Topic: unknown ‘pulled feather’ paperweight?

[frnkvdw]

Hi,

I found this pulled feather paperweight a while back at a local market.
It has some shelf-wear at the rim of the base and my guess is it’s somewhere from the 70 ’s.
There is also a round sticker at the base, but this is no longer readable.
The polished base is slightly bulbous, like a small pedestal.

The paperweight has a diameter of 8,3 cm x height 7,9 cm (3,26 x 3,11 inch), and a weight of 763 gr.

It looks a bit like a paperweight made by Adrian Sankey, but I have my doubts. Could anybody tell me more about date and maker? Much appreciated.

[glassobsessed]

A round black label would tie in nicely with Sankey and as you say the weight looks right too.

John

[fatbelly]

It’s not Adrian’s work.The sticker is too small and the base is far too highly polished.And the weight doesn’t look like a sankey weight with those bubbles within the pulled feathers.
So I would not go with Sankey as the maker.
FB.

[frnkvdw]

Thanks for the feedback. I already doubted it would be Sankey, but i wonder if the somewhat bulbous base
could be an indicator about its maker?
Cheers.

[SophieB]

Hi there,

I wonder whether it could be from Liskeard Studio Glass (LG have definitely produced paperweights with this design but the studio often signed with an impressed mark on the base and/or applied LG labels of different size/shape).

Not sure it helps but this is all I can contribute....

SophieB