Topic: Lily of the Valley-unidentified so far

[w8happiness]

Hi,

here is some literature I found:

https://books.google.at/books?id=VXIScqXKzi8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=verrerie+rhone&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXtfDhi8nPAhXCsxQKHdCKD-0Q6AEIUzAH#v=onepage&q=verrerie%20rhone&f=false

Two factories, a long time defunct, are Verrerie de Veauche and a factory in Rive de Giers and Givors (in the Rhone valley).

Kind regards, Erhard

[flying free]

here is one search website - I find it hard to use because my French is not good.
But you might have more luck.

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=NOUVEAU&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P

However, I could only find three glass paperweights on searching.  That might be because I am not searching all their collections.

m

[w8happiness]

here is one search website - I find it hard to use because my French is not good.
But you might have more luck.

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=NOUVEAU&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P

However, I could only find three glass paperweights on searching.  That might be because I am not searching all their collections.

m

Hi everybody,

almost six years have passed and now a big collection of Belgian weights is going to be sold.
And there is a new hint for attribution:
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/goldfield/catalogue-id-goldfi10031/lot-70cac1be-a721-4a42-95cb-aed600abad34

The auction house or the collector must have had a reason to mention those glassworks, let`s see...

best wishes, me

[flying free]

Good luck   Namur?

[w8happiness]

Good luck   Namur?

the auction was at Goldfield in Luxembourg,

the two orange spiralled weights were called
"Charleroi paperweights" which is a town
some twenty miles to the west from Namur.
The reason for this attribution is not clear, maybe
somebody in Belgium knows about it,

best wishes and a happy&sound New Year 2023, Erhard

[flying free]

were they sold by the Museum of Fine Arts in Charleroi when it closed to move?

Some information here that might be useful at some point - unfortunately the links attached in the article are dead links:
https://charleroi-museum.be/2017/12/18/la-verrerie-une-ruche-humaine-le-pays-de-charleroi-1880-1930/

The museum moved to a new home - if you haven't already contacted them it might be worth trying them for any further information?

m

[flying free]

just in case this becomes useful at some point even if not for this thread:

A book on google search - Normandy glass makers

Les Verreries de la Normandie 1873

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Les_verreries_de_la_Normandie_les_gentil/tWFLkU5ekb8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=la+verrerie+du+gast&pg=PA336&printsec=frontcover