Murano style glass wrapped candy Paperweight, late C20th

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Murano style glass wrapped candy Paperweight, late C20th

This is a large model of a striped sweet or candy represented as being wrapped in cellophane with two end ‘twists’. Given the size (smaller models in various shapes can also be found) this example was most likely intended as a paperweight. While often termed ‘Murano’ and not impossibly made in one of the workshops there, this piece and others like it is best described as more generically ‘Italian’ and most likely dates to the late twentieth century. But ‘caveat emptor’ : there are also smaller examples of these glass wrapped sweets which are modern and made in China but the quality does not match that of the European originals.
Size: Length 19.5cm, Width (max) 8cm
Weight: 800gm
Date: Late C20th
Condition: Good condition, possible slight manufacturing flaw towards the end of one of the 'wrapper twists' (see image 6)
Estimate: £20 – 30

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