Topic: ID please for Unusual Signed, Flattened Paperweight

[kalinkr]

Hi there,
plese help me identify this paperweight.
Kalin

[KevinH]

I have amended the title of the thread to make it more meaningful.

Could you please give the dimensions of the weight - diameter and height.
A side view photo would also be good to see.

[Lustrousstone]

A guess at what it says, apart from 1999, would be good as well.

[kalinkr]

Thanks for the comments.
The paperweight is kidney shape and measures 14cm x 8.5cm x 5cm high and weights 860g.

[KevinH]

I have received the following comment from a friend who is a GMB reader but not a registered member:

... looks very much like a signed weight in my collection, made by Mme. Michele Luzoro, in Biot/France, who made some weights during the 1980ies and 1990ies. I think the critter above 1999 reads “Luzoro”.

(see: http://www.sindelarandobrien.com/luzoro/luzoro.htm  for example of vase).

I have also taken the liberty of creating an enhanced version of Kalin's photo of the base in the hope of increasing the chance of reading the script. See below.

[Wuff]

Michèle Luzoro is male - see http://www.beyond.fr/themes/glassworks.html - and here's his signature (late 1980ies):

Click on image for larger view.

[w8happiness]

https://books.google.at/books?id=LB2u1_ERgJcC&pg=PA356&lpg=PA356&dq=michele+luzoro+biot&source=bl&ots=LZubbfTN4s&sig=MHkIbglzIGMZ7MXPhCcRedNTFTY&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6_s_7kIfQAhXLuxQKHUmGBV0Q6AEIRjAK#v=onepage&q=michele%20luzoro%20biot&f=false

so the man at the furnace may be Jean-Claude Novaro,