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Title: Czech paperweight? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: scavo on October 26, 2011, 05:01:41 PM

No signature or etching on the base.

Does anyone recognise it?

What is the term for the decoration?

cheers - scavo.                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Title: Re: Murano paperweight? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: KevinH on October 26, 2011, 11:20:00 PM

Hi Scavo,

Not sure that this belongs in Paperweights - I will change the title slightly and move it over to the Glass forum.

Looks like a solid, shallow bowl of some kind. What are the dimensions?

Title: Re: Murano paperweight - or bowl? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: scavo on October 27, 2011, 09:42:31 AM

Not a bowl. The top surface is convex.

I know what you mean though. Shape is reminiscent of Holmegaard bowls by Per Lutken.

It is 12 x 7 x 4.5 cm.

Pic order: aerial, side elevation, base.

Title: Re: Murano paperweight - or bowl? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: scavo on January 26, 2012, 12:46:45 AM

Anik R has found a lovely BIG snail doorstop/paperweight that looks to have a very similar base to my paperweight here:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,45676.0/
As often seems to be the case, we've found a match (possibly) but it doesn't take us any closer to an ID.

Title: Re: Murano paperweight - or bowl? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: Anik R on January 27, 2012, 03:15:18 PM

Scavo, now I think your 'thing' and my snail are most definitely related.  I found a paperweight just like yours on a Czech auction site, only the internal decoration is exactly like my snail's back.   See here:   Těžítko  (http://aukro.cz/tezitko-t-i2083515864.html)

I think it's safe to say our items are Czech... but which glassworks?

Title: Re: Murano paperweight - or bowl? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: scavo on January 27, 2012, 03:39:47 PM

Certainly looks related.

Now I think it would be great, if at all possible, for a MOD to move it into paperweights, re edit the title taking 'bowl' out (it isn't a bowl) and ask the question: is it Czech?

Title: Re: Czech paperweight? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: KevinH on January 29, 2012, 05:11:57 PM

This topic is back from the Glass forum, where it has been confirmed as being a paperweight (not a bowl), and has been linked to snail to give a likely Czech attribution (rather than Murano). Thread title altered to suit.

Title: Re: Czech paperweight? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: scavo on January 29, 2012, 08:49:51 PM

Thanks, Kevin. I do hope someone will be able to point to a maker. :X:

Title: Re: Czech paperweight? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: Anik R on January 29, 2012, 09:08:02 PM

I found a paperweight/rock quite similar to yours and mine, but with a glass spiral sitting on top (for pencils?)... and it had a label: "HEĆ BOHEMIA Handmade Glass Czech Republic".

Unfortunately, I cannot find the item at the moment, and the Heć Bohemia website seems to be defunct. :-\

Title: Re: Czech paperweight? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: scavo on January 29, 2012, 10:30:39 PM

Hmm, but there is a fact I haven't mentioned as when I listed I didn't consider Czech glass.

It belongs to a friend of mine who bought it around '89/'90. I assume it's from the Czechoslovakia rather than Czech Republic time. He could have bought it as a brand new item - but it is a unlikely as he only buys food and alcohol new!

Nevertheless, the same place producing and changing names? Would HEĆ BOHEMIA have been part of one of the Sklo Unions?

Title: Re: Czech paperweight? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: scavo on January 29, 2012, 10:45:29 PM

If the website is gone there is always the 'wayback machine' that accesses archives of selected websites. Do you recall the www. for HEĆ BOHEMIA?

Another thought - could you add a photo of your spiral weight to your snail thread or even start a new one asking for info on HEĆ BOHEMIA?

Title: Re: Czech paperweight? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: Anik R on January 29, 2012, 11:02:26 PM

I'm very interested in Czech glass, but I've never heard of Heć Bohemia.  It certainly wouldn't have been part of the Sklo Union group though, because SU glassworks only made pressed items.

The spiral-on-a-rock isn't mine.  I saw it on the Internet yesterday and took note of the label, forgetting to save the site. 

Title: Re: Czech paperweight? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: Anik R on May 22, 2012, 05:45:24 PM

This mystery might now be solved... I've found a similar rock paperweight with an Egermann label on ebay.  Also, a google image search of "Egermann paperweight" brings up several examples.

Title: Re: Czech paperweight? ID? Decoration term?
Post by: scavo on May 23, 2012, 04:44:32 PM

Thanks Anik.
I've sold this now. As for my Czech glass, the neodymium moon is still an open issue.