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Title: Millefiori Paperweight - ID Help
Post by: drg642 on December 22, 2013, 11:36:14 PM

Hi, this paperweight is about 2 inches tall and 2 1/4 inches wide, and has a concave base.  It is unmarked.  Can anyone ID the maker of this weight?  I've posted on ebay's PGP Board, and one poster thought it might be Strathearn because of the concave underside.  Another noted the little yellow irregular pentagon shaped spot, and wondered if that was the mark of a particular maker.  See last photo for close-up of that spot.

Thanks very much for any help.

Title: Re: Millefiori Paperweight - ID Help
Post by: user9318 on December 23, 2013, 06:36:48 AM

To me it also looks like a Strathearn or possibly a late Vasart.

Have a look at this site, it might help in identification: http://strathearn.smugmug.com/

Title: Re: Millefiori Paperweight - ID Help
Post by: drg642 on December 23, 2013, 02:05:18 PM

Thank you for your comments, and that great link. 

Title: Re: Millefiori Paperweight - ID Help
Post by: tropdevin on December 23, 2013, 03:34:27 PM

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Hi. 

It is a Strathearn, I am sure, rather than Vasart.  The little pentagonal mark is just where the ground has been forced up between the canes during manufacture.

Alan

Title: Re: Millefiori Paperweight - ID Help
Post by: drg642 on December 23, 2013, 03:59:22 PM

Great - Thank you, Alan.  Are you ok with me posting your comments on my thread on ebay's PGP Board?

Title: Re: Millefiori Paperweight - ID Help
Post by: tropdevin on December 23, 2013, 04:02:45 PM

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Hi.

Re-posting my comments is fine by me.

Alan