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Author Topic: Black / white filament segments around central bubble. ID = Merlin Glass  (Read 4255 times)

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Offline Ekimp

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Hi KevinH,
Sorry, it’s hard to describe in text!
a) there is no visible indentation.
b) yes, it is completely smooth.

The decoration isn’t just on the surface so it isn’t simple combed decoration as shown in the YouTube clip above. If you took a section horizontally through the weight, it would look like a wheel with five spokes with a hole in the middle. For each section, the decoration goes around the outside of the wheel, then down the spokes to the hole in the middle, which is the bubble.
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The decoration is often done before a paperweight is encased in its final layer. Combing doesn't have to be surface decoration

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Liskeard? I happened to look through a Miller’s Collectables book this afternoon and saw something similar from Liskeard. Looking on the internet there seem to be some quite like this weight but with four sections. There is no mark on my weight but could anyone confirm Liskeard? Thanks.
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It is highly unlikely to be Liskeard Glass.  They made 2 varieties of paperweight.  The first "St. Tudy" in the 70s and the second variety "LG" later.  Both are marked by the pontil mark being stamped(see photos attached).  Your pontil mark has simply been "cracked off" which is typical of a small studio maker.

I am afraid that simple "looks like" is actually a poor way of attributing an item.  This is because glass makers get ideas from what others have done and try out new processes to try and replicate results - thus extending their range of technical skills.  Also they move from place to place and may make a familiar object - just not where it is typically made.

Unfortunately, we all have items we are not able to attribute satisfactorily.  It is just one of those things.

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Merlin Glass.
Hi all and thanks for your replies. I’ve been having another look at this and still felt it looked like some Liskeard weights. I see after Liam Carey bought Liskeard Glass in 1983 he renamed it Merlin Glass and I’ve seen Merlin Glass weights only have a paper label.

I sent Merlin Glass an email today with photos showing the overall design and pontil scar with a description of the five segments and large central bubble. Carol got back to me very quickly with a nice email saying that Liam believes he made it but couldn’t remember when but it was a few years ago now. That’s good enough for me, very pleased!
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Re: Black / white filament segments around central bubble. ID = Merlin Glass
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2020, 09:47:08 AM »
...and a matching perfume bottle. I thought this was interesting - I suppose Mr Carey blew a bit harder and then turned it around to shape the neck.
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Re: Black / white filament segments around central bubble. ID = Merlin Glass
« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2020, 06:36:47 AM »
Congratulations on your detective work.  And thanks for getting back to us about your success.  It may help us help someone else in the future.

Ross
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