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Possible Vasart Paperweight

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KevinH:

--- Quote ---I ponder why this weight was kept and had the pontil ground, I think the answer is that after all that work it was too precious to throw away, it may have been kept by a worker or even sold as a second.
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That's a very reasonable question. But given the number of lesser quality early Vasart weights that are around, it would seem to be just regular production with some being better than others. A quick, rough grinding of the base was a normal process - some have really good finishing but most do not. It was bread-and-butter business, not "art glass weights", so anything that was half-reasonable would have made it to the market place.

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