Topic: Scramble Paperweight - ID Help Please

[Alsretro]

This weight has a concave polished base. There are remains of a label but maybe it was just a price ticket. The weight measures 1 3/4ins wide by around the same in height. It weighs 150g. Any help with ID would be appreciated thanks.
Alastair

[SophieB]

Hi Alastair,

This is a Perthshire scramble paperweight. The canes reveal that it was made late in the life of the factory (end of the 1990s).

SophieB

[Alsretro]

Thanks for that Sophie.

[chopin-liszt]

I'm glad Sophie got in first, or I might have made a fool of myself by saying it might be Peter MacDougall.
He does currently make lovely scrambles, rather like this.

[Alsretro]

Any opinion always welcome Sue Silly me as had compared remains of that label to Strathearn labels, spotting it was the wrong size & shape, forgetting all about the Perthshire Paperweights label which I now presume, is what this has. Have however managed to find a space to accommodate it although today's worry is what to do with yet another Jangles glass bubble scent ball
Alastair

[mjr]

As Sophie says - Perthshire late 90s.
This was a design that they introduced late on primarily to cater for the tourist market. The factory and shop in Crieff was on the tourist trail but many visitors would not want to buy, even the bottom end standard weights, as they would be seen as too expensive just as a souvenir.
This range, available in both red and blue backgrounds, were cheap to produce  and were the cheapest weights available in the shop and it was hoped that visitors would buy these.