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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: Leni on December 02, 2007, 10:19:01 PM
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Has anyone any information about this Bohemian weight picked up today at the Dulwich Glass Fair? It's just 2 inches in diameter, and the pink is a lovely clear 'cranberry' glass! A real little treasure! :D
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Nice one!
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Very nice :)
It looks like it's a Thuringian weight, early 20th century.
A weight with these canes is on page 95 of Sibylle Jargstorf's Paperweights book.
The ones that match are the pink/white with blue dots - identical.
If the glass has a dark tint I'd say it's match.
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Yay! :hiclp: Well done, Alexander! That's it exactly. Yes, the glass is a bit dark. In the picture of the profile you can see it's quite 'grey' and rather bubbly.
What I don't understand is why the most elaborate complex cane was not put in the centre, as you might expect :huh: There are three pairs and an odd one, and the odd one is on one side rather than the middle of the set-up! ::)
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Congrats it is a lovely weight!!
What I don't understand is why the most elaborate complex cane was not put in the centre, as you might expect :huh: There are three pairs and an odd one, and the odd one is on one side rather than the middle of the set-up!
...maybe it was made to be viewed from the side ;D
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Leni, many of the Bohemian / Thuringian millefiori weights have asymetric arrangements of cane patterns. Seems that it was just a case of setting up without particular thought to symetry. There can also be odd-looking differences in cane size, too. These types of weight were no doubt simple gift items.