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Title: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: donaldf on December 16, 2012, 04:29:13 PM
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
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: SophieB on December 16, 2012, 08:18:28 PM
Hi Donald,

I would say antique Saint Louis but out of my comfort zone. Others will confirm.

SophieB
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: donaldf on December 16, 2012, 09:03:41 PM

Sophie B, Thanks I had a feeling it could be a St Louis... but I hope some other experts chip in too !

Don
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: flying free on December 16, 2012, 09:18:15 PM
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
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: tropdevin on December 16, 2012, 09:36:32 PM
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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
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: donaldf on December 16, 2012, 10:37:47 PM
hope these are better images
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: flying free on December 16, 2012, 10:53:30 PM
Thanks so much!  I appreciate being able to see the canes.
m
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: KevinH on December 16, 2012, 11:24:50 PM
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.)
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: donaldf on December 16, 2012, 11:29:09 PM
KevinH

All my own images... I have this weight on my window sill

Don
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: KevinH on December 16, 2012, 11:30:00 PM
OK. Thanks.
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: tropdevin on December 17, 2012, 09:41:41 AM
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
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: donaldf on December 17, 2012, 10:11:18 AM
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
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: donaldf on December 17, 2012, 08:20:37 PM
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
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: tropdevin on December 17, 2012, 10:16:08 PM
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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.
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: paperweights on December 17, 2012, 11:58:07 PM
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. 
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: donaldf on December 18, 2012, 06:49:46 PM
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
Title: Re: Any idea of the maker of this concentric?
Post by: tropdevin on December 18, 2012, 07:49:38 PM
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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