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Author Topic: 4 Paperweights, unmarked. Any Ideas?  (Read 2035 times)

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Offline Catisfaction

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4 Paperweights, unmarked. Any Ideas?
« on: August 23, 2006, 03:06:43 AM »
My sister recently got these 4 Paperweights. None are marked, Can anyone suggest makers?
It's ok to tell me if they're chinese junk.... we need to learn these things ;)





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Offline Leni

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4 Paperweights, unmarked. Any Ideas?
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2006, 01:04:02 PM »
Pictures of the bases would help.  They may indeed be Chinese, but not all junk, IMNSHO  :wink:   I have an Alastair Macintosh very similar to the first one.
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4 Paperweights, unmarked. Any Ideas?
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2006, 06:19:33 PM »
Hi Leni, All the bases are ground and polished

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4 Paperweights, unmarked. Any Ideas?
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2006, 06:41:53 PM »
Probably not Chinese then, I'd say!  Chinese, while not the only ones with matt bases, do tend not to polish!
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