Large Mdina Glass Paperweight/Doorstop, late C 20th

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Large Mdina Glass Paperweight/Doorstop, late C 20th

A very large glass paperweight or doorstop of rounded, slightly flattened globular form decorated in a swirling design of yellow, green and blue and signed to the base ‘Mdina’. Mdina Glass was founded in the Maltese town of Mdina in 1968 by Michael Harris and Eric Dobson. The town had no history of glass making but the venture proved to be a success. Its wares, free formed organic glassware, often in colours inspired from the sea, sand, earth and sky, proved very popular with tourists visiting Malta. Michael Harris left Mdina in 1972 and formed a new company, Isle of Wight Studio Glass, on the Isle of Wight, UK, leaving Eric Dobson in charge, but many of the designs he created continued to be made at Mdina Glass after his departure although new designs and patterns were added as well. Ownership of the company later changed but it is still producing a popular range of glasswares today. Traditionally this pattern has been referred to as ‘Sea and Sand’ but a recent study of Mdina by Mark Warner states that the correct name for this range is ‘Blue Summer’.
Size: Ht 9cm, Width (max) 11.5cm, Base 8cm
Weight: 2.09kg
Date: Late C20th
Condition: Good condition, no issues
Estimate: £60 – 80

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