Non Airgun Hobbies...

[rgc_swanseaARC]

K to the C to the E... Here we go

[KCE]

Hi Rhys.

Your weight is known as a scramble weight in pattern and the broken pontil to the base tells me it is dated to about 1880/1890/.
I'm unsure to the make as I cant really see the canes inside it.
A thing to take onboard that paperweights can range in value from as little as £1 and right up to half a million.
Here is a very good site I can recommend for you to upload it on or I can do it for you.
I have trusted buyers world wide also regarding any glass items and museums which is also handy.
will look for the link and get back to you.
Can you send me a few close ups please would also help id it  Rhys.

Regards Kev.

[rgc_swanseaARC]

Hi Kev,

Very interesting.
We would love to know more about it, I am getting you some close up pics.

Even if it is of little to no value it is still interesting to know all the same.

Thank you.

Regards
Rhys

[KCE]

Once I get some close ups I will get out my books which is vast lol.

Regards Kev.

PS once I identify it I will try get you all the history of the glass maestro who made it and who he worked for over the years.
I will let you in to a little secret if you look at most glass paperweights with ultra violet black light you will see things within the paperweight that you cant see with the human eye.
Also if you display it on a windowsill and let the morning sun shine through it from the back look at the reflection it gives off.

Ps never leave any glass on the window for long as you can start fires easy that way.

[KevG]

Dont have time for hobbies.use to enjoy lamping with lurchers.we use to call it doging back in the day.doging as a different meaning these days.😁just have a dumb whippet these days.all it does is eat and shite.if you give it a chew stick it as 3 shits..so I guess my hobby is cleaning dog shite up.😁
KevG

[KCE]

Here is an example of what I am talking about.
These are  my rare textured Mdina glass jugs made in around 1969 by a well known famous glass blower that was from Italy who went to malta to work for mdina glass.
Before he went there he worked in the uk for many years with his son for the famous Whitefriars glass company.
He was called Vicente Boffo.
While he was at Whitefriars glass he made a range of very rare glass Penguins which are collected worldwide now.
When he went to work for Michael Harris at Mdina Glass he made the range of textured jugs with a hidden secret that only a few of us know about.
look a the reflection of the mdina jugs what do you see.

[rgc_swanseaARC]

I want to say a bird of some kind??

[KCE]

Penguin is what you can see in the reflection.

[rgc_swanseaARC]

Does this help??

[KCE]

Yes thank you.
I do recognise what we call is ribbons and lace within the weight.
The base which I thought was a broken pontil seems to be very proud which is very strange as most broken pontil tend to be embedded into the glass base so the piece sits firm.
Due to the colourways in the piece and style I have a few company's in mind which I will look into Old English/Richardson's/Baharat/St Louis/Clichy/ are all along the style of that type of weight.

Regards Kev.

Give me a few days Rhys as when it comes to paperweights you have to be very careful as I said they can be extremely valuable.
The good thing I have seen thousands over the years and this is a new one on me so could be something special.

[rgc_swanseaARC]

More pics for you Kev... My mum and cameras don't go together very well lol

[KCE]

Hi Rhys.
I was up till gone 5 am this morning reading my paperweight books.
I have come to the conclusion your paperweight is antique and European but I'm not 100% sure where from. Could well be an early good quality Murano. Possibly bohemian. Looks like it's a bit scratched or pitted. Could maybe do with a polish to get the best from it.
It is a lot older than I originally thought around 250/300 years old could be older.
I will continue my research for you now I know I'm on the right track.

Regards Kev.

[rgc_swanseaARC]

Thank you Kev, this is so interesting.
As I say my mum was told by her grandad it was a war souvenir that the soldiers took from the Vatican.
Cannot prove or disprove it but no reason to see why not

[KCE]

That is some very good info you just gave me so will also look into the doomsday book see what I can find in there.

Regards Kev.

[rgc_swanseaARC]

Hi Kev,

bumping an old post...did you find out any further info on the mystery glass?

Regards,
Rhys