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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
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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
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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.
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Excellent. Thanks again Alan - hopefully someone will recognise it. Mel
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Could be midsummer from Cambridge England .
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That's what I wondered but the ones I've seen have ground bases. What is that on the pontil mark?
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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
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I do believe there was some variation on bases , i will ask a friend
who worked there . it may take a few days .
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thanks very much for that, much appreciated