Topic: Blue Poinsettia

[Wuff]

Antique American paperweights are not my area of expertise - which is why I would appreciate comments on the following weight:

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Diameter 74 mm / height 44 mm / weight 392 g.

Based on the leaves I tend towards Boston&Sandwich - but don't want to exclude NEGC. Could the central cane possibly be a clue? It is not shown in John Hawley's book on B&S and NEGC.

The base is somewhat unusual: the "natural" basal rim is oval in shape, but ground out & polished circular.

Could this be an indication of age, e.g. pointing towards an older piece?

As I said - any(!) comment would be welcome.

[alexander]

I'm leaning heavily towards B&S on this one based on the ground and the leaves.
Both are farily typical B&S, IIRC NEGC leaves usually have airbubbles trapped in neat little lines on each side of the leaf.

The centre cane setup looks similar to Lutz roses.

[Lily of the Valley]

Hello Wuff,

I believe your lovely weight to be B&S as well based on what I found in Kulles "Identifying Antique Paperweights Lampwork".  The profile of your weight is lower and flatter than NEGC (again from one of the Kulles books).  The base is interesting.  Does the weight appear to have been repolished?

Lily

[Wuff]

Thank you for your comments, Alexander and Lily !

The base is interesting.  Does the weight appear to have been repolished?

I don't see any indication for repolishing - neither the dome nor the base. Looking at the shape of the base I would say it was necessary from the beginning to be ground (not necessarly polished), it it were to sit stable on a flat surface.