Topic: 'Scottish confirmation' please,

[keith]

Thanks Derek,Alan,Perthshire it is then,ta,
                                                 Keith.

[SophieB]

Hi Alan,

No, I have not read 'Alphabet soup' yet. Why?

Sophie

PS: and unlikely to do so in the near future... Far too much work! AAarrgh!!!

[tropdevin]

Hi Sophie

At least if you have lots of work your job should be safer than some!

I asked here as I saw you were reading this thread, and wondered if you had received the article I sent you. The strange range of letter and number canes that one can imagine in certain Old English weights have little specific relevance to Scottish weights: but the concept of imagining letters that are not there is ubiquitous. I have seen Strathearn weights with a vague 'C' shape in a cane attributed as Clichy - and it is a regular occurence for auction houses to list weights similar to the one in this thread (but with a 'P' cane in the middle) as made by 'Paul Ysart'!

Alan

[KevinH]

Another point in favour of early Perthshire Paperweights is the number of spokes - 11 (also commented on by Derek, above). That was a regular number for many of the early PP1 & PP2 (and possibly PP6 as well??) designs. But the number of spokes in Perthshire Paperweights, Strathearn (and earlier Vasart Ltd, too) was very variable, so it's not a guaranteed identifier. However, the tidyness of this weight points, in my opinion, to Perhshire Paperweights rather than Strathearn.

[keith]

Thanks for the extra confirmation KevH,it was actually Scotsman that sold me the weight,just thought I'd add that,not sure why