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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: Alton11 on September 13, 2009, 06:03:53 AM
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told they were from 60's?..although the apple looks older,.... and the other is an animal of somekind?
any help would be greatly appreciated. thnx
Alton
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It seems we have two similar apple weights on here recently now...no information yet though:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,28740.msg155909.html#msg155909
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Your pictures are too small too see unfortunately. The largest dimension needs to be about 600 pixel. That way they should be small enough to upload (less than 125kb) but will enlarge when clicked.
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hoped these would be better
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What are the bases like? Base pictures can be very useful for most types of glass.
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first 2 are of animal, third apple, and 4th trying to show color variance to a peach i picked up but also have no clue about
( thought perhaps the yellowish? tint was an age indicator? )
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srry...now apple base
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I do not know who made them but I have found at least one of these glass apples with metal leaf in every auction I attended this summer (five in all). They are usually part of a lot of other glass items and/or ceramics. As I had not noticed them in such force before, I cannot help being suspicious (a recent arrival in containers from overseas?).
Of course, it could just be a coincidence...
SophieB
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The matte bottoms probably indicates modern Chinese or Eastern European
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I have the apple and the pear picked them up very cheap about twenty years ago and was told they were Whitefriars the seller said he got them from the factory , i showed them to Ray Annenberg he said that was a load of rubbish and i know he was right , over the years i have seen several but still no idea where they were made but i do know they were not made yesterday . same ground bases .
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similar timeframe i suspect as these have been in storage since 80's. just not sure of who made them and when..
thnks for the help.
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There are a lot of these on eBay at the moment, I recall seeing them pop up regularly for a long time,
wether there are more now or I just notice more of them because of this post I cannot say for sure.
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The matte bottoms probably indicates modern Chinese or Eastern European
Glad you put "probably" in there. But in any event matte bottoms do not only appy to China or East Europe. (probably) Plenty of makers in (probably) various countries finish bases with a matte grinding.
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Plenty of makers in (probably) various countries finish bases with a matte grinding.
I have a Peter Layton paperweight, which has a matt base. I jokingly told Peter when I bought it, "People will think this is Chinese, because of the matt base!" so he laughed and signed and dated it for me (he doesn't usually sign paperweights.) ;D
Chinese makers are now polishing the base of their recently made weights, so the 'matt base' rule can no no longer be reliably applied to Chinese weights anyway. It was used a rule of thumb in the past, but was by no means - as Kevin points out - exclusive to China.
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And my apple (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,18878.msg109307.html#msg109307) but I wasn't just basing my thoughts on the base.
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Correction i have had mine at least 25 years and not new when bought .