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Interesting weight..please help identify
« on: December 11, 2016, 09:20:05 PM »
Thanks for any help in advance.....picked this up today...Interesting weight..please help identify...
has a flat bottom...the canes look tight and compact with a fish ???...approx 2 3/4 inches wide by 2 inches tall

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Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2016, 07:20:23 AM »
Made in Murano (Venice, Italy).  Probably 1990 or later.
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Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2016, 02:54:45 PM »
THANKYOU....Im not an expert but it was the fish that threw me off

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Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2016, 10:15:33 AM »
Hi,

The fish cane is a picture cane and these are not all that common in Murano weights. Hence your reaction, I think.

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Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2016, 05:58:27 PM »
Just saw your post...thanks so much for your help...i think theres a starfish cane too

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Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2016, 01:43:09 AM »
Looks like ALT or 3 Fiori - same workers different factory name. !970-1990 time frame.

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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2016, 11:56:21 AM »
THANKYOU!!!!!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS

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Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2016, 10:12:19 AM »
Just out of interest, here is a picture of one of my Murano weights which has Flower, Rooster and Butterfly canes
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« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2016, 11:03:55 AM »
VERY NICE PIECE   THANKYOU

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