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Title: ID help with an orange & green one appreciated please
Post by: bfg on April 25, 2013, 12:08:14 PM

Hi, me again!

struggling to find anything similar to pin this one down to - have even resorted to trawling alibaba's chinese pages and am ok if thats what it is but I like it  :)

does anyone recognise it please and able to give me a nudge in the right direction?

concave, ground polished base, 6.5cm x 6.5cm

thanks if you can help
Mel

Title: Re: ID help with an orange & green one appreciated please
Post by: Nick77 on April 25, 2013, 12:18:43 PM

Hi Mel
Not Chinese but Murano and probably Fratelli Toso I'd say.

Nick

Title: Re: ID help with an orange & green one appreciated please
Post by: bfg on April 25, 2013, 12:24:49 PM

excellent! thanks very much Nick ......perhaps I am getting the hang of this after all lol.

>>off to investigate further >>

Mel

Title: Re: ID help with an orange & green one appreciated please
Post by: bfg on April 25, 2013, 12:45:43 PM

thanks to Nicks guidance I have now found both the orange flower and leaf canes in (separate) labelled FT paperweights online

can't tell you the hours I have poured over online images  ::)

happy bunny  ;D

Title: Re: ID help with an orange & green one appreciated please
Post by: tropdevin on April 25, 2013, 02:38:21 PM

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Hi.  There are images of some fairly similar weights on the FT pages of my Murano project on my website.

Alan.

Title: Re: ID help with an orange & green one appreciated please
Post by: bfg on April 25, 2013, 03:34:38 PM

Hi Alan, thanks for your comments - I have to admit to stalking your pages regularly  :-[ but didn't make the connection
would you be able to tell me which ones you feel are similar? I've looked again and the canes don't match (to my eye)

I'm trying to learn - mainly so I don't have to keep pestering you guys! and would appreciate what I'm missing being pointed out - if you have the time and inclination  :)

cheers, Mel

Title: Re: ID help with an orange & green one appreciated please
Post by: tropdevin on April 25, 2013, 03:55:36 PM

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Hi mel.  It wasn't exact cane match so much as a feel for style and colour, where I was thinking of FT images no. 6 on page 1 and no. 3 on page 2.

Alan

Title: Re: ID help with an orange & green one appreciated please
Post by: bfg on April 25, 2013, 04:03:58 PM

thanks Alan - very much appreciated.

I've come across those grape canes on my travels before but wouldn't have made the leap.

I can see the similarity in the simple style and clear base though :)