Topic: ID this special paperweight for me please.

[wy699usa]

Hi All, I have got this paperweight from a charity shop, but the bottom stick was almost all gone (no letters to read).

Here is the photo.

Thanks,
Peter

[tobyjake]

Hi Peter...your weight is from Murano.
Stay Safe. Bryan

[wy699usa]

Thanks Bryan, any ideas how old is it? How much does it worth? What is the maker (potential)? The lobster used gold stuff.

Cheers,
Peter

[keith]

Part of the Zodiac range so not a lobster I'm afraid  can't help with the price, have one of the others somewhere.

[NevB]

Keith, it's got a tail, definitely a lobster not a crab  .

[keith]

Does look like a lobster, not sure if there's a zodiac sign of the lobster  here's mine...

[daveweight]

This is definitely one of the twelve birth sign weights made by Ferro and Lazarini around 1977 and illustrated in the book "Paperweights" by Sybil Jargstorf.

I have seen the same transfers used in several other designs other designs eg using a Tile effect, set on a plain base with no millifiore garland

Hope this helps

Dave

[wy699usa]

Many thanks to everyone who has solved this issue for me. I can see what this weight is now. Cheers, Peter