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hapoli
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I bought these in san francisco about 15 years ago. I paid maybe $20.00. they are not signed ( that i can see) and the shop i got them from had no history. Iv been searching and found nothing like them. Any Ideas on who, when, where ?
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Contact Connie Hackett at the Corning Musuem of Glass, they have one of the largest Paperweight collections in the World. Sen her the picture and she will get back to you. Dave
HackettBL@cmog.org
Thanks Dizzydave, Ill do that, do you think they are paperweights?
Candle Holders? is that a hole in the middle, hard to tell from pics. Dave
Yes they are holes
Then they are Artb Glass Candle Holder, not paperweights. I will look around and see if I can find a maker. Dave
They are match strikers, the matches sit in the center and are struck on the cutting around the center to light the match.
have you tested them under a U.V light? by the colour it looks as though they may have some Uranium content.
AAAhh, Backinstyle in right, duhh, didn't think of that one. LOL Dave
http://www.matchstrikershop.com/
Here you go..
Dave
Wow, Thanks for the great info! I never would have thought that, I assumed because they were a set that they were candle sticks. No I have not tested them, but will now. I have a few that I suspect are uranium. I will let you know. And WOW again, Iv been collecting glass for so long and have never had such an open forum like this and this was my first posting! Thanks!!
OK test done, what do you think?
I think they are uranium or vaseline as some like to call it, you can tell from your photo with the sun on them ;-)