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Anyone familiar with the "Fleur-de-lys" maker's ma
« on: February 09, 2005, 05:48:57 PM »
Hi ~ I've recently bought a very pretty pressed glass lamp base as part of a job-lot from a house clearance auction. On the reverse of the base is a tiny Fleur-de-lys maker's mark. I'd be grateful for any info about the maker. Thanks, Polly.

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« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2005, 07:17:56 PM »
Hi,
I also have an item with a Fleur-de-lys mark, but also has "France" underneath. I am very confused by it because the piece that has the mark is a Murano item. Info would be appreciated.
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2005, 11:20:03 PM »
Hartmann, only shows Steuben, Hawkes, Stevens & Williams as using a fleur-de-lys, but only S&W used it alone, circa 1880.

Can you post an image of the marks?

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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2005, 08:23:14 AM »
Hi Frank!
Glad to be back...
Here's the fleur-de-lys mark my paperweight has:


Forgive me if I am wrong in calling it a "fleur-de-lys," but that was included in the description when I bought the piece.
The figure or paperweight is of a standing Bird, that I have seen attributed to Barbini before, so I am under the inpresion it is a Murano piece. I wasn't sure why the mark was there in the first place, or was it added later for export to France??? Maybe I have been mistaken all along and my piece is actually French?

I would also like to see if the mark on mysterious-bouffant's lamp is the same as mine.

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« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2006, 08:39:15 PM »
Just moved to paperweights because of the last image... any further thoughts on this mark?

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« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2006, 08:57:05 PM »
is the mark impressed?
cheers Ray

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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2006, 06:42:20 AM »
Looks etched to me.

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« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2006, 12:35:37 PM »
I think that in the original message I had raised a query on the mark about whether it could have been "Venice" rather than "France".
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« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2006, 04:41:01 PM »
Don't thonk so Kev, this is the original thread! But it is clearly France on Javier's weight.

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« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2014, 09:58:30 AM »
Does anyone have a definite dateline for when Stevens and Williams used the 'S - fleur de lys - W' mark with England written underneath it please?
edited - oops I've just realised this is in paperweights  :-[
Thanks  for any help.
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