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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: marc on October 02, 2011, 11:31:00 AM

Title: ID help, please.
Post by: marc on October 02, 2011, 11:31:00 AM

Hi, I need help to id this paperweight, many thanks.

Title: Re: ID help, please.
Post by: antiquerose123 on October 02, 2011, 11:46:09 AM

 :hi:

Is that Saint Christopher image in there?  As not sure??  http://www.personalizationmall.com/cat_image/8957-TN.jpg (http://www.personalizationmall.com/cat_image/8957-TN.jpg)  or of Jesus, I guess................looking at it closer ??

Neat  :thup:

Title: Re: ID help, please.
Post by: marc on October 02, 2011, 12:37:08 PM

I think is St Joseph of Nazareth image.

Regards,  Marcos.

Title: Re: ID help, please.
Post by: marc on October 13, 2011, 03:14:03 PM

Could it be Bohemian?  First half of the 20th Century.

Regards, Marcos

Title: Re: ID help, please.
Post by: tropdevin on October 13, 2011, 04:33:24 PM

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I think it is certainly European, and my money would be on Belgium or Alsace - and I would agree with late 19th C - early 20th C. The very flat top suggests to me that it has had the facet added because of previous damage: it may have been one of those pieces with a crucifix on top, that has now been broken off.

Alan

Title: Re: ID help, please.
Post by: marc on October 13, 2011, 04:51:16 PM

I am very grateful, thank you very much for the comment.

Best regards, Marcos.
 

Title: Re: ID help, please.
Post by: KevinH on October 13, 2011, 09:59:14 PM

Quote from: tropdevin on October 13, 2011, 04:33:24 PM

... The very flat top suggests to me that it has had the facet added because of previous damage: it may have been one of those pieces with a crucifix on top, that has now been broken off.

It does look as though something fairly drastic happened to the top. However if the "spiky" things seen around the edge of the weight  go all around, then that would suggest the sulphide was only intended to be viewed through the top and a cross or something on top would have spolied the view.

Title: Re: ID help, please.
Post by: tropdevin on October 14, 2011, 07:51:51 AM

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Hi Kev.

What you say makes good sense. That said, I saw a fairly similar item in a shop in Liège a few years ago: a piece whose base had 'Devil's Fire' spikes, a central plaque (of little merit or detail, unlike the one referred to above), all topped with a chipped crucifix. The price was too high, and I did not photograph it, unfortunately.

Alan