Topic: Frit weight with bubbles,American?

[bat20]

Hi all,this weight has a broken Pontiil with spider web stress marks around the pontil,it has clear bright glass with small bubbles and is heavy with a lot owear to the base,any thoughts many thanks.i'm struggling with my photo size at the moment,so if they're to small I'll post again later.

[bat20]

Having looked up frit weights a bit I have realised they are tricky to id,would the broken pontil and clear glass narrow it down a bit?i'm not sure how the Belgians ,American ,finished off their bases,but would guess the Scottish would have a polished or broken pontil,the only other help I can give is the snapped off pontil is small neat and slightly raised,there is a lot of wear to the outer ring of the foot and the glass is bright and heavy in the hand .

[KevinH]

Base finishing for this type of weight from mainland Europe and America is extremely variable.

The Scottish examples are not like this one. They tend to have well prepared layers (1, 2 or 3) often with a white or coloured ground for each layer. They have vertical "legs" that are carefully positioned and a floating air bubble above the "legs". They are known as "Harlequin" (Ysart)  and "Fountain" or "Aladdin's Cave" (Perthshire Paperweights & John Deacons) and are of much better quality than the simpler "frit & bubble" types from Europe or America.

[bat20]

Thanks Kevin,what sort of date are we looking at here do you think ,and would the glass colour not nail down the origin either ?