Topic: Old Chinese?

[bat20]

Hi all pulled the trigger on this one hoping it was old Chinese ,i've got a few books on the way but in the meantime,any thoughts.many thanks.

[Fuhrman Glass]

Definitely Chinese . I bought many of these and resold them in the 80's, cost then was about $2.75-3.50ea.

[bat20]

Thanks FG,did you buy them new?

[Fuhrman Glass]

Yes< bought them new. I think it was United Pacific Trading Co. San Francisco.

[bat20]

Interesting FG,do you remember what they were called,i don't know if they were trying to copy anything else but they do have a Chinese/Japanese aesthetic,it was £7.00 posted so it may not have increased in price since the 80's

[paperweights]

I call these Chinese dogwood paperweights.  It is nice to be able to put a timestamp on them.  I always thought they were earlier 1930s to 1950s.

[incazzatonero]

Chinese could be very nice like this weight.