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Title: whitefriars monk cane paperweight
Post by: kieran on November 20, 2011, 06:35:37 PM

Hi, this paperweight has the whitefriars monk cane but no date cane
does anyone have any idea of pattern/design and date year
thanks

Title: Re: whitefriars monk cane paperweight
Post by: RAY on November 20, 2011, 07:27:36 PM

will be a caithness piece, most likely to be a Alan scott piece, sorry no idea on the date or the design

Title: Re: whitefriars monk cane paperweight
Post by: Wuff on November 20, 2011, 10:56:39 PM

I have asked Allan Scott about the weight - and he confirms my assumption: not his work, most likely a trial piece by one of his assistants (and not a production piece). At least I don't find any Caithness weight in my sources with "butterfly" in the name and not completely different.