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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: dreamticket2 on April 07, 2012, 11:28:16 AM
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Small papereight.
It has a lot of wear especially on the base . Glass has small bubble imperfections.
size 1.75 inches diam. 1.25 high approx.
Could it be Baccarat?
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-16240
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-16238
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-16239
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Hi.
I understand why you suggest Baccarat, but I don't think it is French. If it were French you would expect it to be made of lead crystal, and have a concave polished base. The image suggests a flat, matte ground base, which together with the design and colour of the latticino and the poor glass quality suggests to me an origin further to the east - in Germany / Silesia / Bohemia.
Alan
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Thank you Alan. :)
Still trying to get the knowledge!! :(
best wishes
Jean
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It is a Baccarat/St Louis design, and there are similar C19 pieces by both factories BUT.....
the colours of the glass used are just all wrong. I think it is a copy inspired by those earlier pieces, and my views are even further east. It is a very interesting piece. Without handling it I would have thought Chinese 1930's. They did try and copy a number of French factories, this is a better example.
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Thank you for your help. The more I find the less I realise know..I found this in a local fair amongst other bric a brac so I didn't pay much for it. .
I don't get to glass fairs so the glass message board is great
be lucky Jean.