Some of you might remember my antique paperweight of love post from February 2024 HERE, --and now guess what? I've found another! This one is more traditionally round / domed glass instead of heart-shaped like the other, and this time we get a single, lovely girl, dressed in what appears to be her night clothes and cap. Is she pondering the great mysteries of the Victorian Age as she prepares to enter her slumber chamber? Is she plotting something sinister? Something sexy? Either way, I love her long brunette curls, the subtle, hand-tinted coloring of her cheeks, and that perfect feminine expression is to die for. The gold flowers encircling her are also a wonderful, texturally pleasing addition, framing her beauty for all eternity. Speaking of, where is she now?
She's very cute! From the pose, I'm wondering if this isn't somebody doing a scene from a play? What she is wearing looks costume-like and she is posing dramatically.
ReplyDeleteI love the inlay gold stars and glass bubbles. Nice piece! Is all the white splatters something that happened within the glass or is it damage to the outside?
I'd like to go to some fancy Victorian haunted roadside attraction where all the doorknobs were made out of these things. Sort of an Addams' Family House on the Rock Grey Gardens sort of place with Jurassic amber chandeliers in every room and secret passageways. But also regular passageways with the doorknobs.
ReplyDeleteI had never thought of turning glass paperweights into doorknobs, maybe that will become a new trend.
DeleteThis paperweight is a survivor, nicks and all. I can only wonder how many of this type of paperweight were made and how few still exist.
Doorknobs would be cool, but might make it harder to see the image inside.
ReplyDeleteAnd fyi, the little white stuff is under the glass and part of the picture, there isn’t a single nick or imperfection on this thing anywhere.