Topic: Bohemian but who made it?

[Nick77]

This is to me definitely Bohemian, but can anyone throw any light on who may have made it? Is the 1847 date cane at all unusual as I can't find another example in my books & auction catalogues.

Also does anyone have any idea on what the silhouette canes are? The first below looks a like a woman with a pony tail riding an invisible horse and the second maybe a Prussian double headed eagle? The third seen in the general view seem to be an 8 and the last just a squiggle? (edit:- just rotated the image and realised the last one under the date is a pair of scales).

Nick

[tropdevin]

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Hi Nick

I don't think it is Bohemian.  I am 99.99% certain it is French, post 1950.  The silhouette canes are Baccarat's zodiac symbols.  The '1847' plaque is a Baccarat Dupont version, so I am fairly sure that what you have is a Baccarat 'frigger'.  Incidentally, this is the third one I have seen of these.

Alan

[Nick77]

Hi Alan,

Thanks for that,I go that very wrong then, do you think it's a Dupont era weight or made later using a Dupont date cane?

Nick

[tropdevin]

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Hi Nick.

I think it was made somewhere in the 1964 - 2000 period, using canes that were lying around the factory.  The first Baccarat 'Church weight' commemorative was issued in 1958, and included an '8' cane, but I think the zodiac symbols were not added until the 1964 version.

Alan