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@zyxw2000 11 күн бұрын
I'm aware that 2 of mine are Chinese, but they're pretty anyway. I'm not a collector. On the other hand, I bought a real Murano at a garage sale for a ridiculously low price because the owner didn't know what she had.
@nexusrnah6418 Ай бұрын
Nice, thank you!
@lynortnort107 Ай бұрын
that Chinese base is not OPAQUE, it is TRANSLUCENT. Something opaque permits no light to pass through. Using the wrong word is misleading. Translucent means just what you see...light can pass through. That is what that word means...the transfer of light. But it is not transparent, which means you can see everthing; all the details are seen, just as if the glass was not there, like a window. But translucent means light comes through but you cannot really see what is there, like a bathroom window, frosted or textured. You cannot see clearly what is on the other side.
@Blgtn43 Ай бұрын
Thank you.
@susanegley4149 Ай бұрын
Great video! Thank you! I love them all regardless of their origin. 😂❤
@desireechoate7583 2 ай бұрын
Even though they’re Chinese they’re still real glass blown piece of art aren’t they?
@dianegrove2266 2 ай бұрын
Thank you, learned so much.
@aracelileon1650 3 ай бұрын
😊
@kathleenelliott4916 3 ай бұрын
Very informative video thank you. In my mind the Chinese millefiori looks watery.
@orianna1220 4 ай бұрын
Intro 10/10... Im here to feed your paperweight addiction liked and subscribed 😂, i often que up these videos to get inspiration for ideas that one day to execute on, very nice pieces have a wonderful day.
@davevision 5 ай бұрын
Great collection. Thank you for the video 🧡🧡
@albertoascari2542 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for this😊. Its helped me identify some I have which I now believe to be Murano
@MothOrchid-em3ms 6 ай бұрын
Excellent! I learned so much. Great examples and explanations. Thank you.
@michaelroark2019 7 ай бұрын
Another factor for value of a paperweight is artistry. It is a very difficult factor to measure. This would involve issues like colors but most importantly design quality. Difficult but nonetheless important.
@tanyamcghee3922 7 ай бұрын
Mine still has my sticker with a #
@joe9042 7 ай бұрын
P.S. You have some collection, there. Very nice.
@joe9042 7 ай бұрын
The exact subject i was needing help on. It is a great group, the NPS. Joined after hearing you, talk about it.
@debbieayres63 8 ай бұрын
OMG 😱 I just love your collection ❤
@paperweightinvestigate9421 8 ай бұрын
Thank you !
@scrumpymanjack 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. Very interesting. Im thinking of starting to collect glass paperweights. I recently took possession of a glass paperweight i grew up with and that always fascinated me as a kid. How would i go about trying to identify its origin? It's been in my family for more than 50 years, and my dad, who got it, was an antique dealer, so it's probably much older than that. Any ideas about how i would investigate? Thanks.
@paperweightinvestigate9421 8 ай бұрын
There are a couple of facebook groups which are good. They are not for sales but they will help with ID. One is "Paperweight Heaven". The other is "Northern Paperweight Society". :D Thank you for commenting
@scrumpymanjack 8 ай бұрын
@@paperweightinvestigate9421 thank you very much!
@mummyg33 9 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
@forwardfollower2401 9 ай бұрын
I'm subbed and look forward to watching this when I put my senior friend to bed (Caregiver). BTW, he's British and has many paperweights, this should be fun.
@paperweightinvestigate9421 9 ай бұрын
I hope you enjoy it! I'm sure he would like watching the other videos too. :D
@pinkpotatoes9849 10 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.
@eagleheads1221 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for recording this and posting it to your channel!
@Schatzie301 Жыл бұрын
Bless you. I inherited a Sea Nymphs paperweight and could find nothing about it. Thanks so much for this video.
@paperweightinvestigate9421 9 ай бұрын
You are welcome :D
@jakebluethunder Жыл бұрын
This was very interesting and helpful. Thank you so much!
@shirley4490 Жыл бұрын
thank you
@shirley4490 Жыл бұрын
I thank you Ive learned alot. I found several of mine in a dumpster. they were very nice.
@clairecarr2244 Жыл бұрын
❤️ beautiful
@namelessgrace6319 Жыл бұрын
Paperweight investigate! That's cute. 💚
@paperweightinvestigate9421 9 ай бұрын
Thanks :D
@chantlerbc Жыл бұрын
Just started collecting paperweights a few weeks ago and Caithness ltd editions just keep turning up (3 so far). They are stunning!!
@jokenny3303 Жыл бұрын
Are you ok if I use a link to your interview on my web site? I am working on a project with Gordon on some new artwork backed by the Arts Council and want to add some info about Gordon .
@paperweightinvestigate9421 9 ай бұрын
Hi, yes of course, I'm sorry for late reply I hadn't seen this.
@linall2345 Жыл бұрын
You have a gorgeous collection!
@newjersyb Жыл бұрын
Great interview. Really Love Gordon's work and he deserves all the respect in the world.
@annhinson5670 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this!
@IanCunnington-r3v Жыл бұрын
Great videos ❤
@fallonbea Жыл бұрын
I have just begun collecting in the last six months…much of mine are Murano. I love this channel to learn more about what is out there for me to find. Look forward to more videos 🙌🥰
@keyready Жыл бұрын
Love your collection ❤
@MothOrchid-em3ms Жыл бұрын
Beautiful, thank you for sharing your collection.
@michaelroark2019 Жыл бұрын
I have about five Strathearn paperweights which is an accomplishment given the distance from Scotland on the Olympic peninsula in Washington state. I think that they are special.
@antiquesandlearningtolive4369 Жыл бұрын
My 2.5" Perthshire came in today. Wow-O-Wow is it stunning. I can see the results of their company trashing 40%~ of the weights at the end of the week, if they don't pass QC. The canes are so sharp and clean. Beautiful translucent ground and absolutely perfect complex cane structure. It is a later one(P cane in center - probably late 70s/early 80s). Thank you for the videos again! Definitely inspiring and helping to move up in the quality of Millefiori examples in the collection. I still love the ones I have already, but it is amazing to see a weight specifically aimed at being flawless. Cheers and kind regards PaperWeight Investigate, -Alex
@jamesbradshaw7213 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant interview. Thank you. I've renovated a few paperweights and I know just how hard it is to achieve a good result. Also, a superb tip about placing the weight into water to see how much glass there is covering the internal pattern.
@judyeuller7602 Жыл бұрын
This interview was so very interesting. Thanks for doing this.
@antiquesandlearningtolive4369 Жыл бұрын
You're singlehandedly responsible for me ordering a Perthshire and two more spoked Millefiori paperweights. 😅 The video showed me styles I didn't know about before. Thanks for sharing and the information! One of my weights will he crossing the pond to Alabama in the U.S from G.B via Royal Mail.
@LittleLouieLagazza Жыл бұрын
Isn't she a divine presenter, yes? I'm a roughish, gnarly long-term combat veteran who returned from the wars and chimerically found a great deal of peace in art glass paperweights. As an overtly dudely-dude manly-man, it was something of a guilty secret fetish until I found this channel and connected with her exploration into the trade jargon and terminology associated with them. Her enthusiasm is contagious. Thanks largely to her, now I enjoy my collection with apologies to none and quiet pride in this storied niche of art glass, which as it turns out is a truly mainstream, international pastime and the second-most common collecting sphere in the world after coins and stamps. Art quickens the soul. =) Thank you for commenting and look forward to seeing more from you here soon! ~ A fellow Southerner
@antiquesandlearningtolive4369 Жыл бұрын
@@LittleLouieLagazza Yes she is indeed! I automatically felt excited about the small paper weight collection I had the first time hearing her incredibly upbeat and joyous presentation. I'm currently working on finding myself in presenting videos. It is amazing you found comfort in a hobby after the tough life you lived. While I can't understand being a combat vet, collecting helped me out of a long time as a heavy alcoholic. I had been in antiques since I was a child, but didn't outwardly collect until later on. Then a series of events following a 3.5 year stent in NYC in lighting restoration pushed me into rock bottom. After getting out and cleaning up, I turned back to antiques and found things about them that seemed superficial as a younger man, to now be what makes it special. As far as paperweights are concerned, I still think a majority of mine(non Millefiori) are vintage Chinese. And while pretty, don't have much "show and tell" about them, I like them anyway. Her channel has helped me see things about them to better understand what I'm looking at. And manly men do collect beautiful and special things. I find foolish men to spend money on things they can't show anything for at the end of the week. But, apologies for the tangent. I am excited to see more of PaperWeight Investigate's future videos as well. I had zero idea incredible paperweights were still being produced. And now have two coming from across the pond after seeing her videos. My girlfriend has asked me to do a Q&A on antiques and values, so am trying to plan that out. Antiques resto is a solitary world, and I am finding it hard to present myself outwardly enough. But, anything worth doing is worth taking the time. I believe listening to most of her videos has given me some inspiration to not feel constrained in the excitement. I can't wait to post an updated video on the paperweights soon, with some really neat additions coming in. 😃 Nice to meet a fellow Southerner in the antiques(art glass in this case) world. Seems to still be slightly taboo for men to go nuts over art glass in some places. But, if I learned one thing in my days on Earth, it is that we should enjoy each day, enjoy what we have, and not ever worry about our existence being just a blip in the grand scheme. Thank you for the reply and will hopefully see you around her videos as well! As soon as my new job starts, I'll have more time to devote to the 17 different antiques I collect (from just a few to hundreds...haha), so more videos about different antiques. -Your friendly antiques restorer
@antiquesandlearningtolive4369 Жыл бұрын
@@LittleLouieLagazza I found this gem of a classic video about Perthshire PaperWeight making. Made before I was born likely, but really great. Maybe you've seen it already, but wow it brings back some memories from my childhood. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJmUg55vfrx9sKc
@paperweightinvestigate9421 Жыл бұрын
Ah this conversation warms my soul ! Thank you, both of you ! ❤️ keep enjoying those gorgeous art glass weights 😊
@essenswithrebekah634 Жыл бұрын
This is brilliant, so informative ❤
@judyeuller7602 Жыл бұрын
I've stopped collecting and have begun selling. But I still love the magic of glass.
@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 :)
@oldscoolcooldiecast1879 Жыл бұрын
My wife just found one of these at flea market and brought it to me. I like marbles and this fits in with marbles perfect
@johnlynch7181 Жыл бұрын
I have been collecting paperwhites for about 20 years now with my mum and I've just been buying them and not researching them so have got a lot of questions to ask🤔
@johnlynch7181 Жыл бұрын
Hi would you go live on KZbin and take questions🤔
@paperweightinvestigate9421 Жыл бұрын
I’m not an expert - I’m an enthusiast. I’m still learning. But hey a live discussion would be fun! I need 1000 subscribers for that so please share my videos 😊😊👍