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Title: Old French Millefiori with Rose and hidden rose canes - ID?
Post by: SimonD on December 06, 2021, 12:11:30 PM

People interested in classic era millefiori paperweights with rose canes may be able to help me identify this paperweight. It measures 2.4 inches diameter, 1.75 inches high, and has a four row concentric design, with a large rose cane in the centre. The inner-most ring of blue canes have a hidden rose cane at its centre.

I'm a little out of touch with the contemporary thinking on such weights, but would probably opt for "St Mandé" - a completely uneducated guess. Does anyone recognise the canes / roses here, and can suggest which factory made it?

Regards
Simon

Title: Re: Old French Millefiori with Rose and hidden rose canes - ID?
Post by: mildawg on December 06, 2021, 01:48:21 PM

Not a rose cane but more like a pompon. The weight is I believe a St Mande.  Nice find!

Title: Re: Old French Millefiori with Rose and hidden rose canes - ID?
Post by: SimonD on December 07, 2021, 10:16:32 AM

Thanks 'mildawg' - you're quite right, it's a pompom in the middle!

Title: Re: Old French Millefiori with Rose and hidden rose canes - ID?
Post by: donaldf on December 19, 2021, 08:09:53 PM

A very nice St Mandé weight. And I do think that the centre of the blue cane is a hidden rose. It is a pale white rose. I have a few weights with this ephemeral rose both as a single cane and as a ‘hidden rose’ as part of a complex cane