Topic: MILLEFIORI BASKET WEIGHT

[josordoni]

Am I right in thinking this is called a basket?
Is it most likely Murano? 
Is there a likely maker?

It's rather odd the way the pink canes run out half way round  - I wonder if they just run out!!   :huh:

[Wuff]

http://www.cowtown.net/mikefirth/gloswts.htm states

BASKET
(a) an outer row of millefiori canes, pulled together underneath the motif to form a staved enclosure for the decorative element(s);
(b) a latticino ground pulled down in the center (as in St. Louis and American fruit weights);
(c) a latticino ground with a "handle" of twisted filigree extending above the motif.

So - I would call this a basket weight - according to (b).
I would also go for Murano - but don't dare name potential makers.
Best regards - Wolf

[josordoni]

Thanks Wolf! 

btw - email on its way to you re the Caithness stuff...

[glasstrufflehunter]

It looks like Seguso to me.

[josordoni]

Interesting  - can you tell me what it is about the weight that suggests that?

thanks!

[glasstrufflehunter]

The 'toothy' canes are similar to Fratelli Toso but Seguso's are not as crisp. They look more flowy to me.

[josordoni]

The 'toothy' canes are similar to Fratelli Toso but Seguso's are not as crisp. They look more flowy to me.

Thanks Truffle, interesting!  I presume Seguso would be more desirable than Toso too...?

[glasstrufflehunter]

Actually I don't know the answer to that.  For me as a collector, I like both.

Were you the one that had the flower murrini weight(very large canes with red around the outside of them) a while back? I have since discovered that was Seguso. I saw one with the same canes with a Seguso label.

My ID of your present weight is not 100% positive but it is based on the way the canes look.

[josordoni]

Actually I don't know the answer to that.  For me as a collector, I like both.

Were you the one that had the flower murrini weight(very large canes with red around the outside of them) a while back? I have since discovered that was Seguso. I saw one with the same canes with a Seguso label.

hmmmm I don't know... to be honest I have such a lot of millefiori Murano weights over the last while, with a variety of cogs, daisies, large flowers - I get lost....only one I really remember is the delicious little Venini I had!  I wish I still had him....  :cry:

My ID of your present weight is not 100% positive but it is based on the way the canes look.

  Thanks for even an approximation - it is not that important, I think most of the time people buy because they like the look of something.  I just find it interesting.