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Title: I'd please
Post by: squeakyjoe on October 26, 2013, 07:16:18 PM

Hi yet another Old weight I can't agree on a id believe it's French but I have found ( online) them listed as baccarat st Louis and clichy please can you put me on the right track

Title: Re: I'd please
Post by: tropdevin on October 26, 2013, 09:20:05 PM

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Hi.

That is an antique Baccarat scramble ( or macedoine).  You can distinguish them from Clichy or Saint-Louis scrambles because they use short lengths of spiral twists set roughly at right angles, and very few - if any - millefiori cane sections.  But watch out for fairly similar Bohemian and Chinese examples - they are not confusing to the experienced collector, but they can be to the novice. That said, a good Bohemian and a poor Baccarat are probably of similar (very modest) value.

Alan

Title: Re: I'd please
Post by: squeakyjoe on October 26, 2013, 11:04:20 PM

Thanks again Alan