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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: petet63 on November 02, 2014, 08:42:09 PM
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Hi, this weight I thought was a Victorian Dump ::) ::) (I need real help sometimes :-\) and have asked for help on a forum with Caithness being mentioned. Colin Terris Prototype ? This is all up in the air as I have no clue so thought the Caithness experts on here would be able to confirm/deny the Caithness idea. Im not sure what the 'propeller' is. it is approx 8cm in height and 9cm wide.
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My first impression was Victorian dump too. ;)
It's the right colour and it's got different sorts of bubbles in it.
I think there are two "propellors" - the air bubble decor on top and the "wheel" of 4 elongated bubbles.
It doesn't seem very "Caithnessy" to me when I enlarge the pics though, not that I know much about pwts.
Sorry, can't really help you much at all.
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Hi. I am pretty sure it is a dump made from bottle glass, but whether 19th century or early 20th century I do not know.
Alan
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??? ??? Here a few few taken from underneath and side. Ignore the blue...its the GMB on screen. Your right chopin. From the top and Bottom the air bubbles look like a rotating rotor and the small air bubble forms a cowling....only from directly above. Must take a better look at things !
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Hi. I wonder if the cross shape is a set of windmill sales, given the horizontal bars in them?
Alan
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The Windmill idea crossed my mind but then propeller sounded better lol. Another idea to ponder would be that the top prop gives an effect of a rotating prop. This idea would not work so well if it is a Victorian dump though. Its a real puzzler. Keep the ideas coming. This is one I would like to find a solution for. I get the feeling I am grasping at straws ::)