How to ID Paperweights 2- Murano vs Chinese Millefiori

[@jakebluethunder]

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

[@k.s.k.7721]

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]

Thank you for that input, really interesting!

[@shirley4490]

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

[@pinkpotatoes9849]

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.

[@pattijosinerius9588]

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.

[@youraverageanxiouscommente2756]

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!

[@veritygail]

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]

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

[@MissMaryanne1]

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

[@albertoascari2542]

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

[@maxinehawkins4502]

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

[@flamefox8989]

Thankyou for sharing your knowledge about this lovely collection 😊

[@MothOrchid-em3ms]

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

[@christinekaras1730]

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.

[@kathleenelliott4916]

Very informative video thank you. In my mind the Chinese millefiori looks watery.

[@antiquesandlearningtolive4369]

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.

[@kennethmcnamara2978]

Very informative, thank you.

[@rose-mr7cv]

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

[@dianegrove2266]

Thank you, learned so much.

[@susanegley4149]

Great video! Thank you! I love them all regardless of their origin. 😂❤

[@LittleLouieLagazza]

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

[@nattyw495]

Thank you for video...

[@ksmith46]

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

[@paperweightinvestigate9421]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@caffelatte7024]

Thank you very much!

[@Blgtn43]

Thank you.

[@namelessgrace6319]

Paperweight investigate! That's cute. 💚

[@paperweightinvestigate9421]

Thanks :D

[@annhinson5670]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@shannonackerman6106]

Thankyou very informative 💖

[@desireechoate7583]

Even though they’re Chinese they’re still real glass blown piece of art aren’t they?

[@zyxw2000]

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.

[@toddstang2263]

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]

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

[@johnlynch7181]

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

[@paperweightinvestigate9421]

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]

@paperweightinvestigate9421 thank you

[@mummyg33]

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

[@aracelileon1650]

😊

[@lynortnort107]

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.

[@fabiann.leonmedina4702]

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

[@zyxw2000]

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.