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Title: Interesting weight..please help identify
Post by: bait on December 11, 2016, 09:20:05 PM

Thanks for any help in advance.....picked this up today...Interesting weight..please help identify...
has a flat bottom...the canes look tight and compact with a fish ???...approx 2 3/4 inches wide by 2 inches tall

Title: Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
Post by: paperweights on December 12, 2016, 07:20:23 AM

Made in Murano (Venice, Italy).  Probably 1990 or later.

Title: Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
Post by: bait on December 12, 2016, 02:54:45 PM

THANKYOU....Im not an expert but it was the fish that threw me off

Title: Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
Post by: SophieB on December 18, 2016, 10:15:33 AM

Hi,

The fish cane is a picture cane and these are not all that common in Murano weights. Hence your reaction, I think.

SophieB

Title: Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
Post by: bait on December 19, 2016, 05:58:27 PM

Just saw your post...thanks so much for your help...i think theres a starfish cane too

Title: Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
Post by: alpha on December 20, 2016, 01:43:09 AM

Looks like ALT or 3 Fiori - same workers different factory name. !970-1990 time frame.

Title: Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
Post by: bait on December 20, 2016, 11:56:21 AM

THANKYOU!!!!!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Title: Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
Post by: daveweight on December 22, 2016, 10:12:19 AM

Just out of interest, here is a picture of one of my Murano weights which has Flower, Rooster and Butterfly canes
Dave

Title: Re: Interesting weight..please help identify
Post by: bait on December 22, 2016, 11:03:55 AM

VERY NICE PIECE   THANKYOU