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Title: Peter Layton Paperweight ID help please
Post by: pooleandpaperweights on February 12, 2017, 08:48:47 PM

Hi all

99% this is a Peter Layton signed weight which I brought at Ally Pally fair today, but wanted to know if it was a range, or more unusual.  It is rather huge and weighs about a ton. 

thanks all!

Ian

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/pooleandpaperweights/20170212_193451.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/pooleandpaperweights/20170212_193542.jpg

Title: Re: Peter Layton Paperweight ID help please
Post by: pooleandpaperweights on February 28, 2017, 10:27:08 PM

An update for the records.  I was told whilst at the cambridge glass fair at Knebworth, that this is an early piece!

Title: Re: Peter Layton Paperweight ID help please
Post by: flying free on March 03, 2017, 08:14:45 PM

it has similar bits in to a giant sculpture type thing I own
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282259086085?euid=dfbc6507aefc48adbbaca8c05015fd71&bu=43504863301&cp=1&sojTags=bu=bu

This turned up and is actually signed 1985 and Peter Layton.  It is iridescent but appears to use the same/similar colour frits yours has.

I also owned another studio glass paperweight in the same design as yours from a similar period but maybe a bit earlier,from one of the British makers resident at the Glass studio in London at the time.
I'll try and see if I can find any reference to it - I think the design and the period might be very slightly earlier than 1985.

Ah, I was thinking of this one but it was dated 1990
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,50150.msg283246.html#msg283246


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