Hi All
Just sharing a thought that has puzzled me for a while concerning Strathearn Paperweights. I regularly see spoked weights, sea urchins, ice pool and flower weights on Ebay but they also made some nice editions called Flower Garden, Kaleidescope, Whirlwind, Sea Anenome, Lava and Crown Weights but these never seen to appear for sale and I just wondered why and where have they got to ? One possibility is that they may have had paper labels and if these have come off they made not be recognised as Strathearn.
I wrote an article for the PCA Bulletin in 2006 and photographed some superb Strathearns; Butterflies, Spoked Weights, Crowns and Concentrics all set in double overlays but nothing similar has ever appeared for sale so this factory did make some very nice weights.
Just to finish off, here is a picture of an unusual weight showing the name STRATHEARN GLASS whihc was made by Jack Allen, assisted by Dave Moir, just after the factory opened and I believe it was used as a centrepiece for displays at glass exhibitions Strathearn attended and in those days they were held in Blackpool.
Dave