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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: bigdog on December 13, 2006, 12:40:45 PM
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First of all what is this shape called? It is 4 1/2" tall. Any possible makers or just generic murano?
Thanks, Bryan
http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/brywil1970/paper.jpg
http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/brywil1970/paper2.jpg
http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/brywil1970/DSCF0659.JPG
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Sometimes these are called doorstop paperweights. Sometimes newell post paperweights. Although it is a heavy item, some people actually might use it for a darning bulb. You insert it into the sock and sew the hole.
It is a very nice Murano. The chalkier and larger canes are emblematic of the Murano resurgence in paperweights in the 1970s and 1980s.
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As far as I am aware this is a piedouche paperweight. Sorry, I can;t help you on maker though.
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A very similar item (though in red) was recently on offer at ebay:
(http://www.seelentags.de/pw/red-doorstop.jpg)
No manufacturer mentioned - but a worn label is on the picture, which experts on Murano weights might recognise.
Best regards - Wolf
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The first label in this row of three http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-1905 is the same as on the second weight, but I cannot be of any help as to the manufacturer. :'(
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Most likely Toso (maybe Fratelli Toso) up to 1977.
See: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6323.0.html in the Murano forum.
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I've seen those particular canes in stuff that I know was Fratelli Toso, so I feel confindent in say both pieces are FT.
I just love that red!
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If it is Fratelli Toso, what do the letters in the label stand for?
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1) The label - and hence the letters - are for an exporter, not for Toso or some other maker. See the thread I linked to.
2) Although I agree that those type of canes may be linked to Toso, we should always bear in mind that on Murano lots of makers used canes from a few sources. So they may be Toso canes used by anoher maker. However, as stated in the thread I linked to, the exporter dealt mainly in Toso, therefore it's likely, but not yet proven, that these are Toso items.