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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: Lustrousstone on October 29, 2011, 04:54:03 PM
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Is it unusual to have a Strathearn miniature with a ground and polished base please? 13/8-in diameter and ever-so handily labelled.
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Hi. Unusual, but not unknown. Strathearn ground the bases if the weights were too uneven to be sold as made. I think maybe 2% - 5% of Strathearn weights have had the bases treated in some way other than the usual 'fire polished'. I have had ones that are polished flat, and also part polished to give a flat ring.
Alan
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Also ... weights intended as decoration for doorknobs were smooth ground to the base so that the shank could be firmly glued on to the base. But the doorknobs I have seen have been over 2 inch diameter.
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Thank you lads :kissy:
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Probably made some cupboard knobs too, memory a bit foggy :huh: