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Title: Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight? ID = probable AVEM
Post by: jenndk on September 21, 2011, 01:21:41 AM
No signature or sticker on this. Measures about 3 1/2" tall. If possible would like to know maker and age. Thanks you.
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 21, 2011, 09:30:09 AM
I'm clueless, it's fabulous, I want it.
And I don't like millifiori or pwts.
I'm not sure this shouldn't be in Glass rather than weights,  :spls:  I reckon this is an art sculpture, not a weight.

The canes are complex. This is something very good.
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 21, 2011, 03:55:01 PM
Oh dear - no, I :pb: think you need folk who understand canes for help - I was just going off on one of my mental tangents - I like it so-ooooooo much, I don't want it to be a pooey (IMNSHO) pwt.!

If a post needs moved, one of our lovely moderators will sort it.  :thup:

[Mod (KevinH): Ooops - I managed to delete jenndk's post saying "Sorry if I posted in the wrong place". Sorry to readers who got confused by this.]
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: jenndk on September 21, 2011, 03:56:52 PM
Thank you, hopefully someone will come along that can help. Thanks again.
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: alexander on September 21, 2011, 05:24:27 PM
It was made on Murano, Italy. I am unsure of maker but would place it around 1950'ies.

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: KevinH on September 22, 2011, 11:28:23 AM
Within the paperweight collecting arena there is a category called "related objects" and this Murano weight on a pedestal definitely falls into that category.

Other items like this - a weight on a pedestal or other support - are known. But this is the first time I have seen what looks like a purposely designed mushroom, complete with a striped stalk.
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: jenndk on September 22, 2011, 01:08:32 PM
Would you say it is definately Murano? How old would you guess?
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: KevinH on September 22, 2011, 01:52:21 PM
Yes, in my view it's definitely a Murano weight.

The colours and form of the canes are very typical (and I personally hate the "sickly" shade of orange and yellows used). As far as I know, those canes are not regularly found in other maker's weights - unlike the many modern Moretti canes which are sold worldwide.

As for date, or maker, I am never sure about most Murano pieces. But 1950s, or a bit earlier, could be right.
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: ahremck on September 22, 2011, 03:07:29 PM
I think this type of paperweight is called a Piedouche - referrring to the weight being on a small supporting column.  Some columns are very plain (see my photos of a Richard Wetzel(US) floral one and look at http://www.weights-n-things.com/en/modern-paperweights/europe/st-louis/concentric-millefiori-piedouche-1954.html for a very fancy one indeed.

I think your Pwt is spectacular  :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: and I would love to have found it.

Ross
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: jenndk on September 22, 2011, 05:48:50 PM
Thank you information
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: KevinH on September 22, 2011, 08:06:05 PM
Purists would say that "Piedouche" (the French word for pedestal) should be used only for weights where the supporting foot and stem are formed from stave canes or filgree (filigrana). Otherwise it would simply be a "pedestal weight".

At least, that's what Paul Dunlop says in his book, The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights, an illustrated primer.
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: jenndk on September 22, 2011, 08:34:56 PM
Next question. Any value to this? An estimate?
Title: Re: Can Anyone Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight?
Post by: alexander on September 23, 2011, 03:58:03 PM
I'd say this item is a mushroom rather than piedouche, a piedouche is a normal shaped weight atop a stem that widens at the top in the style described by KevH.
This looks like it was made to resemble a mushroom. Not a bad piece at all.

As to value - hard to say and your mileage may wary - not a huge amount.

Title: Re: Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight? ID = probable AVEM
Post by: KevinH on March 30, 2015, 12:52:00 PM
For info on other items with same / similar millefiori canes, please see:

Murano paperweight with very colourful canes - AVeM? (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,59597.msg336691.html#msg336691)

Aventurine, Canes, and ?? Label ?? ID = Murano, AVEM (probable maker) (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,37684.msg206732.html#msg206732)


Title: Re: Help With Age & Possible Maker Of Mushroom Paperweight? ID = probable AVEM
Post by: tropdevin on April 01, 2015, 07:49:55 AM
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Hi jenndk.  We do not usually discuss values on this board, but I feel alexander is right to say not a huge amount. 

Alan