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Title: HELP authenticate Dump glass paper weight
Post by: bait on October 12, 2015, 01:23:28 PM

HELLO ALL....i purchased a small collection of dump glass weights a few years ago.the one on the left i know is a dump weight with the unusual poppy flowers....the one on the right the guy insisted it was also dump glass???? the glass looks grey in color and the bottom has a double wear pattern....in between the wear pattern it recesses....the center has a pin hole....there is also what looks like a mirror like fracture inside that does not reach the surface.this weight has blue green red orange colors.were dump glass weights made in color???and looks very early....thanks for any help

Title: Re: HELP authenticate Dump glass paper weight
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 12, 2015, 02:19:38 PM

Everything is a dump weight if it hasn't got lampwork or millefiore in it, NOT. Looks Bohemian to me and a production weight not one made using left over (dumped) bottle glass during down time or at the end of the day.

Title: Re: HELP authenticate Dump glass paper weight
Post by: bait on October 12, 2015, 02:23:35 PM

thanks for your help....did you ever see a flower like the one on the left.whats your thought

Title: Re: HELP authenticate Dump glass paper weight
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 12, 2015, 02:51:43 PM

They are not poppies, they are thistles, which perhaps points at Scotland, where there has been a glass industry including bottles for 400+ years, or a maker with Scottish blood