Topic: Pastel icepick flowers

[Lustrousstone]

I don't know what to think about this with its pretty pastel flowers and green frothy "pot". Shiny polished base but not overly round. Nice clear glass but with striations. Just over 3 in. diameter and 2.25 in high. Czech?

[Nick77]

It's a very nice Frank Eisner weight, see the sticky link above.

Nick

[tropdevin]

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Hi. Nick is spot on about maker (Frank Eisner, at Vasart).  These can have four flowers of different colours, but sometimes two or more are of similar colour. I have had a few with the colour burned out so the edges are very dark. I think green is the commonest ground colour.

Alan

[Lustrousstone]

Wow, thank you. Unfortunately most of the pics of Eisner weights seem to have disappeared from the board. Until recently, it hadn't moved very far because the lovely Sue found it for me in Perth or Dundee or nearby by.

[tropdevin]

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Hi. Here is an image of another one, for the Board record.

Alan

[Lustrousstone]

Thanks Alan.

[chopin-liszt]

I thought there was a certain "something" about it, and that it was your "cup of tea", I didn't expect that illustrious an identification though.
Yay... I was not dumping rubbish on you!

[KevinH]

Alan said:

(Frank Eisner, at Vasart)

There is very little confirmed evidence of where Frank Eisner worked (or made weights in his later years), but I am reasonably sure that "Vasart" was not one of the companies.

[tropdevin]

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Hi Kev.

I am sure you are correct.. I was extending the comment (I think from Dave Moir) that Frank Eisner worked at Moncrieff, and that he was mates with Jack Allen.  That is not the same as working with him, of course.

Alan

[chopin-liszt]

Does anybody have any idea what sort of date for Lustrousstone's weight?
Or would it be best just to say Eisner; or Eisner at Moncrieff; or what?