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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: leabob on September 20, 2016, 08:26:07 PM
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Hello
Can anyone help me identify the maker of this paperweight? I can't see any markings / makers name. It's small, only about 1.5" across.
Many thanks
Leabob
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Scottish. Either Vasart or Strathearn. Around 1950s or 1960s. One of the other members of this board will be more precise in the ID.
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Allan is correct.
But a photo of the base straight on, and also at an angle, may help to make it more precise.
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Here is a photo from the base.
Thank you for your help on this. Can I ask what makes you think it's Strathearn or Vasart? I'm just interested in how you identify them!
Thanks again.
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It looks to me that the base finish is "fire polished" rather than "ground out". Therefore it is more likely that this one is from the Strathearn years (1964 - 1980) rather than the Vasart Ltd years (1956 to 1964).
As for identification, the millefiori canes are typical of Scottish design and the colours are also typical (but out of a wide range of colours) of work from the Vasart / Strathearn companies. Strathearn Glass was a renamed continuation of Vasart Ltd under new management.
The small ("miniature") weights were simple gift items produced in unlimited numbers. They were also used as attachments to a range of barware items.
Good detail can be found on Richard More's site covering Vasart & Strathearn (https://strathearn.smugmug.com/Strathearn-Paperweights/P9-Millefiori-Minature/i-B2bnFk3). Note that Richard states the Strathearn miniatures did not appear in the 1978 Strathearn catalogue and so he believes they were discontinued from that point.
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Thank you, that's great. I'll have a look at the website too.
Leabob