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Offline BJB

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Paperweight help please
« on: June 18, 2006, 04:56:51 PM »
Hi All,

Can you help me identify this paperweight it has lovely rose like flowers and the base has been ground flat and smooth
Strathearn maybe?


http://i5.tinypic.com/14tbh1e.jpg

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« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2006, 05:12:40 PM »
Not Strathearn.

Might be Murano :?:
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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2006, 07:28:38 AM »
Hi Kev,

It may be Murano, now I've had time to take a better look, the finish and the flowers aren't Strathearn like at all, but it is of quite good quality.

Barbara

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« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2006, 02:33:57 PM »
Definitely Murano.

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« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2006, 03:32:35 PM »
3Fiori or ALT, I'd have thought.
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2006, 01:37:48 PM »
Hi Leni,

Many thanks  :lol:

Barbara

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« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2006, 12:52:00 AM »
Those are undoubtedly Murano canes.

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