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Offline Anne E.B.

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Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
« on: April 15, 2016, 01:18:10 PM »
Any ideas about this one would be appreciated.  A cuboid Dartington Glass paperweight with the letter "B".  It has the remains of an old label.  2.25" x 1.5" x 1.75".  The base is slightly convex.
I can't see mention of one in online catalogues and have never seen one of these before.
It seems strange to have a letter.  I can't imagine that they made them with every single letter of the alphabet ???
TIA :)
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Re: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2016, 06:11:36 PM »
The base is slightly concave in the centre - not "convex" ::)
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Re: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2016, 07:09:16 PM »
It's for holding down the bits of paper to be filed away in the B-for-Bin?  ;)

The texture looks to be an old one, I've got a square-ish pot with the same texture, which I have had since the early '70s, it was a christmas present from mother, just after Studio One, a really trendy gift-shop, opened in Edinburgh. My pot is a Frank Thrower thing.
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Re: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2016, 09:11:24 PM »
Possibly produced for a corporate client, Anne?
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Re: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2016, 08:36:16 AM »
Many thanks for your replies. :-*
I'll use it for bills, before consigning them to the bin ;D


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Re: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2016, 08:50:42 AM »
It seems strange to have a letter.  I can't imagine that they made them with every single letter of the alphabet ???
Why not?
Caithness issued in 1981 a series of "Initial" paperweights with a central letter cane. I have not seen all letters of the alphabet so far, but quite a few.
Using your favourite search engine to check for "Dartington paperweight letter" images you'll find closed ebay auctions of Dartington D and I letter paperweights.
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