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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: Ivo on July 18, 2006, 07:45:18 AM

Title: Marcel
Post by: Ivo on July 18, 2006, 07:45:18 AM
http://i1.tinypic.com/20a5h91.jpg

I'm not even sure what the right question is. Anyone know Marcel? He does not sit but stands on a blob of glass...
Title: Marcel
Post by: Frank on July 18, 2006, 08:44:45 AM
Back shot would be useful instead of a base in this case. Paul Ysart did some like that too but with slightly more elaborate blob 8)
Title: Marcel
Post by: KevinH on July 18, 2006, 01:53:09 PM
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Paul Ysart did some like that too ...
Really? Spatter weights with a name? I have not yet seen any - yet.

I think the Marcel weight is a standard European giftware from around the 1910 to 1930 period. From Peter Von Brackel's book, covering all sorts of European wieghts, this type could be from Thuringia or Silesia (or other places).

It might possibly be early 20 century America!
Title: Marcel
Post by: Frank on July 18, 2006, 08:23:25 PM
Quote from: "KevH"
Really? Spatter weights with a name? I have not yet seen any - yet.


I was referring to the sideways mounting.
Title: Marcel
Post by: Ivo on July 19, 2006, 06:06:27 AM
Thanks guys - that is much older than I thought.