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Offline mhgcgolfclub

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Please help ID this paperweight
« on: January 16, 2010, 10:13:05 PM »
Please help to ID this paperweight.

 I think it has quite a lot of age , a slight concaved base, 2.25" or 6.5cm , I will take some better pics tomorrow

Thanks Roy
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Re: Please help ID this paperweight
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2010, 10:35:06 PM »
I would say quite old Chinese  i have a couple similar . But wait for the PW guys .
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Re: Please help ID this paperweight
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2010, 12:59:51 AM »
John is correct. :)
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Offline mhgcgolfclub

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Re: Please help ID this paperweight
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2010, 08:51:52 AM »
Thank you John and Kevin

I did not even think about it being Chinese

Roy
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Re: Please help ID this paperweight
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2010, 11:17:20 AM »
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I quite like these 1920s / 1930s Chinese weights.  Here are some of my collection.

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Re: Please help ID this paperweight
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2010, 12:15:05 PM »
It would be interesting to see how many different ones you could collect. I have two, both related but neither the same as any of those.
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