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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: Krecik on July 30, 2015, 03:18:46 AM

Title: Id Help Please. ID = Murano
Post by: Krecik on July 30, 2015, 03:18:46 AM

Who made this ?

Title: Re: Id Help Please
Post by: tropdevin on July 30, 2015, 05:51:06 AM

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Hi.  Those are Murano canes, possibly Fratelli Toso.   The flat base and facetting is typical of Murano, too.  I have seen a few similar Murano pieces, and think that they date to the mid 20th century.

Alan.

Title: Re: Id Help Please
Post by: daveweight on July 30, 2015, 02:34:12 PM

Hi There
I have seen various versions of your paperweight with and without torsades but it is so easily identifiable with those distinct canes. Here is a picture of my copy with a fake 1846 date cane
Dave

Title: Re: Id Help Please
Post by: Krecik on July 31, 2015, 12:47:16 AM

Thanks for the responses.   I had never seen an example with a torsade and was unsure how old it possibly was.  The torsade made me think it was much older.