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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: leforme on August 06, 2005, 02:55:49 AM
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Hello. I bought a pair of brass andirons that had very large, grapefruit sized glass paperweights on the tops as fineals. Each one has white double flowers inside. I can't find a signature. Does anyone here have any information about this kind of item? Thanks very much!
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People often dismiss these style of weights as 'Chinese' :roll: but I think they could be Bohemian or possibly Indian. There is a big glass industry in Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh, and I have seen 'Ice Pick' flower weights like yours attributed to them.
Where did you buy the andirons? Are they old? Could you post a picture of the whole thing, as the style might give us a further clue :D
Leni
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I bought the andirons at a thrif store! They have a number on the bottom of each one but that is all. I don't know if it is a production number or a pat number.
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here is a phto of the andirons.. not a very good, I will try and get a better one this afternoon.
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