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Title: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: antiquerose123 on August 19, 2011, 07:45:43 AM
 :hi: there:

Okay, here I go over to the Paperweight section.....at least I think this is a PW.

A lady here in Canada (from the UK) was selling some of her glass PW since she had bought them with her 3 years ago.  I wanted them, and when I heard her British Accent -- I knew that you folks here would be able to help we out with the items I am not sure of.

Anyways, the first item here is a Blue-ish Mushroom.  I see no marks (and this time I remember to look on the side too, not just the bottom).  I have no idea who made it.  If i were to guess (Mdina ???) but aren't they always signed?  So if anyone can help me with the maker, and the date of this item -- I would be most grateful. 


I have a few items to post because I bought all 6 items she was selling  ;D    ;D.......  :thup: But I will not post them all tonight    :24:
Title: Re: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 19, 2011, 08:56:22 AM
Looks like it might be Wedgwood to me. If it's not, look at Teign Valley Glass. I don't think the PW people think of mushrooms as paperweights though.
Title: Re: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: chopin-liszt on August 19, 2011, 09:07:49 AM
I'd agree it does look Wedgwoody -  >:D and as a Mushroom collector, I agree wholeheartedly that they're not paperweights!
Title: Re: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: rosieposie on August 19, 2011, 11:09:08 AM
I really don't think it is Wedgwood Rose....might be worth looking at TVG or Avondale....they all had similar styles and colours ....TVG tended to etch a mark on the base,  but Avondale only used labels, that proud housewives promptly removed, or they came off in the wash!
Title: Re: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: chopin-liszt on August 19, 2011, 11:11:31 AM
And Wedgwood tends to be marked - unless it's a second.
I'd also expect blue speckly bits as well as green in Wedgwood.
Title: Re: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 19, 2011, 11:28:44 AM
TVG isn't always marked and my marked TVG pear is a blue and green mix. Perhaps Avondale would be the best starting point
Title: Re: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: antiquerose123 on August 19, 2011, 12:25:19 PM
I'd agree it does look Wedgwoody -  >:D and as a Mushroom collector, I agree wholeheartedly that they're not paperweights!

Whoops Sorry -- I thought a Mushroom was a Paperweight?  What do I know  :spls2:  :pb:  

I guess the 3rd Mushroom I will post over in the Glass Section.....and if the MOD want to alter the title (and move) these to the glass section -- that is Ok with me for my mistake calling it a PW.  

So they are just Mushrooms then as objects (decorative) not PW ??

Sorry  :ooh: ................but I do have 3 other glass items that are *Real PW* that I have Yet to post
Title: Re: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: chopin-liszt on August 19, 2011, 12:33:57 PM
 :kissy:
No need to get your knickers in a twist, Rose!
It's really up to the collector to decide what it is.
If a pwt collector wants a mushroom, they might decide it's a pwt so they can have it.
I don't want pwts, but I do want mushrooms, so to me they're not pwts.
Title: Re: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: antiquerose123 on August 19, 2011, 12:55:40 PM
:kissy:
No need to get your knickers in a twist, Rose!
It's really up to the collector to decide what it is.
If a pwt collector wants a mushroom, they might decide it's a pwt so they can have it.
I don't want pwts, but I do want mushrooms, so to me they're not pwts.

 :24: :24: :24:  No knots in my Knickers  :24:

So you do Mushrooms, eh?  Well you better look at my 3rd (Pink) Mushroom ....in the Glass Section now.  But no knots in my Knickers... :hat:
Title: Re: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: chopin-liszt on August 19, 2011, 02:01:03 PM
 :24:

That one's a paperweight, Rose!

There's a Special Section in paperweights for "John Ditchfield and Heron Glass mushrooms".

(getting my own back on you for making me look at a pink thing..... :P )
 
Title: Re: Mushroom Paperweight (#1) Blue-ish
Post by: KevinH on August 19, 2011, 06:35:50 PM
Within the general field of Paperweight Collecting, there is something called "Related Objects", which covers anything that looks like it has paperweight techniques included in its making. And that even extends to such things as pipes and walking sticks that have filigrana twists (I was surpised at this when I first got into the paperweight world.)

However, if a maker markets something as a paperweight, then that is what it is. Even if it's a dog or bird or other figurine type thing!! (But that does not mean that all figurines and whatever are paperweights.)

So, the question is ... are there any Mushrooms that are, or were, originally marketed by the maker as paperweights?