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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: jimbo1 on April 18, 2015, 04:00:38 PM
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Hi,
I wonder if someone can help me on this one, I picked up this paperweight during the week and at first thought it to be Mdina and I'm still sure it is but the foot is puzzling me a little.
The paperweight looks very Mdina, blue, whites and yellows with that green encased glass you get with early Mdina
Measures 3" high x 3" wide
I know and own several IOW paperweights with a foot but have never seen a Mdina one footed.
Did Mdina make footed papererweights? Is this Mdina or IOW?
Thanks for the help
James
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I would say IOW James, here's a different example in Mdina like colours with an Isle of Wight Studio Glass label. I don't recall seeing any footed paperweights like this from Mdina if my memory serves me right.....
http://www.antiquesyoungguns.co.uk/stock/2131,isle-of-wight-studio-glass-pedestal-paperweight-by-michael-harris.html
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I'd say not Mdina - it's got a cobalt blue in it for a start, and footed weights are not known to come from Mdina.
I'm not that sure about IoWSG either. Sorry not to be of more help. Pwts are not my thing.
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Thanks Greg and Sue,
I may have solved my own problem (must be getting good at this)
The weight got me thinking about another IOW weight I own, I have about a dozen or so pieces of Seaward that I bought as a collection a few years back stored in the garage and I remembered a weight that came with it, I had assumed it was a Seaward. Anyway, I have dug it out and it has the same core as the other weight only encased in blue glass (why I thought it maybe Seaward)
So The IOW connection seems the right path.
Many Thanks