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Title: New to this: Is this millefiori style weight genuine?
Post by: OoohPrettyGlass on September 25, 2022, 10:50:29 PM: Hi everyone,

I picked up this millefiori style paperweight at a car boot sale this morning - it was just too pretty to leave there! I decided to Google lens it to find out more and here I am 8 hours later, having well and truly fallen down a rabbit hole. I know nothing about this fascinating world of glass but now my interest is seriously piqued! I’ve looked through tons of the available photos, reference materials, etc and now I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed.

I’m hoping you might be able to help me determine whether this has a genuine known origin or whether it’s just some mass produced replica. I’d like to know what it is so I have a basis for comparison and to start with researching more about paperweights as this is the first one I’ve ever picked up.

I can’t see any signatures or obvious maker marks on the canes (not that I would recognise one if it was present!)

Any help to get me started would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks!
Lisa
Title: Re: New to this: Is this millefiori style weight genuine?
Post by: user9318 on September 26, 2022, 08:05:29 AM: It is a Chinese paperweight.
Title: Re: New to this: Is this millefiori style weight genuine?
Post by: Ekimp on September 26, 2022, 09:46:44 AM: Hi, and welcome to the forum…and glass collecting!

I don’t know much about paperweights but you see quite a few Chinese weights like this that are reasonably distinctive. Now you have one and have handled it and research it, you will recognise them in future (that’s how I’ve learnt), so a useful purchase. They have their own style so not a replica of anything, just a vintage Chinese millefiori paperweight.

Chinese stuff often has a less well finished base (rough ground rather than polished) which can be good clue.

Enjoy your collecting :D
Title: Re: New to this: Is this millefiori style weight genuine?
Post by: OoohPrettyGlass on September 26, 2022, 06:54:17 PM: Thank you both for confirming! I really appreciate you having a look. This will help to know a bit more about what to look for if I see a similar one.
Title: Re: New to this: Is this millefiori style weight genuine?
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 27, 2022, 08:48:58 AM: It is Chinese but it is quite old and not modern, perhaps 1950s
Title: Re: New to this: Is this millefiori style weight genuine?
Post by: Ivo on September 27, 2022, 12:16:04 PM: I visited the Dalian light industries stand stand on the 1999 Messe in Frankfurt and this was their main production.