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Title: caithness paperweight, but which one?
Post by: Cazza on November 21, 2013, 02:36:58 PM
Hi this is a CIIG  marked weight, which makes it a second, no other marks on it. can anyone tell me the name of it please. It has what looks like a crab in the bottom.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/5/4/1/2/4/webimg/718235614_o.jpg (http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/5/4/1/2/4/webimg/718235614_o.jpg)
Title: Re: caithness paperweight, but which one?
Post by: jakgene on November 21, 2013, 04:14:47 PM
Looks like sea crab. 1974/5. Colin Terris. The engraving is an addition to the pattern as it is a second. The original design doesn't have it.

Check it out on Scotlands' Glass website

Regards
JAK
Title: Re: caithness paperweight, but which one?
Post by: tootingpf on November 21, 2013, 04:23:16 PM
Hi!

I'm intrigued by the engraving.  I have a CIIG weight (Moonflower) that has been engraved in exactly the same way.  Was this a way of marking a second (in addition to the rather more subtle CIIG!), or were these weights being used as 'practice' for cutters?  I wondered if segmenting the weight in this fashion might be part of the process of faceting?

Graham
Title: Re: caithness paperweight, but which one?
Post by: Cazza on November 21, 2013, 04:34:25 PM
It was the engraving that threw me. Very odd
Title: Re: caithness paperweight, but which one?
Post by: tootingpf on November 21, 2013, 05:27:37 PM
Yes, it seems an awful lot of effort unless there is some good reason for it.  I do wonder if it is a 'skill development' exercise - dividing a paperweight into equal segments or something....

Puzzling.
Title: Re: caithness paperweight, but which one?
Post by: chriscooper on November 21, 2013, 06:52:00 PM
I think the clue is Limited edition and what to do with the 'seconds' a thread somewhere with a dragonfly weight of mine with an explanation.

Chris

http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,49128.0.html
Title: Re: caithness paperweight, but which one?
Post by: tootingpf on November 21, 2013, 07:54:37 PM
Thanks Chris,

But mine is definitely not a limited edition (it's not one of the many 'special edition' moonflowers)...
Title: Re: caithness paperweight, but which one?
Post by: BobKegeles on November 22, 2013, 01:39:35 AM
Here's my Sea Crab, It has much more going on than the ciig version.

Though, of course, the engraving is not there.