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Lovely bouquet weight, base looks like my other Ysarts but...?

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josordoni:
Thanks Leni, Karelm.

Karelm - if you click on the central picture on the gallery, you will get a HUGE image, you should be able to see that the flowers are twists, like the stems, that have been rolled up like little catherine wheels.. Not sliced like murrines, it looks as if each is a single two coloured twists rolled up on itself.

The more I look into it, the more fascinating it is.  The colours are amazingly clear and bright. 

Bohemian seems to be a strong contender.

I wonder what era?

RAY:
some of the cane twists look like VSL

karelm:
Hi,
Ok I see what you are saying about the canes being rolled on themselves.  I have seen loads of recent and old bohemian weights and must say I have not seen that done before.  The colours are right on and the white in the ground seems about right for bohemian though  ???

josordoni:
It has been suggested this may be a 1930s Bohemian fiddlehead fern weight...

I can't find anything about these weights on line, has anyone heard of these? 

rsts:
Absolutely stunning and rare find.   These are few and far between.

About 10 years ago I found this weight with the twisted glass threads that make up the flower stems and leaves as well as the bottom decoration. The base has been fire polished with the pontil mark ground out and polished.

http://www.rstreasures.com/misc/2136_Lilly_of_Valley-2.JPG
http://www.rstreasures.com/misc/2136_Lilly_of_Valley-3.JPG
http://www.rstreasures.com/misc/2136_Lilly_of_Valley-4.JPG

I have also seen pictures of two other weights made with the twisted glass threads.  Both have a daisy like single flower, one of which uses the twisted glass threads tightly coiled as the center of the flower. Both have the orange leaves attached to the green stems.

The best reference I have found is Peter Von Brackel's book 'Paperweights Historicism 1842 to present'  He shows several weights using the twisted glass threads in different designs.  The weights are attributed to Bohemia/Czechoslovakia, ca. 1910-1930.  He does not show any weights with the flower motif like we are discussing.

The design element, the bar with looped ends, at the bottom of the flower does not show up in any of the weights pictured in Von Brackel's book.  This design element does show up in some Val St Lambert weights.

My conclusion:  Great weight with still a couple of possible maker sources.

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