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Title: Cone Glass Paperweight with 4 edges on base ID help
Post by: Roobarb on October 30, 2020, 02:50:05 PM

Hello, I thought the base of this was unusual - it has 4 smoothed edges so to speak and a hole in the middle. The base made me wonder who it might be by - any ideas would be great :) Thank you

Title: Re: Cone Glass Paperweight with 4 edges on base ID help
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 30, 2020, 08:44:19 PM

Are the yellow spots in it a bit random and nearly bubbly?
Do you think they could be silver salt inclusions?

The hole in the bottom makes me wonder if it was a finial for something - or even a door knob.

But the strange cutting and satination around it (which could be to allow for the back of a doorknob) also makes me wonder if it might have been cut down from something else.

Title: Re: Cone Glass Paperweight with 4 edges on base ID help
Post by: Roobarb on October 31, 2020, 10:30:34 AM

The yellow bits are more like gold flakes - I half thought the hole was to add them in. I've found a Wedgewood one with the hole in it here...
https://www.1stdibs.co.uk/furniture/decorative-objects/desk-accessories/paperweights/vintage-wedgwood-art-glass-paperweight-ronald-sennett-willson/id-f_14555111/

But no ground edges on that!

Title: Re: Cone Glass Paperweight with 4 edges on base ID help
Post by: Ekimp on October 31, 2020, 11:25:25 AM

Maybe an oil lamp that goes in some sort of holder ‘upside down’?