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Offline selina

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Frankreich Meisenthal
« on: December 29, 2011, 07:57:20 AM »
Can anyone tell me whether this glass was reproduced? And are the original items expensive to buy? I have seen something that is on the Pressglas website described as this, slightly different texture of glass...from the 1800's. Available to buy and Im wondering whether I should invest...
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Re: Frankreich Meisenthal
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 08:34:00 AM »
Reproduction seems unlikely, although moulds sometimes moved from factory to factory, and I wouldn't have thought such glass would be much of an investment. Frankreich is just German for France
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Re: Frankreich Meisenthal
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2011, 08:50:52 AM »
Ah Im not great with language LOL I saw some of the candlesticks with the lion heads on the base and the figure but they are frosted glass instead of clear...
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Re: Frankreich Meisenthal
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2011, 04:57:15 PM »
It's quite likely that they were produced in frosted glass originally
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