Topic: Help needed to ID paperweight

[Debiuk]

Hello,

If anyone can help with information about this paperweight I would really appreciate it.







There is a mark as you can see in the photo but it is not a ding or damage. It appears to be on the inside of the paperweight.

Thank you and I hope someone can help.

[Kari]

Murano!

[glasstrufflehunter]

Specifically, Fratelli Toso.

[Debiuk]

Hi,

Thanks for the information so far, I did think it was Murano.  Now if someone could help with an age and value that would be super.  The paperweight was left to a friend in a Will and she has had it for 40 years if this helps.

Thanks again,

[TxSilver]

A paperweight similar to yours is shown on page 198 of Leslie Pina's Fratelli Toso. This page is from a 1960s JI Co catalog. Toso made a lot of the weights that JI Co (Jordan Import, NY) imported to the USA. The "book value" of a 3" weight like this is about $100. eBay values tend to run $25-35. These weights are fairly common. Toso made a good number for export.

[TxSilver]

I should add that having a picture in the JI Co catalog doesn't mean that JI imported it. I have seen the same weights with different import labels. I notice that yours has the extra yellow canes that makes it more interesting. The one in the book doesn't have these canes.

[Debiuk]

Hi Anita,

Thank you for all your help!  Do you think the yellow canes make this more valuable? I have looked and I can't find any with the colors that are in this paperweight.

[TxSilver]

It is hard to say what effect it would have on the value. I would imagine it would be close to the same, but I could be wrong.

[Debiuk]

Thanks Anita, you are a star
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