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Posted 1 year ago
Alfredo
(351 items)
While cleaning the Stygian stables that is my apartment, I found a paperweight in laticcino technique, a polished pontil covering practically all of the bottom, and three applied violets. 1.5" tall and 2.5" diameter (pics. 1 and 2). I remember that the person who found it for me 25 years ago was quite excited, identifying it as "old, most probably French St. Louis.
I steer away from paperweights except for a very few favorites, all of which have been gifts. Therefore, I decided to search Internet for help. I found a quite similar paperweight (pics. 3,4, from the Internet) identified as St. Louis. But then a fellow Glasshound sent me a picture of another very similar one, identified as being from the New England Glass Company.
So, a mystery piece. French or American? I'd be quite happy with either possibility, but my instinct says French. I can assure you it is NOT Chinese. I would like some comments, please!
I have found another website, William Pitt, dedicated entirely to paperweights. i checked under several manufacturers and found the most laticcinos under St. Louis.
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isnt st.louis is as been acid etched since the mid 1800s heres the link from saint-louis.com 1854 : Advent of the acid-etching process, perfected by Saint-Louis circa 1870. 1829 : Saint-Louis becomes a limited company under the name Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Saint-Louis and two years later enters on a business association with Baccarat
http://www.saint-louis.com/en/history/saint-louis-key-dates
A bit of pertinent information, from your own link. Laticcino is indeed a St. Louis technique.
1845 : Saint-Louis revives the Venetian technique of filigree ou latticino, used to decorate colourless crystal glass with coloured spirals and coils, creates its first paperweight ball and develops its opaline vases.
so is this saint louis? or is this styled as if it was a saint -louis?
why i say this is because all saint louis items are signed in acid etching bearing the marks name.
My voodoo ball is not working!
Really? Then why are oodles of St. Louis paperweights being sold without marks?
Careful with categorical statements such as ALL. Show me signed St. Louis paperweights. refer to the source of your information.
Alfredo,I was just going by I've read on the saint Louis website:) and I could wrong , so this could be pre 1870s, when I go on my next break I'll go back to the saint Louis website and double check
http://www.cmog.org/19th-century-French-paperweightmakers
I'm getting this info off my iPhone so it is pretty hard for me type this out right if I did make a mistake sorry , I was just trying to help you liked u had asked to begin with:)
http://www.cmog.org/19th-century-French-paperweight-makers
https://www.westerncoloradopublishing.com/French__Saint_Louis_3.html
and yes they were signed there is with in the decor of the paperweight on the bottom thst states "SL AND THE YEAR " :) i hope this helps and i left you a link where they signed:) good luck
IT SAYS "SL AND THE NUMBER " NOT THE YEARS SORRY :)
sorry about the caps , gotten excited when found this information for you:)
heres some more information ive found on the webfor You from the same website:) some history French Paperweights by Saint Louis (Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis). One of the greatest glassworks of all time, Saint Louis, located in Moselle, Lorraine, France, began producing crystal paperweights in the 1840s. They continued producing fine paperweights until about 1867. Due to increased collector interest, Saint Louis went about the task of re-learning the art of crystal paperweight manufacture in the early 1950s. An estimated 300-400 lampwork and millefiori weights were made there from 1952 and 1955. Paperweight production resumed there in 1965 and continues to the present, with most weights produced in limited edition.My opinion: These are great to collect - they have it all - beauty, art, and limited editions.
heres another website as well http://www.cmog.org/search/site/SAINT-LOUIS%20PAPERWEIGHTS
the last 2 from10 hrs ago i was using my iphone and could get it right so heres that other website was talking earlier today:)
I had a Boston & Sandwich weight that looked similar to one on the right