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    Posted 8 years ago

    annietime123
    (2 items)

    I'm not sure what this is, but came a crossed it in a box in the attic. It's a paperweight with a photo inside along with these trumpets. It measures about 14" diameter and 5" high. It's beautiful but no clue of where, how, when or why. Has anyone every seen one like this? It's HEAVY and very big for a paperweight. I've added a picture of the bottom/side. It will only let me add 4 pictures.

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    1. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      The photo looks to be from Victorian times. Do you not have any family members who might know if the woman is family? Did you find it among belongings of an older relative, or what?
    2. antiquerose antiquerose, 8 years ago
      Can we have a pic of the very bottom of the glass? need that too
    3. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      One B.F. paperweight !! Maybe a door stop ?
    4. Gillian, 8 years ago
      I think the first photo is the bottom of the glass.
    5. annietime123, 8 years ago
      I added a picture of the bottom/side. This was in the attic of a friend of mine great aunt. It's been there for a long time. Noone knows the history. It definitely is a mystery. The detail of the trumpets is outstanding. It is from an older relative of my friend. She is 50.
    6. annietime123, 8 years ago
      The portrait inside is a milk glass, it's not paper.
    7. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      That might work here as a paperweight. In a hurricane !
    8. antiquerose antiquerose, 8 years ago
      The base indicates to me that it is of Asian/Chinese. Still may be older but Asian for sure.
    9. annietime123, 8 years ago
      Thank you for all your help! I put it up on Ebay so we will see.

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