Hi all i picked this little paperweight up at the weekend, mainly becasue its quite a cute pretty little thing, does anybody have any ideas on maker or age.
It is just over 4cms in diameter, it has contentric canes in white, pink, green and blue.
The centre cane is quite coggy and at first look seems quite crude but it has tiny little star end rods in the centre.
The next ring of canes have a ring of white star shaped canes, with a ring of pink canes with central darker pink star canes, with a coiled blue centrral cane.
The third ring of canes have an alternate pattern one cane has a green outer, then white with a pale and darker pink centre which has tiny tiny star canes and coiled centre cane (looks like sushi).
The other outer ring cane has a coggy white outer then clear then the coggy white again in the centre is tiny mixed blue and green rods.
The base is smooth, well polished and flat with the outer edge showing wear, at first look i thought it was brand new but on closer inspection the wear on the base makes me think its a touch older than the last 10-15 years
the more you look with this one the more you see type of thing, its actually a quite well made piece, although this may not come accross from the pictures
many thanks in advance
michelle