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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: wanderberry on November 24, 2010, 06:46:52 PM
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can anyone tell me who made this one,I've tried to figure it out but cant,, sorry for being thick :cry:
Deb
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Hi Deb
Your weight is from Murano the island in the Venice lagoon where all the glassmakers are based.
It is known as a mushroom weight - they also come with a torsade around the stem of the mushroom and as double overlays with facets cut to show the mushroom.
Hope this helps
Derek
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Agreed - Mr Murano. I think by Fratelli Toso.
see the 'Murano Project' on my website.
Alan
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Yes, Alan, definitely Fratelli Toso. I have a picture of one of these with a label.
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Thank you all so much, paperweights are umm confusing ..lol.. I saw it in a junk shop, thought it was pretty,then spent 2 weeks trying to find one like it on the net but couldnt,,, you guys are fab, ;-)
Deb x
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Deb, Murano weights almost always have a flat well-polished base. (I am assuming that is the case with your mushroom weight.) While I've seen Murano mushroom weights w/overlay, I do not recall seeing one like yours which had me wondering as well.
Anita, is the photo you mentioned above one you can post here?
Lily :)
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Lily
yes its flat ,, do you want more pictures? any idea how old it might be,?
if any of you want to use the pictures on your websites feel free, I can send you bigger ones if you want,
Deb
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Hi Deb
These mushroom weights are actually quite common and probably date to the 1960's - 1970's.
Here are [*] three that are in my collection although I know that there are other varieties - for
instance there is one with a torsade that is a flattened tube. As I mentioned before there are
also mushrooms enclosed in a double overlay.
Best regards
Derek
[*] Mod: Please see below for Derek's pics - which have been reduced from 1200 pixel width to a size that does not need a scroll bar in some people's systems. Thanks Derek.
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Derek
cool,thank you ,mine is the first one I've seen, however I'll be looking out for more now, I really like them, yours are really nice, I like the last one best,, ..
Deb
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Derek, could you please provide smaller images of your mushroom weights.
When images are big enough to force a scroll bar, it can sometimes cause a problem with the Board software and also some people have trouble viewing large images. Max size of 700 pixels would be ok. If you reduce the size and add them as another post, I can remove the big ones from your original post.
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Hi Kev
Smaller pics attached although the originals were well within the guidelines for posting pics 125k each with a max of 4
If the limitation is the width in pixels maybe the posting size guideline needs amending?
On my screen , my pictures appear the same size as those posted by Deb in the initial post.
Best regards
Derek
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Thanks Derek. It is not the Kb size that gives occasional problems but the fact that a 1200 pixel width forces a scroll bar for some people and can also affect the Board's system.
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Anita, is the photo you mentioned above one you can post here?
Lily :)
Lily, the picture is not mine, so I can't post it here. I may have spoken a bit too soon. I checked my picture and the canes are different, though the form is the same. It may be that other Murano furnaces made similar pws. I do think that this is FT because it looks much the same, but I need to leave the door open for some other possibilities.
These pws make me think of long-stemmed bouquets. Derek's pw with the latticino wreath reminds me of a large pedestal pw I had. Alan has this pw on his site under Fratelli Toso. I believe it was a tentative probably-type attribution. These pws are particularly lovely.
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Yes Deb, I think that's what it is..............
I also have a Fratelli Toso basket PW. It has the original maker sticker on it, also. See below!