Topic: This is a cool Italian piece, anyone know a period?

[BobKegeles]

This is a cool piece, Italian? or Chinese with Italian label?

Any idea of time period?

[tropdevin]

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Hi. I think that is a Murano piece rather than Chirano, and the 'GF' label indicates Galliano Ferro. I have had a couple of their paperweights, and they were better finished on the base than this one, but I think it is genuine.  GF made paperweights through to the 1980s, I believe.  The canes look like mid 20th century ones, which would fit.

Alan