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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cxgirl, post: 532769, member: 63&quot;]those are some drop dead gorgeous weights, I love them<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>not damage or a flaw, just part of the process from making the piece. I had some weights with the same line and wasn&#039;t sure, I asked on the Glass Message Board about it and one of the paperweight folks there explained it.</p><p><i>This is just an artifact of the manufacturing process.&nbsp; The cane used for the torsade most likely was not made from the same melt of glass as was the dome of the paperweight.&nbsp; This can result in minor differences in the optical qualities / index of refraction of the clear glass used.&nbsp; This is especially true in older work where the batch materials were not as precise in chemical content and the systems for measurement and mixing were similarly less precise.&nbsp; When such a difference exists it is visible in the way seen here, light is refracted as it crosses the line of transition creating a visible &quot;seam&quot; where no gap or air is present.</i></p><p>here is one of the weights I was asking about, at St Louis Upright Bouquet</p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]168033[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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