Featured Broken paperweights

Bought these two today. A bargain I thought until I realised that the wavy lines inside are cracks. Nevermind. Lesson learnt. Maybe.

 

they look a nice quality, so much going on i can't make out where the crack is

do you mean here ?

 

That's the one. I thought it was part of the pattern then I felt it with my nail anc it's a king crack. Here have a penny for your box. The blue one I think is just a flaw from the factory. Looks like a fold all the way through.

 

They are beautiful though!

 

Here's a better angle. Damn shame cos the canes are really nice.

 

This is true. Don't think I'd get another for the same price. Not figured out what they are yet. Google keeps suggesting Baccarat and Clichy but it has been known to tell big fat lies before now. I'm ruling Baccarat out as it doesn't ring true. I'm thinking Italian.

 

I wonder if it is Perthshire.
@Ownedbybear ?

 

Not sure. Just checked the canes for a sneaky P but can't see any. The canes and latticino are very distinctive though so I reckon any trained eye would be able to ID it. The blue one I'm not sure. Looks like a load of different ideas have just been squashed into one paper weight. The unrefined fold in it makes me think Chinese perhaps.

Glass is such a fickle thing.

 

They’re both annealing shears, caused when the glass isn’t cooled down properly on making and can show up many years later. Some weights literally fall apart. Not Chinese, the canes are more like fratelli Toso.

 

Thanks bear. Are you referring to the white one or both regarding Fratelli?

 

Definitely the white lace scramble and I suspect the other as well. The base is right. I’ve seen both of them around.

 

Cool thanks. I got an aquarium one as well. I purchased them in an antique shop. I should know better than to try and get a good deal from a dealer.

 

BTW - Fratelli just means "brothers" in Italian. When I googled it everything that came up was a pizza restaurant.

 

Might be a different sort of brothers in Sicily. Don't mess wid da brothers. You got dat?
I like pizza but I don't get it much. It's always a struggle fitting it in the fridge or freezer.

 

I most often buy the frozen ones here, but not big ones. Real pizzas can be huge. I take them out of the boxes and put the slices on a paper plate with waxed paper in between. Cold pizza is breakfast. It's made of white flour and tomatoes so I don't eat it often any more either.

 

Yeah maybe I should try that. ALDI do some really nice big ones. I usually add my own bits as well though. Anchovies, olives and pickled jalapeño slices then some blue cheese five minutes before it has finished cooking. Mmmmm.

 

My favorite is spinach, olive, carmelized onions and feta. The local joints here were all Greek-owned when I was a kid and they had those in house for other things. Anchovies...I could deal with some of those right now. Blue cheese wouldn't make it as far as the pizza; it would find my face first. (chomp!)

 

Collector value plummets but when you have them sitting on window sill or shelf it barely matters imo. I got a couple great ones for a couple bucks each this past year. One turned out to be early Baccarat and the other early New England Glass Company. They have cracks just like yours. I never notice the cracks when I walk by them though. So I get to enjoy fine examples at a fraction of the cost. I’d probably have sold them if they weren’t damaged and not gotten to enjoy them all the time.

 

Yes I know what you mean. I have a fair few things with ugly sides turned towards the wall.

 

These are really beautiful, whatever the cracks. Annoying that dealer didn't point that out but that's the game I guess. I hope you enjoy them!