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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: donaldf on December 16, 2012, 04:29:13 PM
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And another ! .....one day I will master the ID bit.... I just buy what I like at the moment. This is French I am sure, but Baccarat or St Louis??? Concave base no signature cane
Don
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Hi Donald,
I would say antique Saint Louis but out of my comfort zone. Others will confirm.
SophieB
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Sophie B, Thanks I had a feeling it could be a St Louis... but I hope some other experts chip in too !
Don
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is it possible to please replace your photos with larger versions that measure 600x400 so that the actual canes in the weight can be seen?
many thanks
m
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Bigger pictures would help a lot. The style is rather like Saint-Louis, but it does not look quite right to me from the current images.
Alan
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hope these are better images
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Thanks so much! I appreciate being able to see the canes.
m
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Hi Don,
Please confirm whether the images are your own, or are copies of a seller's photos.
If they are copies, and you do not have permission from the copyright holder, then they must not be posted on the board - see the board guidelines on using copyright images.
(I have modified your other thread for the Baccarat weight to provide a link to the French ebay listing.)
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KevinH
All my own images... I have this weight on my window sill
Don
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OK. Thanks.
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Hi Don.
The central group, five spaced circles and garland is a common Saint-Louis pattern, but the canes look to be a very strong colour for Saint-Louis: they are more like some of the late 19th - early 20th century Baccarat and Baccarat Dupont colours. But I do not recognise the canes as being from a specific factory. Does the glass have as much cording / sugaring as the images suggest, or is it just how the pictures have turned out?
Alan
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Hi Alan, Thank you for your response.... I will take some better photos of the little critter and add some measurements to a post later today... I am at work at the moment.. Don
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Alan good evening. Here are some new photos and hope they help. The glass is a bit streaky and there are some bits of debris at the millefiori /dome interface. Thank you for your help
Don
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Hi Don.
Thanks for the additional images. All things considered, I am going to vote for antique Saint-Louis from the 1845 - 1860 period. Thewhite/blue/pink canes in the garland are very much their style, as is the design.
Alan.
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If we are voting, then I will agree with Alan. It is a typical St. Louis design, but often St. Louis will alternate between two colors (other than white) in the outer ring. The alternating strong blue and white colors is unusual.
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Thanks Allan and Alan...I will try and find another puzzler just to keep you both honed, but I suspect that it was an easy one once I put better photos up. Don
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Please do not feel that you have to present a challenge!
Life provides more than enough without extra ones from the GMB.... ;D
Alan