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<p>[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 845411, member: 8363"][ATTACH=full]195736[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]195737[/ATTACH] </p><p>I was going by the rough surface comment. "California-style paperweights are made by "painting" the surface of the dome with colored molten glass (torchwork), and manipulated with picks or other tools. They may also be sprayed while hot with various metallic salts to achieve an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridescent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridescent" rel="nofollow">iridescent</a> look." These are mine and they do not have a smooth glass surface[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 845411, member: 8363"][ATTACH=full]195736[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]195737[/ATTACH] I was going by the rough surface comment. "California-style paperweights are made by "painting" the surface of the dome with colored molten glass (torchwork), and manipulated with picks or other tools. They may also be sprayed while hot with various metallic salts to achieve an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridescent']iridescent[/URL] look." These are mine and they do not have a smooth glass surface[/QUOTE]
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