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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: tommytonguedj on April 24, 2011, 03:48:08 PM

Title: help needed to id 3 paperweights 2 bought in indian antique shop last week
Post by: tommytonguedj on April 24, 2011, 03:48:08 PM

Hi All,
         New to site and buying glass paperweights but have been dealing in various antiques for a few years, Help needed to id 3 paperweights please follow my photo album link, The multicoloured one and green one were bought last week whilst i was in india hired a bike and set off hunting the 3rd one i have had for a while. Any clues or directions i can head towards are greatly appreciated. Thanks Tom
http://s1115.photobucket.com/albums/k548/Lynsey_Oakes/

Title: Re: help needed to id 3 paperweights 2 bought in indian antique shop last week
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 24, 2011, 03:53:58 PM

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k548/Lynsey_Oakes/IMG_0320.jpg This one is almost certainly Indian.

Title: Re: help needed to id 3 paperweights 2 bought in indian antique shop last week
Post by: tropdevin on April 24, 2011, 07:37:32 PM

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The first looks like modern Chinese. The second, very much Indian (as Lustrousstone says). The third, no idea on the maker (but please don't consider it a potential part of your pension pot...)

Alan

Title: Re: help needed to id 3 paperweights 2 bought in indian antique shop last week
Post by: tommytonguedj on April 28, 2011, 08:43:16 PM

Thanks Lustrousstone and alan for reply and i'm sure my pension plans already gone having 3 boys betweeen 3 and 11 lol. Thanks all the same for quick id's just one more id now the weird flattish shaped green one, Someone has said it may not be a paperweight but used for something else??

Title: Re: help needed to id 3 paperweights 2 bought in indian antique shop last week
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 29, 2011, 02:14:02 PM

It probably is a paperweight but you're unlikely to find a manufacturer. A fair number of the catalogues show plain glass block catalogues, but the quality of the glass lots more like something from a bottle maker than a fancy goods maker. The glass hasn't been decolorised. Functional paperweights have been needed for a long time...

Title: Re: help needed to id 3 paperweights 2 bought in indian antique shop last week
Post by: tommytonguedj on April 30, 2011, 11:30:20 AM

Thanks Lustrousstone for yet more info which is greatly appreciated, Just one last question do you have any idea of age. Thanks again your not a million miles away from me i'm In Newton-Le-Willows got some nice adrian sankey apple pw's the other week at winwick CarBoot, Thanks Again Tommy