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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: keith on March 09, 2014, 06:11:38 PM

Title: Not Webb Corbett,sulphide weight ... Baccarat Zodiac series
Post by: keith on March 09, 2014, 06:11:38 PM

When I saw it I thought Webb Corbett but have never seen one with a sulphide then I noticed that well known name on the side !  :o ;D ;D

Title: Re: Not Webb Corbett,sulphide weight.
Post by: user9318 on March 09, 2014, 10:26:19 PM

Well done, a nice weight and thank you for sharing.

Title: Re: Not Webb Corbett,sulphide weight.
Post by: keith on March 10, 2014, 12:18:44 AM

Thanks,is that the actual date of manufacture as it is in such good condition ?

Title: Re: Not Webb Corbett,sulphide weight.
Post by: KevinH on March 10, 2014, 01:12:15 AM

As far as I know, the date is that of manufacture.

But there is very little in the literature covering the Baccarat Zodiac series and I do not know for how long Baccarat made those weights.

Paul H. Dunlop, in his recent book, Baccarat Paperweights two centuries of beauty simply states that the Zodiac series was unlimited and used sulphide designs based on "pagan images" rather than the modern symbolic signs of the zodiac.

Title: Re: Not Webb Corbett,sulphide weight ... Baccarat Zodiac series
Post by: keith on March 10, 2014, 02:04:38 PM

Thanks KevinH,my first Baccarat pwt, ;D