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Title: Your opinions on this antique paperweight, please.
Post by: RescoCCC on February 28, 2014, 11:04:53 PM

Severe damage, so I picked it off cheap. Measures 2 inches in diameter, and 1 1/2 inches high. Concave base. Looking at the cane types and the dome profile, I'm thinking it's Baccarat. Your opinions?

Title: Re: Your opinions on this antique paperweight, please.
Post by: paperweights on March 01, 2014, 03:28:48 AM

Definitely Baccarat from 1845-1860.  It is a nice paperweight.

Title: Re: Your opinions on this antique paperweight, please.
Post by: TanToday on March 01, 2014, 02:23:49 PM

I think I own the twin brother....separated at birth?

 ;)

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/d3/05/ae/d305aea9d6ca5b14fcf05e3a9a1ad622.jpg

Title: Re: Your opinions on this antique paperweight, please.
Post by: RescoCCC on March 01, 2014, 04:48:50 PM

Thanks, PW, I appreciate the confirmation.

Very nice, Tan! I like yours better.

Title: Re: Your opinions on this antique paperweight, please.
Post by: KevinH on March 02, 2014, 12:04:00 AM

Both are very good examples. But strictly speaking they are not "twin brothers"; more like "from the same family". :)

Although they are both have the "4-row concentric, with complex central cane" design, there are differences in the canes used and the number of canes in the rows.