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Title: Unknown Controlled Bubble Knob Top PW -Whitefriar ? Or??
Post by: janettekay on May 31, 2008, 07:23:13 PM

hi all

I have a very nice 4" H - 2 1/2" w strange paper weight...hoping for any help with ID or age.

Ribbed sides..Star like cut knob top and bottom    controlled bubble center...
No markings at all..

There is one elongated bubble coming through  bottom that is open..creating a little hole

TIA
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Title: Re: Unknown Controlled Bubble Knob Top PW -Whitefriar ? Or??
Post by: johnphilip on June 02, 2008, 06:58:05 PM

You can rule out Whitefriars i am sure.

Title: Re: Unknown Controlled Bubble Knob Top PW -Whitefriar ? Or??
Post by: janettekay on June 02, 2008, 07:16:56 PM

thanks so much for looking and your reply ;)

Title: Re: Unknown Controlled Bubble Knob Top PW -Whitefriar ? Or??
Post by: glasstrufflehunter on June 03, 2008, 10:59:09 PM

I have seen knob topped cylindrical Murano weights but I haven't seen one that had fancy cutting like that. Might be Murano.

Title: Re: Unknown Controlled Bubble Knob Top PW -Whitefriar ? Or??
Post by: scimiman on June 04, 2008, 08:00:05 AM

Is that cut or molded?
Mike

Title: Re: Unknown Controlled Bubble Knob Top PW -Whitefriar ? Or??
Post by: janettekay on June 04, 2008, 01:31:20 PM

thank you both for your replies...
appears to be molded...as" cuts" are very smooth

Title: Re: Unknown Controlled Bubble Knob Top PW -Whitefriar ? Or??
Post by: glasstrufflehunter on June 04, 2008, 08:38:59 PM

It's cut. I can tell from the close up of the base. The last cut is that unbroken line that is almost vertical in the second photo.

Title: Re: Unknown Controlled Bubble Knob Top PW -Whitefriar ? Or??
Post by: janettekay on June 04, 2008, 09:34:52 PM

Quote from: glasstrufflehunter on June 04, 2008, 08:38:59 PM

It's cut. I can tell from the close up of the base. The last cut is that unbroken line that is almost vertical in the second photo.

Thanks...I am so used to American Brilliant Cut Glass (which I also collect)-that I am used to very sharp ,intricate cuts and anything other than that makes me think molded and or pressed glass. ;)

Title: Re: Unknown Controlled Bubble Knob Top PW -Whitefriar ? Or??
Post by: glasstrufflehunter on June 04, 2008, 10:46:13 PM

This isn't as precisely done as the glass you collect. You generally can't see which cut in the last because it's so perfectly executed. The lack of precision and the rounding of the edges is another thing that makes me think this piece might be Murano.

I could be Czech too, but I have very little experience with that type of glass.

Title: Re: Unknown Controlled Bubble Knob Top PW -Whitefriar ? Or??
Post by: janettekay on June 28, 2008, 08:57:31 PM

Quote from: glasstrufflehunter on June 04, 2008, 10:46:13 PM

This isn't as precisely done as the glass you collect. You generally can't see which cut in the last because it's so perfectly executed. The lack of precision and the rounding of the edges is another thing that makes me think this piece might be Murano.

I could be Czech too, but I have very little experience with that type of glass.

thanks !! 
I guess it will be one that I may never get a definitive ID on  :-\