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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: keith on July 23, 2016, 11:30:07 PM

Title: Modern weight for id please. ID = Chinese
Post by: keith on July 23, 2016, 11:30:07 PM

5.25 inches tall, flat base, little wear, looks a bit Caithness like, any ideas ?  ;D

Title: Re: Modern weight for id please.
Post by: Wuff on July 24, 2016, 10:45:20 AM

Hmmm ... I haven't checked my image database (of more than 5'000 Caithness weights) ... but it doesn't look Caithness to me. I could always be wrong, of course.

Title: Re: Modern weight for id please.
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 24, 2016, 12:17:42 PM

There's something just a little bit "Royal Crown-ish" about it, Keith. ???

Title: Re: Modern weight for id please.
Post by: keith on July 24, 2016, 02:34:44 PM

Thanks both, not heard of 'Royal Crown' Sue, where are they from ?

Title: Re: Modern weight for id please.
Post by: LesBeatiques on July 24, 2016, 02:55:33 PM

Hi Keith,

My vote is Chinese, considering the large size, unnatural pointy profile, and the base treatment.

Best Regards,
Eric

Title: Re: Modern weight for id please.
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 24, 2016, 03:12:52 PM

"Royal Crown" are contemporary Chinese.
I'm with Eric .

Title: Re: Modern weight for id please.
Post by: tropdevin on July 24, 2016, 03:23:06 PM

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I agree - modern Chinese - the way the white threads are drawn down from the top is typical of some Chinese factory products. 'Royal Crown' is one of a range of names used by UK importers to suggest the pieces are made in the UK, and to mask the true origins.

Title: Re: Modern weight for id please.
Post by: paperweights on July 24, 2016, 03:42:26 PM

The white fireworks motif inside the weight is typical Chinese.  I haven't see a lot of egg shaped weights with this feature, but it is really common in a spherical weight. 

Title: Re: Modern weight for id please.
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 24, 2016, 03:42:42 PM

It's the white threads, the bubbles, the construction of the base, the layer of aventurine with pointy-down bits and the squintness of the splodges around the base.... all standard "Royal Crown" features.
They do have a tendency to look a little Caithnessy, from a distance.  ;D
And like all contemporary Chinese glass, it can sometimes be remarkably good.

Title: Re: Modern weight for id please.
Post by: keith on July 24, 2016, 04:48:09 PM

Looks like Chinese then, thanks for all the contributions,  ;D

Title: Re: Modern weight for id please.
Post by: Lustrousstone on July 24, 2016, 06:38:08 PM

That opaque green is also bog-standard Chinese