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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Resolved Paperweight Queries => Topic started by: Nick77 on January 07, 2013, 01:42:25 PM
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[Mod: Feb 2015 - later thread now merged with this one. Both items have same cane structures. Maker is currently unknown.]
Another I just cannot find a match for Murano or Bohemian and how old?
Thanks in advance
Nick
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circa 1980 - Goebel of Italy
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Thanks but I've only heard of Goebel as a German glass company, do you have any links to the Italian one, is it part of the same company?
Nick
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Had Murano 'type' weights before with a Gold and black circular label reading House of Goebel Italy before maybe an Import/Export label?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-ITALY-GOEBEL-Paperweight-RED-HEARTS-ORIGINAL-TAG-FREE-SHIPPING-/380414437660
Also Crystal and pottery items on eBay but with West Germany on the label, most appear to be coming from the States?
Chris
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It's about 7.5" tall. Thanks for looking!
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Very distinctive cane style.....
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That's what I thought too! I haven't seen any like this before, and haven't had luck tracking any down. I was hoping someone would recognize the style. Thanks for looking!
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My first guess would be John Deacons?
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I believe that this is Murano...I've seen similar canes in more traditional paperweight forms. This piece is exceptionally large and seem well executed.
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It's the same maker as this one I listed in a previous thread
[Mod: link to original thread removed. The two threads are now merged.]
reply was that it was Goebel, Italy. Also was really high quality compared to the average Murano weight.
Nick
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Oh wow, THANK YOU, NICK! Those canes are spot on. Thanks again!
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The question is of course who actually them made for House of Goebel, as it's a marketing brand
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So true, Christine. It would be wonderful to know. At least now I have something to go on! I honestly couldn't place these canes at all, and I didn't think they were Italian.
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[Mod: Nov 2016. Here's another example with the same cane types.]
This is a great newsgroup. I wonder if I could trouble you with an identification of a very large pedestal-type mushroom paperweight. It is about 6-1/2 inches tall and about 4-1/2 inches in diameter. There are about 60 canes of around 3-1/2 inches in length that make up the mushroom (for about 17 linear feet of canes!) There are three star-shaped canes in the midst of the millefiori canes.
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I have been enjoyng reading some of the recent threads, and I noticed this inquiry regarding a smaller mushroom paperweight that has similar canes to this mushroom pedestal paperweight:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,50911.0.html
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Well spotted, Gleaming. Yes same cane types. I will merge this thread with the one you linked to.
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Thank you, KevinH!
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I've seen the link mentioned and the mushroom above. My initial reaction was could this be from Fratelli Toso?
Kind Regards
Andrew
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I've been meaning to find and add to this thread I have since seen a few weights with Fratelli Toso labels featuring the same canes heres one on ebay currently (not mine)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-FRATELLI-TOSO-MURANO-MILLEFIORI-GLASS-PAPERWEIGHT-WITH-ORIGINAL-LABEL-/322729350234?hash=item4b242b145a:g:ISYAAOSw311ZtDHr (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-FRATELLI-TOSO-MURANO-MILLEFIORI-GLASS-PAPERWEIGHT-WITH-ORIGINAL-LABEL-/322729350234?hash=item4b242b145a:g:ISYAAOSw311ZtDHr)
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Thanks, Nick! Here is another paperweight I noticed that has the same canes:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MILLEFIORI-PAPERWEIGHT-MUSHROOM-SCOTTISH-PMCD-St-Louis-Style-Murano-/272820350015?hash=item3f855c2c3f:g:Gw4AAOSwtVxZeIGX
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The label on the weight in the link from Nick in Reply #27 is certainly Fratelli Toso. We have an example of that label in the Murano 101 section for Labels, Marks and Signatures in the GlassGallery site. See: http://www.yobunny.org.uk/glassgallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1909
Maybe I will search for Fratelli Toso in past threads to see if I can find the weight that the label was from - but it might take a while. :)
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Thank you, KevinH, for your great research and knowledge!