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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: Wuff on October 09, 2011, 03:44:52 PM
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I am posting the following images on behalf of an ebay seller, who would be pleased to read your comments on possible maker or at least region - any idea?
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Looks to say BSS 1999 434 which I interpret to mean:-
BSS = B S Studio - uncertain who B S might be but I suspect it might be USA based
1999 = Year made
& 434 = the 434th item for the year.
Good luck finding out who BS refers to.
Ross
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its a funny one, BS 1999 looks like it been etched by a child when the 434 has been done neatly, but it does have a caithness look to it
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Is it confirmed Caithness? the ebay listing says it is.
Chris
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Can't find anything like it for 1999 in Colin Terris's book and BS does not match any designer or engraver initials shown in Mark Hill's book. I think it looks very American to me.
Ross
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If it is the one listed on ebay the description implies it's signed Caithness and states Caithness in the item specifics with a start price of £49 and ending tomorrow.
Chris
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I just wish sellers would not put items under category headings that may not relate to the item being sold. Why is this is Caithness Category? I also can't see any 'fish', so what is that all about? It is a magnificent paperweight in its own right.
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Thank you for all your comments so far.
As some were clever enough >:D to find the ebay auction - let me explain in a bit more detail. When I came across the auction during my regular search for Scottish paperweights I felt this was likely not a Caithness weight (not only that I couldn't find it in my database, the signature including a year would be quite unusual for Caithness). So I contacted the seller about the attribution and got as response that this was mostly guessing - BUT - the seller showed interest in a correct identification: this has to be commended, as it is not always the case (right now another seller is insisting that his Perthshire PP1 is Victorian - stating in the response that several other people have pointed out this mis-identification before!).
I recommended to ask here - and offered as alternative to post the question, if permission to use the images was given (to have the images in the post after deletion on ebay) - which was given.
Now back to the weight: as others I assumed the "1999" to indicate the year of manufacture. Whilst Caithness has produced several fairly "modern" designs more recently, I don't think the weight has a "Caithness 1999 look" - but might be wrong, of course.
Further comments are therefore most welcome!