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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: chriscooper on September 08, 2012, 08:55:43 PM

Title: Millefiori toadstool paperweight
Post by: chriscooper on September 08, 2012, 08:55:43 PM

Bought this from a blurred photo hoping at the best it could be  Scottish, maybe Murano, fearing now it could be Chinese  :-[ The base is well polished.
Any thoughts always appreciated.

https://picasaweb.google.com/107067405711297858658/MillefioriToadstoolPaperweight

Chris

Title: Re: Millefiori toadstool paperweight
Post by: KevinH on September 10, 2012, 05:47:07 PM

Bright, cheerful, well formed canes. But I have not seen one like it before.

Title: Re: Millefiori toadstool paperweight
Post by: chriscooper on September 10, 2012, 06:16:12 PM

Thanks Kev, does well formed canes rule out Chinese do you think?
Having said that bright and cheerful could rule it back in then ;D

Chris

Title: Re: Millefiori toadstool paperweight
Post by: glasstrufflehunter on September 11, 2012, 06:35:50 PM

It's definitely Chinese but it's an excellent example of their newer better stuff.

Title: Re: Millefiori toadstool paperweight
Post by: paperweights on September 12, 2012, 01:38:49 AM

My opinion is that it is Italian, maybe from around 1970. 

Title: Re: Millefiori toadstool paperweight
Post by: Leni on September 12, 2012, 07:30:54 AM

Since you can in fact buy the millefiori in bulk on the internet, I suppose it could be made just about anywhere!   ::) 

Title: Re: Millefiori toadstool paperweight
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 12, 2012, 12:20:17 PM

Ignoring canes and colour, the construction of the mushroom itself is very like both Wedgwood and Gozo.