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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: bfg on September 10, 2012, 04:51:43 PM

Title: ID help appreciated on a large iridescent p/w please
Post by: bfg on September 10, 2012, 04:51:43 PM
Hi, my first venture over to this side of the board  :)

don't usually have much to do with paperweights so a bit out of my comfort zone

This large chap came my way recently, weighs over 850g is 9cm high x 7cm wide. Has a matte iridescent finish

Quite prepared to be told its modern chinese,

thanks for looking
Mel
Title: Re: ID help appreciated on a large iridescent p/w please
Post by: tropdevin on September 10, 2012, 05:13:39 PM
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Hi.  I don't know who made it, but I doubt that it is modern Chinese. I look at Chinese manufacturers websites fairly often, and I have not seen anything like this on offer.

Alan.
Title: Re: ID help appreciated on a large iridescent p/w please
Post by: bfg on September 10, 2012, 05:19:22 PM
Excellent. Thanks again Alan - hopefully someone will recognise it. Mel
Title: Re: ID help appreciated on a large iridescent p/w please
Post by: johnphilip on September 12, 2012, 12:06:31 PM
Could be midsummer from Cambridge England .
Title: Re: ID help appreciated on a large iridescent p/w please
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 12, 2012, 12:33:52 PM
That's what I wondered but the ones I've seen have ground bases. What is that on the pontil mark?
Title: Re: ID help appreciated on a large iridescent p/w please
Post by: bfg on September 12, 2012, 01:52:01 PM
It's just a snapped pontil mark as far as I can tell - a clean break and no attempt to grind it down or polish it.

Midsummer eh? interesting - not much info to be gleaned from t' web tho so will keep delving

thanks
Mel
Title: Re: ID help appreciated on a large iridescent p/w please
Post by: johnphilip on September 12, 2012, 02:08:49 PM
I do believe there was some variation on bases , i will ask a friend
 who worked there . it may take a few days .
Title: Re: ID help appreciated on a large iridescent p/w please
Post by: bfg on September 12, 2012, 02:35:10 PM
thanks very much for that, much appreciated