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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: tootingpf on January 13, 2012, 11:57:25 PM
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Just an idle question really. A common faceting style with paperweights is a single facet on top and a number around the side.
Around the side I've seen 4,5,6 and 8 facets - but never 7. Are there any 1+7 paperweights out there? If not, why not?
Just curious....
Graham
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Hi Graham
I have many facetted weights in my collection but I don't have one
with 7 facets although there is no reason why they should not exist.
From a practical point of view, facet cutting of paperweights is generally
done free hand so I suspect its just a question of the time it would take
to get 7 facets cut and balanced.
4 and 6 are easy angles to work with - 90 and 60. 8 is just 4 doubled up.
7 is horrendous 51.43 !!
Having "had a go" I know how difficult it is to get just 4 facets to balance
both horizontally and vertically.
Incidently I have an engraved weight by Phillip Lawson-Johnson
with two rows of 10 facets!
Best regards
Derek
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Hi
Just checked my weights.
I have a Clichy posy weight with seven facets around the top major facet.
I then checked my Whitefriars Cylinder weights and the majority have seven facets around the sides.
Roy
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Hi
Just checked my facetted Dodgy Ysarts and two of them have rows of seven facets.
Looks like seven is not so rare.
Roy
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Thanks Derek and Roy,
Many thanks!
Must be just me then! I have one Whitefriars (5 facets) and (sadly!) no faceted Clichys. Oh, and one unfaceted dodgy Ysart (which I like, but that's another story).
Interesting that the faceting seems to go with the make, although not surprising I guess, as I presume there may only be one or two faceters per maker - and they're likely to have their favourite cuts.
Thanks again, I'll look for a seven to add to my collection now (and a nine....).
Graham