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Title: CCMSA pontil stamp is forwhom?
Post by: alpha on August 19, 2014, 08:31:48 PM

Any one know who used the CCMSA pontil stamp shown in the ebay listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beautiful-1984-CCMSA-7-art-glass-paperweight-blue-iridescent-with-blue-flower-/360974548160

Title: Re: CCMSA pontil stamp is forwhom?
Post by: alpha on August 19, 2014, 08:32:54 PM

Click the photo to get to the real listing and the second image has the pontil stamp photographed.

Title: Re: CCMSA pontil stamp is forwhom?
Post by: mildawg on August 20, 2014, 11:21:08 AM

I'm thinking it may be an organization that commissioned a weight rather than a stamp of the maker.

Title: Re: CCMSA pontil stamp is forwhom?
Post by: Wuff on August 20, 2014, 05:31:07 PM

Already several years ago I had copied an image of the same stamp (Nr.7 1984), likely from ebay - where the weight was described as being produced by one of the Zimmermans.

If you search the net you'll also find:

There is a backstamp mark that reads CCMSA No.1 1978.

CCMSA Pear Shaped Art Glass Paperweight light green with bulbous effect in middle. 5 1/2" tall X 3" wide. In excellent condition no chips, cracks or scratches. marked CCMSA 1980 No.3 on bottom. Substantial piece weighs almost 2 lbs.

Blown Art Glass Paperweight White Floral Trumpets Signed CCMSA 6 (no year mentioned).

This looks like an annual event, first organised in 1978 - and there are quite a few organisations with CCMSA as acronym. Still doesn't tell us who made the weight(s).