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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: CollectoMundi on March 29, 2020, 02:41:56 PM

Title: paperweight floating canes identification?
Post by: CollectoMundi on March 29, 2020, 02:41:56 PM

Hello - this is another paperweight from the same collection - any ideas?

Title: Re: paperweight floating canes identification?
Post by: CollectoMundi on March 30, 2020, 07:13:30 PM

please find the clear cut bottom below

Title: Re: paperweight floating canes identification?
Post by: KevinH on March 30, 2020, 10:45:32 PM

I am not sure about weights like these.

Could be Murano but perhaps actually made in China and "finished in Murano" then sold via Murano / Italian outlets. I hesitate to think this example was from a "top name".

Title: Re: paperweight floating canes identification?
Post by: CollectoMundi on March 31, 2020, 06:03:00 AM

Hey there - judging by the pedegree of the collection and the other pieces in there I'd be surprised. The collection had signed Baccarat, Venini, Saint Louis, Clichy and 19th century pieces in it. But most importantly (refering to the 2nd thread here) I've never seen Uranium chinese paperweights.

Title: Re: paperweight floating canes identification?
Post by: SophieB on March 31, 2020, 11:47:35 PM

Hi CollectoMundi,

This weight (with large bubble in the centre and lots of floating canes) is definitely Murano and the canes indicate the Fratelli Toso factory. This is a late 20th century example.

Sophie B

Title: Re: paperweight floating canes identification?
Post by: CollectoMundi on April 01, 2020, 06:03:49 AM

Hello Sophie,

Thanks ever so much! This would fit perfectly with the rest of the collection - every single paperweight has been by another company so far.

I ve been able to name 25 of the 27 in the lot - now waiting for the last ones :)

thank you xxxx

Title: Re: paperweight floating canes identification?
Post by: KevinH on April 01, 2020, 07:13:49 PM

Shows how much I know about modern Murano weights. ::)