Topic: ID and VALUE ??

[kap320]

can anyone help with the ID and possible valuation with this thrift store find? It has a K/B label on its base but I'm assuming thats a import label. Looks like a pear or onion or flower bud --Maybe Murano??

Thanks for all the help--My pics were too big--finally got it fixed--Ken

[chopin-liszt]

 
It looks like a fig or a bulb of garlic!

An image of the label and of the base would be helpful, if you would be so kind?
As to valuation - that's not something we tend to deal with here.
Valuations are subjective, they depend on where, when, why, how, and who is there in whatever sort of sale it is.

[langhaugh]

The label may be a US import label, something like the Kucheroff Brothers. I can't quite remember the correct name and nor can I locate an example of the label. The company imported a variety of Murano factories' glass, some more tourist glass and some good quality. I wouldn't say that this was at the high end, but I'm no paperweight expert.

I'd have to see the label to say for certain. It should be a quartered shield with the K in the upper left quadrant and the B in the lower right.

David

[kap320]

thats what it looks like exactly David. Thanks---I'll go with Murano----Ken

[TxSilver]

KB is the Koscherak Brothers Import Co. of New York. The pw is Fratelli Toso for KB. It is probably from the late 1960-early 1970s.

[kap320]

thank you--my thrift store find of $6 gets better and better----Ken