Topic: Inherited a paperweight collection

[alan2001]

my fiancee has recently inherited a collection of 116 paperweights.

we know nothing about the subject, so i'm just posting a few photos and saying 'hello!' 

there are no plans to sell any of them, but it would be interesting to hear any comments about any of these pieces.

thanks
alan

[alan2001]

some more photos:

[keith]

Hello Alan,nice collection can see a Mdina,possible Caithness,Murano? and maybe Whitefriars(I think) some one will be along soon and let you know,Keith.

[keith]

Me again,can see another Mdina some Chinese and a possible Strathearn and lots I don't know,Keith

[alan2001]

thanks for the quick replies, Keith!

this sounds encouraging. we are in Scotland, by the way, which might explain some of the types.

what i'd ultimately like to do is catalogue them properly, but things are pretty hectic at the moment. they'll probably remain in their boxes for quite a while. hopefully i'll be able to devote some quality time to this project so we know what we have. 

cheers
alan

[Wuff]

A fair number of them will be Chinese - like

[Wuff]

The next two will most likely be Mdina, a glass studio on Malta - usually signed on the base. For most weights one really would need more detailed images, always including an image of the base, to have a chance of identification.

[KevinH]

That is a nice collection of mostly modern Chinese weights. That includes the three in the red boxes with white satin lining and the three animals.

Wuff has pointed out the Mdina ones. The only Scottish one that I can identify is - main photo, fourth row up from the bottom, sixth weight in from the left, a regular daily production "cartwheel" design by Strathearn Glass 1965-1980 (has ten white spokes radiating from a central row of six millefiori canes around a central cane, with millefiori canes between each spoke).

Some of the abstract design weights may be by better-known studios or companies but from the general views I cannot see anything that I immediatley recognise.

[alan2001]

thanks for the information, folks, it's most appreciated. we've also got a book on the subject - Miller's Paperweights of the 19th & 20th Centuries - which is pretty interesting.

i wish i had taken my girlfriend's advice and photographed them on a white sheet. they don't all have a pink glow about them!

The only Scottish one that I can identify is - main photo, fourth row up from the bottom, sixth weight in from the left, a regular daily production "cartwheel" design by Strathearn Glass 1965-1980 (has ten white spokes radiating from a central row of six millefiori canes around a central cane, with millefiori canes between each spoke).

that'll be this one. thanks very much!

[johnphilip]

Do any of the Pears have controlled bubbles and a small crease going down from the stalk for about a half inch if so they could be Whitefriars .jp