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<p>[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 142914, member: 105"]Hey Kard, I just realized there's no picture looking at it from a downward angle. How many flowers are in there?</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a good, serious collector's site with a lot of info. Maybe this will help you. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.paperweights.com/paperweights/pw4229.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.paperweights.com/paperweights/pw4229.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>Composite Picture (Click Here)</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>via: Allan's Paperweights <a href="http://www.paperweights.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.paperweights.com" rel="nofollow">www.paperweights.com</a></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><a href="http://www.paperweights.com/paperweights/bohemian.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.paperweights.com/paperweights/bohemian.htm" rel="nofollow"><b>"Large Czech / Bohemian Trumpet Flower Paperweight. Circa 1900-1930.</b></a> </p><p><i>Unusual <b>trumpet flower</b> paperweight with five blossoms. There is one large pleated center flower with an unusual circular pattern of white and shades of amber surrounded by four smaller amber flowers. There is a <b>planned bubble</b> in the center of each flower and another alongside each flower. The flowers are pushed down to a <b>multi-colored green frit</b> flower pot ground. The glass is heavy crystal.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>This style is also called an <b>icepick flower</b> because of the sharp tool used to push each flower down to the base. In this case the tool is pushed through a multi-colored glass slice. Some authors call these <b>morning glory flowers</b>. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The <b>maker</b> of this paperweight is <b>unknown</b>, except that it is believed to originate in the region along the Czech - German border, hence the label Bohemian. Most likely from Silesia or Thuringia. Von Brackel discusses this style in his book He lists many variations on pages 106 to 149 with a wide range of values up to $300 and more. On pages 278 & 279 he describes the process used to make a trumpet flower paperweight."</i> <a href="http://www.paperweights.com/paperweights/bohemian.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.paperweights.com/paperweights/bohemian.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.paperweights.com/paperweights/bohemian.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-CZECH-BOHEMIAN-TRUMPET-FLOWER-PAPERWEIGHT-Circa-1900-1930-/151991381542?hash=item2363646e26%3Ag%3AtfgAAOSwrklVdPja&nma=true&si=By8edT%252Bd47peIx8YWKgiRgz05bo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-CZECH-BOHEMIAN-TRUMPET-FLOWER-PAPERWEIGHT-Circa-1900-1930-/151991381542?hash=item2363646e26%3Ag%3AtfgAAOSwrklVdPja&nma=true&si=By8edT%252Bd47peIx8YWKgiRgz05bo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow"><b>The same(?) paperweight on eBay:</b></a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]37950[/ATTACH] </p><p>It looks like the "best offer accepted" was between $39.99 and $40.50.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 142914, member: 105"]Hey Kard, I just realized there's no picture looking at it from a downward angle. How many flowers are in there? I found a good, serious collector's site with a lot of info. Maybe this will help you. [URL='http://www.paperweights.com/paperweights/pw4229.jpg'][B]Composite Picture (Click Here)[/B][/URL] [B]via: Allan's Paperweights [URL="http://www.paperweights.com"]www.paperweights.com[/URL] [/B] [URL='http://www.paperweights.com/paperweights/bohemian.htm'][B]"Large Czech / Bohemian Trumpet Flower Paperweight. Circa 1900-1930.[/B][/URL] [I]Unusual [B]trumpet flower[/B] paperweight with five blossoms. There is one large pleated center flower with an unusual circular pattern of white and shades of amber surrounded by four smaller amber flowers. There is a [B]planned bubble[/B] in the center of each flower and another alongside each flower. The flowers are pushed down to a [B]multi-colored green frit[/B] flower pot ground. The glass is heavy crystal. This style is also called an [B]icepick flower[/B] because of the sharp tool used to push each flower down to the base. In this case the tool is pushed through a multi-colored glass slice. Some authors call these [B]morning glory flowers[/B]. The [B]maker[/B] of this paperweight is [B]unknown[/B], except that it is believed to originate in the region along the Czech - German border, hence the label Bohemian. Most likely from Silesia or Thuringia. Von Brackel discusses this style in his book He lists many variations on pages 106 to 149 with a wide range of values up to $300 and more. On pages 278 & 279 he describes the process used to make a trumpet flower paperweight."[/I] [URL]http://www.paperweights.com/paperweights/bohemian.htm[/URL] [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-CZECH-BOHEMIAN-TRUMPET-FLOWER-PAPERWEIGHT-Circa-1900-1930-/151991381542?hash=item2363646e26%3Ag%3AtfgAAOSwrklVdPja&nma=true&si=By8edT%252Bd47peIx8YWKgiRgz05bo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557'][B]The same(?) paperweight on eBay:[/B][/URL] [ATTACH=full]37950[/ATTACH] It looks like the "best offer accepted" was between $39.99 and $40.50. [B][/B][/QUOTE]
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