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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: saorsa on March 10, 2008, 02:28:54 PM
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Large unusual glass lid / stopper i think .
3.25 inches in diameter , backed by a lead/tin
the design appears to be of very high quality in aventurine , with various figures and animals
Any ideas to maker / date / use etc
Thanks
sorry i cant use yourbunny to host these pictures meantime as i forgot my password and have been locked out .
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looks like an old pinchbeck weight
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Many thanks Ray , that was very much appreciated , i will list it on ebay this evening ( my Band needs more lights )
Regards Gregor
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it was made using copper and i think zinc to imitate gold, mainly used on jewelry in the Victorian days
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Yes pinchbeck, i have one depicting a boarhunt,i showed mine to Simon Cottle about ten years ago it also has a metal backing plate covered in a fine muslin cloth but it had a cogwheel cut edge he suggested it may have been the top of a decanter stopper, but no peg.At that time he valued it at £300. apparently the Germans love them.I didnt want to sell it i still have it.
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Might get more info if moved to glass forum.
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Many Thanks Everyone, Most Helpfull
Gregor
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sorry i cant use yourbunny to host these pictures meantime as i forgot my password and have been locked out .
Gregor, the ban is only temporary and expires in about 10 minutes. If you can't recall your password, then use the forgotten password link here: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/forgot_passwd.php - email me if you need help with doing it.
Meanwhile, pics on the board are fine, we can use either GG or the attachments option now for queries (I quite like it being called yourbunny though. :))
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Ha. Ha i will get round to it and log in again .
As For typos it could have been a lot worse !! Anne you'll always be my :anb: from now on x x
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Gregor, is the figure to the right in your second picture playing bagpipes?
You probably saw this anyway, but here's a great article by Marshall Deitsch (http://www.paperweight.org/05_convention/MarshallDeitsch.pdf) on pinchbeck weights.
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Hi Cathy
It does look like a wind instrument of some sort, i did think of Bagpipes but i think it must be some kind of a derivative.
thank you very much for the link , i will go and look at it now
Greg
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Thee are lots of varieties of Bagpipes but most people think of the modern Scottish type which are most familiar to many. Could be Roman Empire, French, Irish, Italy, Scottish, Eastern Europe as well as other lands.
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From memory, there's some Eastern European one that's basically a hollowed out goat. They used the leg head and tail holes for the various pipes. It was really quite gruesome. But that's off topic ;D
Looking again, this particular instrument seems to be lacking the mouthpiece and blowpipe, so that might narrow it down a bit. If we were really desperate to find out, someone with expertise in old instruments might be able to pick it - as long as the depiction was accurate.
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From memory, there's some Eastern European one that's basically a hollowed out goat. They used the leg head and tail holes for the various pipes. It was really quite gruesome. But that's off topic ;D
And then there's the version that uses a live cat. They tuck the cat under their arm, pull on the back legs, and bite the tail! ;)
Sounds just like the 'real' pipes >:D Or so I'm told :D
IGMC :angel:
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I would think Irish, saw them being played when i lived in Ireland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uilleann_pipes
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There are Northumbrian pipes as well.
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And then there's the version that uses a live cat. They tuck the cat under their arm, pull on the back legs, and bite the tail! ;)
Sounds just like the 'real' pipes >:D Or so I'm told :D
What's the definition of a gentleman?
Someone who can play the bagpipes
but doesn't.
;D