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Title: J Glass is it not?
Post by: tropdevin on August 30, 2008, 06:36:12 AM

I would have thought this weight (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5335820906&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=250288621797&item=250288621797) was J Glass, given the cane and design.

Alan
Title: Re: J Glass is it not?
Post by: ALLAN on August 31, 2008, 10:18:32 AM
Nice to see an old original Jay Glass weight,one of the first range if I remember correctly. Most of the flowers were made in my kitchen using a butane canister plumbers torch and the cooker grill as an annealing plate way back in late 1978 early 79...Allan
Title: Re: J Glass is it not?
Post by: Frank on August 31, 2008, 10:55:54 AM
Could I have pics for SG please :)
Title: Re: J Glass is it not?
Post by: pooleandpaperweights on August 31, 2008, 06:03:21 PM
Very interesting that Allan.  Canyou give me (us?) some pointers as to what makes it an early weight?  And if you don't mind, when is this one from?

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/pooleandpaperweights/DSC04889_986x739.jpg)

thanks!
Ian
Title: Re: J Glass is it not?
Post by: RAY on August 31, 2008, 06:30:02 PM
and if you have the selmans book all about paperweights on page 42 they are the J glass lampworked flowers sat on cotton wool
Title: Re: J Glass is it not?
Post by: Frank on August 31, 2008, 08:16:33 PM
see second line of article here:

http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=44
Title: Re: J Glass is it not?
Post by: ALLAN on September 01, 2008, 08:04:24 PM
An early Jay Glass weight had quite thick basic lampwork because of the equipment I was using,it was not possible to get the flame to a needle size.The weights from the first two launches were all small (1.5 - 2 inches diameter,The one pictured above also is from the 1978/79 era..Allan
Title: Re: J Glass is it not?
Post by: pooleandpaperweights on September 01, 2008, 08:23:52 PM
Thanks Allan, you've made my night to think it was made in a Kitchen by yourself :)  I paid £16 about 2 years on ebay, it has a strange chip on the base, not on the edge, almost in the middle, but it's just such a beauty.
Ian