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Author Topic: Caithness Vase in Heather  (Read 1838 times)

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Offline adam20

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Caithness Vase in Heather
« on: August 30, 2011, 07:59:46 PM »
Vase in heather colour - bought for my Caithness collection.

8" tall sandblasted mark to base (see photo)

This appears to be a 60s 70s design but is not in Mark Hill's excellent book

Can anyone shed any light?

Thanks Adam

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Re: Caithness Vase in Heather
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2011, 09:16:24 PM »
i've only ever had one caithness piece with the same sandblasted mark as yours, it was on a striped cocktail glass, wonder if the oban site used a different mark than the wick factory?
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Re: Caithness Vase in Heather
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2011, 01:12:43 AM »
I've had two pieces recently with this mark - one a Stroma rose bowl in a gold colour - which I think indicates it is a late production one, and a green faceted low vase which I am pretty sure is made after 2000. 

I wondered if this was the mark on pieces that Caithness had made in Poland ? (refer Mark Hills book page 106)

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Re: Caithness Vase in Heather
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2011, 01:16:21 AM »
Also meant to say - your vase looks remarkable like a Morven decanter that has not been finished at the top? how do the sizes compare?

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Re: Caithness Vase in Heather
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2011, 08:51:41 AM »
I have a flamenco vase and a CT117 shakespeare vase with same mark. Both 1990d.

This is 8" where as morven decanter is 10".

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Re: Caithness Vase in Heather
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 02:34:20 AM »
In terms of date and mark, not four days ago I saw the same sandblasted (acid etched?) mark on a piece with a recent caithness label attached.  Was nothing like this, a standard bulb vase with an etched flower design.  Same colour though. Enough age for it to end up in a charity shop but how long might that take?

 

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