chinese rose inside, no markings anywhere.    What is it??
      Regards Roger

[Roger H]

Been doing more research on this weight but the only similar weights are caithness, but they are only similar not the same.
      Regards Roger.

[tropdevin]

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Hi Roger

I have kept thinking about it, and I just wonder whether it is one of the better modrn Chinese?

Alan

[Roger H]

Hi there, I feel that it is a probable to be a quality chinese, even the top of all the petals are fairly level and I believe I have heard there is an occasional one with a polished base. However cant remember a chinese overlay, can anyone else??
    Here are a couple of photos of my chinese footed, not a bad rose at all but the overlaid one is even better.
                        Regards Roger

[KevinH]

Chinese overlay weights have been around for some time. They were made by adding a layer of powdered white and then powdered colour over the white. When cut through, the edges of the facets / windows were "jagged" because of the use of powdered glass. Often the overlay weights were egg shaped with and oval front window - and a Christmas Tree design seemed to be a favourite.

But this item, if is Chinese, is the first I have seen that looks like it was made by gathering or overlaying a single colour on the clear interior. (I am assuming the interior is clear glass as it not too obvious from the photos.)

[Lustrousstone]

I have seen this before but all I can think of is in the Caithness shop

[Roger H]

Yes the interior is clear glass, but my opinion is it needs more facets to lighten up the interior.
     The quality is good enough to be a caithness, the base has sufficient marks to denote maybe 10 years old, but that is only a guess.
         Regards Roger.