Help needed

Can anyone help me with the value for this paperweight? Or the best place to get it appraised?

 

Hello and welcome.
Could you post a picture of the bottom please.

We have a couple of people who collect paperweights. Be sure to check back.

As for valuation, that would depend on where you are and how you intend to sell it.
Best to wait and see if someone can ID it. Then check ebay completeds to see what people are willing to spend.

 

Thank you .. I haven’t decided if I want to sell or not they def have some sentimental value but sometimes you just need to sell somethings lol

 

Welcome, Mike.
Paging @janettekay .

 

I love it! While we're waiting for the experts, here's an interesting read about millefiori paperweights from the L.H. Selman website.

https://www.theglassgallery.com/blog/book/the-art-of-the-paperweight/chapter-4/2/

 

Hi...quick look says Murano, not antique...1960s...1970s maybe.
just a quick primer on your kind of date cane..



During the 1970s, Venetian glass workers made many custom items for American wholesalers of antique reproductions. Many pieces of 19th century glassware were copied including paperweights. A number of new paperweight styles were made with encased "dates" in imitation of famous antique paperweight makers like St. Louis and Baccarat. While not a problem for paperweight specialists, the new dated weights are frequently sold for old by general line dealers and auction houses through lack of knowledge. Telling the older dated weights from the new copies is relatively easy if you know what to look for.

Year dates in the modern Italian weights almost always appear on a single cane. That is to say that the four numbers composing the year all appear on the surface of one relatively large cane. The new single "dated" cane is generally the same diameter and thickness as the decorative canes within the same weight.

Virtually all year dates on canes in antique paperweights are made with only one number per cane. In other words, year dates in old weights are generally made up of four canes with one number per cane. The individual canes used for date years in old weights are generally much smaller than the decorative canes within the same weight.

 

Welcome
You need to spend some time looking over it closely (a magnifying glass helps) to see if it has any marks, letters and numbers on it.
A photo of the top will also help as makers like Clichy are identified by a specific flower pattern top centre.

 

I am still leaning towards Murano .... But I surely could be wrong. Something nagging at me ..reminds me of some American (New England area) weights..but still think Murano. Sorry not much help... this one I would need to see it in person from all angles.......

 

Thank you! Sounds like I might need to find someone local to look it over

 

This looks a lot like your Paperweight. I don't have a worthpoint account to see what it sold for.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/large-date-cane-1885-millefiori-522399389

 

Here is one on eBay. It is an asking price not a SOLD price. I think the price he is asking is WAY out of line.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-18...715055?hash=item46a9b1d6af:g:bWsAAOSwNNVeTwtK

 

The one on Worthpoint sold for $44.95.

 

Where is this weight? The date cane ones here are often attributed to Walsh Walsh or Bacchus. It is indeed a scramble millefiori.