Topic: Mdina Paperweight Query

[jimbo1]

Hi,

I wonder if someone can help me on this one, I picked up this paperweight during the week and at first thought it to be Mdina and I'm still sure it is but the foot is puzzling me a little.

The paperweight looks very Mdina, blue, whites and yellows with that green encased glass you get with early Mdina

Measures 3" high x 3" wide

I know and own several IOW paperweights with a foot but have never seen a Mdina one footed.

Did Mdina make footed papererweights? Is this Mdina or IOW?

Thanks for the help

James

[Greg.]

I would say IOW James, here's a different example in Mdina like colours with an Isle of Wight Studio Glass label. I don't recall seeing any footed paperweights like this from Mdina if my memory serves me right.....

http://www.antiquesyoungguns.co.uk/stock/2131,isle-of-wight-studio-glass-pedestal-paperweight-by-michael-harris.html

[chopin-liszt]

I'd say not Mdina - it's got a cobalt blue in it for a start, and footed weights are not known to come from Mdina.
I'm not that sure about IoWSG either. Sorry not to be of more help. Pwts are not my thing.

[jimbo1]

Thanks Greg and Sue,

I may have solved my own problem (must be getting good at this)

The weight got me thinking about another IOW weight I own, I have about a dozen or so pieces of Seaward that I bought as a collection a few years back stored in the garage and I remembered a weight that came with it, I had assumed it was a Seaward. Anyway, I have dug it out and it has the same core as the other weight only encased in blue glass (why I thought it maybe Seaward)

So The IOW connection seems the right path.

Many Thanks