Topic: Caithness - unknown pattern

[Wuff]

Any comment on the following paperweight would be appreciated:
http://cgi.ebay.ch/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400110531251

[chrisc]

I emailed the seller who confirmed there is nothing whatsoever on the base of the paperweight.  However, from the pictures it does look like Caithness.  Perhaps a trial weight?

[paperweights]

It looks like a variation of the Strathearn Tropic design.



http://paperweights.com/pw2440.jpg

[Wuff]

After talking to several people (off the list) the present assumptions are summarised as follows:
It is Caithness - but likley not Colin Terris.
It is neither Alastair MacIntosh nor Helen MacDonald.
It is Helen's cutting design, though - and therefore likely facetted by Martin Murray.
The entire weight might be Martin Murray.
Could be a design study (not selected for production), an event piece, or just a 'homer'.

Any further comment would be appreciated.