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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Mac on April 08, 2012, 11:17:15 PM
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I acquired this recently and from what I understand, this decor is not so common. Does anyone have any info on this decor?
Thanks in advance.
Mac
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Hi
Yes that looks like Loetz Rubin Papillon OK -the rubin refers to the purple/red colour of the glass and the Papillon the butterfly effect on the surface. At a distance these always look like Cobalt Papillon ie on a blue based glass -which is much more common.
From memory it also comes in Creta (green), Candia (amber) and a rare Yellow -I have also seen a white version -but that might not have been true Loetz Papillon.
Probably dates to 1898 but some of the colours were revived in c1920
a nice little rarity well done
Cheers
Mike
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Thanks Mike I appreciate the information. Perhaps this is a question that cannot be answered but what I really want to know is why this decor is considered rare. Was it too expensive to make?
Mac
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We can probably only guess
something like the 'rubin' was a little more expensive than the 'cobalt' to make but they looked similar so the cobalt sold better?
could be any one of many reasons!
cheers
Mike
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Cheers! Thanks Mike.
Mac