Topic: 'Scottish confirmation' please,

[keith]

2.5 inches across,looks very much like Strathearn,am I right?

[SophieB]

Hi Keith,

I think that it is an early (and unmarked) Perthshire. I think that I know where you got it from . I was there too...

Sophie

[Lustrousstone]

You also seem to have a st, st stutter!   

[Rocksmom]

I'd agree with your first thought...Strathern.  The colors and the tooth/gum appearance of the outside canes are good clues.  It's a pretty weight.  I have one very similar.

[keith]

Sophie;buying or selling? I'll have to get a GMB badge,it might get me a discount
Christine; :huh:over my head that one,must have missed something,
Rocksmom;it is similar to some other Strathearn pwt's I have,thanks all for looking,

[Lustrousstone]

You posted it three times 

[SophieB]

Hi Keith,

I only buy, I do no selling (I find it too hard to part with my weights)!!! So no discount from me (only competition )!!!

Actually did you come across an antique paperweight in the fair? It was a little worse for wear but it was old and the canes were very neat. The stall holder thought it was early whitefriars, but I believed antique French myself. Still, I thought the price too dear for the condition (not to mention my fragile finances ).

Hi Rocksmon,

I find it difficult to distinguish early Perthshire from Strathearn. I thought the present weight a bit too neat for Strathearn, but this is a bit flimsy, I agree. I bow to your superior cane knowledge. :pb:

SophieB

[keith]

Christine; :pb:I blame my computer,it's very old,a bit like me,
Sophie;I'm the same,couldn't part with anything,knocked over 3 glass vases on one of the outside stalls without chipping a single one,Ming,fellow GMB member was there and made a hasty departure,he thinks I'm barmy because I buy so much stuff,he has far more will power than me,eh Ming?No didn't see the pwt,missed that one.

[Derek]

Hi Keith

My vote goes with Sophie - early Perthshire.

The design would be PP2 and it is pre 1978  - it will have a fire polished base.
PP2's made from 1978 onwards have a central "P" cane and a hollow ground base.

I agree its  difficult to tell the two apart sometimes - not surprising when you realise
that all the Perthshire workers in the early days came from Strathearn! including
Jack Allen as head gaffer, Peter McDougall and John Deacons. So cane designs will
have crossed the road and I suspect actual canes!

The number of spokes in the medium sized Strathearns is more usually 8 whereas
the Perthshire PP2 usually has 10 or 11 spokes occasionally  9

Best regards

Derek

[tropdevin]

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Keith - I'd probably go with very early Perthshire - but without too much confidence. But it is cetainly Scottish!

Sophie - have you read 'Alphabet Soup' yet?

Alan