While searching a book on paperweights [ * ] I came across images and descriptions for four items that confirm the source as Eduard Dressler, in the Gablonz area. Dated c. 1886 - 1900
One of the items has a description beginning:
An ink bottle in form of a ball pyramid of 4 iridescent balls
(Diameter of the balls is stated as 32 - 33 mm) Visually, the item is a match to the one discussed here.
The other items are:
- "a flute-like vase on ball pyramid of 4 iridescent balls" (the main body of the vase has gilded relief decoration with white enamel dots and the three balls that form the feet have gold coloured dots on their upper surfaces. Diameter of balls given as 30 - 31 mm)
- "a ball pyramid of 10 small yellowish-brown transparent balls" (the balls are arranged in tiers of 1, 3, 6. Diameter of balls 21 - 23 mm)
- "a ball pyramid of 4 balls with an iridescent surface (other than the iridescence, the balls are clear glass. Diameter of balls 49 - 51 mm)
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Paperweights - Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1842 to Present. Peter Von Brackel. Published by Schiffer 1999
Also, reference was made in that book to:
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Glas des 20.Jahrhunderts by G.E. Pazauruk / W. Spiegl
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Paperweights by Sibylle Jargstorf. Schiffer 1991. (Another "four-ball paperweight" is illustrated on page 83 of that book)