How to ID Paperweights 2- Murano vs Chinese Millefiori

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2 жыл бұрын

Paperweight ID made easy. See Murano (Italy) paperweights compared to Chinese ones. Look at some nice art glass :)
www.pwts.co.uk/pages/Murano1.htm

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@jakebluethunder 9 ай бұрын

This was very interesting and helpful. Thank you so much!

@shirley4490 9 ай бұрын

I thank you Ive learned alot. I found several of mine in a dumpster. they were very nice.

@albertoascari2542 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this😊. Its helped me identify some I have which I now believe to be Murano

@k.s.k.7721 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. It's been my understanding that the Chinese makers purchase the glass supplies from Murano, so they technically can label their items as being made out of authentic Murano materials, but the actual manufacturing is done in China. This is also an issue for glass beads used in jewelry making, which similarly have questionable labels, and authentic Murano glass beads are highly prized, and priced accordingly.

@paperweightinvestigate9421 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that input, really interesting!

@youraverageanxiouscommente2756 2 жыл бұрын

Although it isn't a murano, I have one of the frogs and love it so much! You've also helped me identify my most recent paperweight as a murano so thank you!

@MothOrchid-em3ms 2 ай бұрын

Excellent! I learned so much. Great examples and explanations. Thank you.

@christinekaras1730 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for doing this. I'm just getting started so this is helpful. It's so hard to find good info on paperweights and seeing what is fake.

@flamefox8989 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for sharing your knowledge about this lovely collection 😊

@pattijosinerius9588 2 жыл бұрын

I have about 50 to 60 paperweights like this. I have been collecting for ten years now. They have been boxed away and forgotten until now. Now I want to revisit them and sell them.

@MissMaryanne1 2 жыл бұрын

Although mine isn’t a Murano it’s still very precious to me because it was given to me a Christmas present from an older cousin that was more like a second grandmother to me

@rose-mr7cv Жыл бұрын

What a helpful video! Thank you for sharing your information.

@kennethmcnamara2978 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative, thank you.

@maxinehawkins4502 Жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for this very handy. And you have some wonderful paperweights.

@antiquesandlearningtolive4369 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the informative video! Seems I have had an eye for cheaply done Millefiori and well done. First thing I look for is bubbles topside. Them I look at how the base of the canes were cut. I have a couple of Chinese Millefiori paperweights, but they are well above the $29.99 eBay ones, which I purchased one recently to study the structure. And now you mentioned the colors, it is extremely obvious combined with some other observations. That said, I still have respect for well done Chinese Millefiori paperweights. They don't have the prestige of Italian glass, but some Chinese Millefiori paperweights look extremely well done. The clarity of the crystal used is also something I look for, and the uniformity of the canes. Unless it is a carpet of geometric shaped canes. I've just one example of that style, and the Murano sticker got lost during a move, being in a hot moving truck, the sticker probably got stuck in the box. Unpacked so much I wouldn't have thought to look. Thank you again for the video! These are my favorite style, though I have many styles. Only have eight Mille or so at the moment.

@veritygail Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Well done. I have one the same as the murano on the left red white and blue which I've been told is Chinese. It looks so much like yours there. Polished base but with imperfections in the base.

@paperweightinvestigate9421 Жыл бұрын

The canes look like Fratelli Toso. Compare with labelled and signed FT weights. Thanks for commenting :)

@pinkpotatoes9849 6 ай бұрын

Chinese millifiore looks surprisingly good. There is also a Japanese Murano workshop actually set up in Venice. Guess millifiore is an art form practiced by different craftsmen.

@nattyw495 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for video...

@ksmith46 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you, I will be watching more x

@paperweightinvestigate9421 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@annhinson5670 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this!

@caffelatte7024 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@shannonackerman6106 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou very informative 💖

@toosexy7955 2 жыл бұрын

I have one with a flower in it , the flower has 5 points with glass balls on each tip and a large glass ball in middle, Its really Beautiful, I would like to know where it came from..!

@zyxw2000 10 ай бұрын

I was able to identify my little paperweight by looking at some on Ebay, and finding a very similar one.

@LittleLouieLagazza Жыл бұрын

Sister-Dear-Heart-Love! Had you any idea that Paul Ysart makes miniature half-dome Murano style men's cufflinks mounted in silver???!!! He does, he does! And they are STUNNING. Heaven help me, I'm spiraling down a bottomless glass paperweight fetish-hole, LOL

@mummyg33 4 ай бұрын

I have the exact same small yellow,blue and red paperweight. Thanks for making me realise mine is fake😭 Hahaa na honestly thankyou.gutted but I kind of knew it was fake but now I’m fully aware

@namelessgrace6319 10 ай бұрын

Paperweight investigate! That's cute. 💚

@paperweightinvestigate9421 5 ай бұрын

Thanks :D

@toddstang2263 Жыл бұрын

Would you be able to help me identify the one I have? It was my grandmothers so I’m assuming it’s pretty old.

@paperweightinvestigate9421 Жыл бұрын

facebook.com/groups/407392684368392/?ref=share_group_link&exp=8ce3 use this group which I manage 😃

@johnlynch7181 Жыл бұрын

What does it mean when there are tiny holes at the bottom and can you tell what make they are from the holes 🤔

@paperweightinvestigate9421 5 ай бұрын

Tiny holes can come from manufacture. Also they can appear when a paperweight has been sanded on the base (for restoration) and it reveals bubble holes. Otherwise, the paperweight would show etching in a particular shape which helps to ID

@johnlynch7181 5 ай бұрын

@paperweightinvestigate9421 thank you

@fabiann.leonmedina4702 2 жыл бұрын

I’m anti buy China, however maybe mirando is a bit overpriced?

@zyxw2000 10 ай бұрын

Murano isn't overpriced. Think of the work that goes into just the millefiori before completion.They're made from colored rods that are gathered in a bundle, stretched, and then cut. They might need hundreds of them in one paperweight. And the clear portion is made from lead crystal.