Fine German Glass Paperweights
_Germany produced relatively few weights, and the metals used in German weights were heated over coal fires, with the result that they lacked the clearness and luster which has been noted in the fine product of St. Louis, Baccarat and Clichy. Bright colors were used invariably in German weights, and the decorative composition tended to be heavy, rather than delicate and graceful.
Perhaps the commonest of the German weights is the type employing a calla lily which has a bubble for a stamen. The lily was formed from many small blotches of colored glass. The floral pattern of the weight was placed around a high center-motif which often had the same color composition as the flower.
Perhaps the commonest of the German weights is the type employing a calla lily which has a bubble for a stamen. The lily was formed from many small blotches of colored glass. The floral pattern of the weight was placed around a high center-motif which often had the same color composition as the flower.
_There are few German weights found in America today, and it is possible that evem these were made in this country by German workmen. for the early Massachusetts factories employed many Germans about the year 1780. One American factory which was entirely owned and governed by Germans in Colonial days was located at Fredericktown in Maryland.
The fondness of German workmen for using enamel makes their work somewhat reminiscent of the Venetian, but any examination and comparison of the result reveals the Venetian enamel as having a distinctly finer quality.
The fondness of German workmen for using enamel makes their work somewhat reminiscent of the Venetian, but any examination and comparison of the result reveals the Venetian enamel as having a distinctly finer quality.
