Topic: Murano or Bohemian. ID = Italy - "Goebel Import", maker unknown

[shandiane78]

Oh wow, THANK YOU, NICK! Those canes are spot on. Thanks again!

[Lustrousstone]

The question is of course who actually them made for House of Goebel, as it's a marketing brand

[shandiane78]

So true, Christine. It would be wonderful to know. At least now I have something to go on! I honestly couldn't place these canes at all, and I didn't think they were Italian.

[gleaming]

[Mod: Nov 2016. Here's another example with the same cane types.]

This is a great newsgroup.   I wonder if I could trouble you with an identification of a very large pedestal-type mushroom paperweight.   It is about 6-1/2 inches tall and about 4-1/2 inches in diameter.  There are about 60 canes of around 3-1/2 inches in length that make up the mushroom (for about 17 linear feet of canes!)   There are three star-shaped canes in the midst of the millefiori canes. 

[gleaming]

I have been enjoyng reading some of the recent threads, and I noticed this inquiry regarding a smaller mushroom paperweight that has similar canes to this mushroom pedestal paperweight:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,50911.0.html

[KevinH]

Well spotted, Gleaming. Yes same cane types. I will merge this thread with the one you linked to.

[gleaming]

Thank you, KevinH!

[Gowdod]

I've seen the link mentioned and the mushroom above. My initial reaction was could this be from Fratelli Toso?

Kind Regards

Andrew

[Nick77]

I've been meaning to find and add to this thread I have since seen a few weights with Fratelli Toso labels featuring the same canes heres one on ebay currently (not mine)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-FRATELLI-TOSO-MURANO-MILLEFIORI-GLASS-PAPERWEIGHT-WITH-ORIGINAL-LABEL-/322729350234?hash=item4b242b145a:g:ISYAAOSw311ZtDHr

[gleaming]

Thanks, Nick!   Here is another paperweight I noticed that has the same canes:
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MILLEFIORI-PAPERWEIGHT-MUSHROOM-SCOTTISH-PMCD-St-Louis-Style-Murano-/272820350015?hash=item3f855c2c3f:g:Gw4AAOSwtVxZeIGX