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    Posted 5 years ago

    IronLace
    (930 items)

    To round off my paperweight posts, here's a mixed bag of goodies from different places & eras.
    1. Two Murano air trap satin glass paperweights, dating from the 1960s - 1970s era. These hark back to Victorian art glass in the use of the air trap/mother of pearl satin decor, however they are relatively modern pieces dating from a time when Victorian art glass was a hot collectable, thus inspiring reproduction items. These Murano pieces are typically "fantasy" items, ones that were never made in the Victorian era. Pink one is diamond quilted, rainbow has a herringbone pattern, & still retains the original label underneath. Note how the repro rainbow satin glass always has that greyish line between the blue & yellow stripes - a dead giveaway as the original Victorian rainbow satin glass did not have this issue. These paperweights are also interesting due to being hollow inside - they are large in size but surprisingly lightweight.
    2. Two fine French paperweights. Left, miniature Clichy spaced millefiori from the classic period of the 1850s, & on the right, a signed Baccarat weight with candy striped canes, mid 1950s era.
    3. A modern French studio glass paperweight which I purchased in 2003 on a trip to France. The artist had a studio/shop in one of the buildings at the Villandry Chateau. I visited to see the spectacular gardens, & was pleasantly surprised to find art glass as well. This is a large egg shaped weight with a swirling scrambled abstract design. I still have the original box it came in with the artist's name on it, but it is packed away somewhere. If I find it, I'll update the post to give him due credit!
    4. My only American paperweight. This scrambled weight was made by Cape Cod Glassworks in the 1980s, & retains its original sticker. Their designs were somewhat influenced by Clichy, & you can see a couple of Clichy style cabbage rose canes among the random melange of latticino & colour twists.

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    1. IronLace IronLace, 5 years ago
      Many thanks, renedijkstra!
      As to the Clichy, I'm just happy to have it, as they do not turn up in Australia & I feel fortunate to have got it at a low price.
    2. racer4four racer4four, 5 years ago
      Beautiful weights IL, and lots that I haven't seen anything like before. That Baccarat is gorgeous.
    3. IronLace IronLace, 5 years ago
      @renedijkstra, if I can find the box it came in with the maker's name on it, I'll update the post for sure. For some reason I think the artist's first name was Bernard but I'm drawing a blank otherwise. He had a shop at Chateau Villandry selling various paperweights & vases (that was in 2003). I wished I'd bought some more items as they were attractive, well - made & reasonably priced. But it was early days on my trip & didn't want to load up with too much stuff as I had London to follow...where I did buy several pieces of Victorian art glass.
    4. IronLace IronLace, 5 years ago
      Thanks so much, Karen, glad you're enjoying them!
      I was super fortunate to get the Baccarat...I'd seen one before at an antiques fair in Sydney & fell in love, but it was way above my pay grade, LOL.
      Anyway, a couple of years back when I was selling off a lot of stuff, I had some "funny money" & was able to get this one for a reasonable price on eBay from the USA.

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