Topic: Id Help Needed Please

[Krecik]

What did I just purchase?

[LesBeatiques]

Hi Krecik,

Interesting piece. At first glance I would have said Murano however I'm going to go out on a limb and guess NEGC. Something about the profile makes me wonder...and the canes share some resemblance.

Eric

[tropdevin]

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Hi.  I was on holiday when this was first posted, so could not check my records. I suspect this might belong to a small group of paperweights that I wrote about in April in PCC Newsletter 114. I own, have seen, or seen images of 7 closely related paperweights all made of heavy lead crystal of modest quality, all with concave polished bases, and similar cane styles. Six of the seven are concentric millefiori designs.  The maker is as yet unknown, but I think Northern European.

Images of 3 of the group are below.

Alan

[w8happiness]

Hi everybody, having seen those weights, specially Alan´s wonderful examples, and read his Northern Europe Suggestion, I would like to suggest some Connections as a working hypothesis:
The Nocus factory in France (Mr Nocus was the owner: the factory is better known under Saint Mande, the place's name) went bankrupt and closed, and their millefiori specialist Charles Bredghem left France and went to Nuutarjärvi Glass factory (founded 1793 and still working) in Finland -
so are there any examples from Finland to confirm some early Finnish millefiori- made by Bredghem? Maybe yes: in 2005 an Exhibition was arranged and Charles Bredghem was mentioned in context with "venezian style glass, filigree and millefiori"! (text unfortunately in Finnish and Swedish)...brought along by Google (tm) search of "Bredghem millefiori"...

http://www.nba.fi/fi/kansallismuseo/tiedotusvalineille/tiedotearkisto

 and scroll down to the year 2005,

I hope it is worth a try and someone could find some other Finnish Millefiori, as some of the canes and layouts are reminding of Saint Mande's style, albeit in altered versions.. Kind regards Erhard

[Krecik]

Good evening ,

   Thanks for all the responses. I am always drawn to purchase weights that I really
can not identify. The history behind where things may have been made is very
interesting.


Thanks,

John