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Title: Isle of wight weight Signed Michael Harris
Post by: yesvil on May 24, 2013, 07:04:57 PM

Hi, can anyone confirm the authenticity of this signature as I know there are a lot of forgeries. All being well is this an early one?

Title: Re: Isle of wight weight Signed Michael Harris
Post by: NMott on May 24, 2013, 10:22:48 PM

Looks the right colours. I believe he signed the pedestal paperweights - see bottom paperweight here:
http://www.circaglass.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/circa?opendocument&part=5

Title: Re: Isle of wight weight Signed Michael Harris
Post by: yesvil on May 25, 2013, 01:43:30 PM

Thanks NMott. Talking about the pedestal is this unique to IOW? Or are ther other manufactures that do similar? I have two weights that are not signed but have the same base as this one.

Title: Re: Isle of wight weight Signed Michael Harris
Post by: stew2u2 on May 27, 2013, 08:29:27 AM

believe the weights that are signed were for export to the USA. trying to find the message on here about it

Title: Re: Isle of wight weight Signed Michael Harris
Post by: chopin-liszt on May 27, 2013, 10:58:50 AM

Many of these pedestal weights were signed.
The matter of signed pieces for export to the states doesn't refer to these early weights.  :)

Title: Re: Isle of wight weight Signed Michael Harris
Post by: daveweight on May 27, 2013, 12:07:24 PM

Timothy Harris told me that in the early days of IoW glass they found it quicker and cheaper to put a pedestal type base on paperweights that to grind and polish the bases.
Dave