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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: antiquerose123 on August 22, 2011, 04:42:39 AM
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:hi:
This is the last PW that I bought from the UK lady that lives here now. Three PW's, and the Three Mushrooms for a total of 6 from her......for $60 CAD.
Anyways, I think this is signed. It looks like CGZ, or CAZ to me. I have tried googling those initials but I am not coming up with anything, so I am not sure IF I have the initials right ?? I had some thoughts (http://serve.mysmiley.net/confused/confused0091.gif) but if they were what I thought it was -- then why nothing was coming up on Google. So I will put this out to you folks -- my head hurts :ho:
Thanks as Always.... :kissy:
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CG = Caithness Glass 2 = second
It's not a familiar design to me, at least not in that shape, which might mean it was a design trial sold in the factory shop. I'm sure someone will put me right if I'm wrong about the latter bit.
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Hi Rose,
It is CG2 which stands for Caithness Glass second quality. It is a nice weight especially (for $10 CAD). Caithness second does not necessarily mean that the weight was sub-standard, it may have been experiment that was not produced/adopted. The Caithness specialists (which I am not) will look at the 'Bible' (which I do not have at hand at the moment) and tell you which weight it resembles/is meant to be.
SophieB
PS: Oups! Lustrousstone has already replied! Sorry!
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It looks like a moonflower except that they are usually round and not egg shaped.
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DUH to me :ho:
I thought the Z looked like a 2. The initials of CG, I did think of Caithness -- but when I goolgled CGZ I would get nothing. So Gee, this is Caithness too :thup: . That is good right? It still looks well made, and being a second makes it rarer, or not -- or what. I am new to this as with these purchases -- they are my very First Caithness PW here.............totally.
Never had handled one before..
** Also, I asked a question in the one PW that has the *bubble Circle* in it too. See that post.
Wow...this is interesting!!
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Hi Rose,
You may want to have a look at this Caithness paperweight as it looks very similar to the one you posted here. Accorded to the description in it called Moonbeam (see below)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STUNNING-CAITHNESS-GLASS-PAPERWEIGHT-B39972-MOONBEAM-/300589975452?pt=UK_Art_Glass&hash=item45fc8f079c#ht_500wt_1156
SophieB
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Hello Rose, regarding CG seconds, I have one and actually like it very much. A caithness "fleur" which are supposed to be either blue, pink or violet in a swirl it seems, but take a look at this one, not correct to design but still nice. Regards Roger.