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Offline rudymobiz

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Paperweight Help Please!!
« on: November 10, 2006, 09:39:11 PM »
What can anyone tell me about this paperweight?  I know absolutely zilch..nothing!!




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Offline Leni

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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2006, 10:42:39 PM »
Looks like Murano to me.
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« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2006, 11:06:02 PM »
I agree - Murano.  But the middle picture suggests an Australian influence.   :lol:  Alan.
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Offline rudymobiz

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« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2006, 11:16:30 PM »
Thank you very much..Does it have a name?  This one has a diameter of approximately 10 inches.  It has a nice heavy weight to it.  Does anyone have an idea of when it was made?

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« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2006, 11:47:30 PM »
Quote from: "rudymobiz"
Thank you very much..Does it have a name?  This one has a diameter of approximately 10 inches.  It has a nice heavy weight to it.  Does anyone have an idea of when it was made?


Do you mean cm, not inches?   :shock:
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Offline rudymobiz

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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2006, 12:58:43 AM »
Well now..in centimeters it is 25 centimeters around.

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Offline wrightoutlook

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yes, murano
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2006, 05:39:37 AM »
A nice Murano (Venice, Italy) with different millefiori coloring than usually found. Probably made in the 1970s.

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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2006, 06:37:49 AM »
I have a weight by La Fenice that has large neat canes, high dome and frit ground like that. I find it particularly nice because there is very little cane distortion unlike some other examples of Murano weights. I can't be positive but yours could be by the same maker.
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