Topic: vintage bubble weights: apple + metal leaf & animal

[Alton11]

told they were from 60's?..although the apple looks older,.... and the other is an animal of somekind?
any help would be greatly appreciated. thnx
Alton

[Max]

It seems we have two similar apple weights on here recently now...no information yet though:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,28740.msg155909.html#msg155909

[Lustrousstone]

Your pictures are too small too see unfortunately. The largest dimension needs to be about 600 pixel. That way they should be small enough to upload (less than 125kb) but will enlarge when clicked.

[Alton11]

hoped these would be better

[Lustrousstone]

What are the bases like? Base pictures can be very useful for most types of glass.

[Alton11]

first 2 are of animal, third apple, and 4th trying to show color variance to a peach i picked up but also have no clue about
( thought perhaps the yellowish? tint was an age indicator? )

[Alton11]

srry...now apple base

[SophieB]

I do not know who made them but I have found at least one of these glass apples with metal leaf in every auction I attended this summer (five in all). They are usually part of a lot of other glass items and/or ceramics. As I had not noticed them in such force before, I cannot help being suspicious (a recent arrival in containers from overseas?).

Of course, it could just be a coincidence...

SophieB

[Lustrousstone]

The matte bottoms probably indicates modern Chinese or Eastern European

[johnphilip]

I have the apple and the pear picked them up very cheap about twenty years ago and was told they were Whitefriars the seller said he got them from the factory , i showed them to Ray Annenberg he said that was a load of rubbish and i know he was right , over the years i have seen several but still no idea where they were made but i do know they were not made yesterday . same ground bases .