Topic: Huge numbered doorstop? Paperweight?

[chopin-liszt]

I'm a little uncertain about my Castle Rock being pre-production, I only bought it very recently - possibly this year, maybe the end of last?
On the other hand, they are just selling off all the old stock in Crieff .....
(You may well be interested in visiting Crieff when you're in Scotland, Wuff? They're open 7 days a week, but you can only see the glassmaking monday to friday.)
I must remember to take the camera with me next time I go, and ask if I can get any images of some of the more unusual bits. You're welcome to use my images for SG too.

[ckscot]

To bring you up to date with my little cleaning job.  I tried eucalyptus oil that I happened to have in the house, and it cleared just enough off to allow me to imagine that I could dimly make out the odd letter.  Then yesterday I bought some acetone and it cleared most of the remaining gunk off and.........nothing :cry: 
So it looks like it is Caithness double magnum number G58442 Azure, BUT most contributors seemed to expect  the base to be marked if it was Caithness.  Does the lack of marking signify a second or have any other significance maybe?  I have managed a slightly better pic of the number this time.

[Lustrousstone]

The base isn't polished, so it's likely that it was a sample and purchased from the factory shop. Seconds are usually polished and either scratched CIIG (or perhaps C2G) or etched CIIG.

[KevinH]

Derek said:

I have a copy of 1993 Midnight Orchids, the only quadruple overlay design Caithness ever made ...

Sorry to be pedantic Derek, but "Woodland Glade", made 1994 was also a quadruple overlay. Two versions are shown in the pages for the CPC 1999 Exibition:
http://www.pwts.org.uk/exhib99/Modern/Scottish/Caithness/ModCaithnessFloral42.htm
http://www.pwts.org.uk/exhib99/Modern/Scottish/Caithness/ModCaithnessFloral01.htm

Were there others?

[m1asmithw8s]

Here's another quadruple overlay that Caithness made:

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p158/m1asmith/crimprose-caithnessquadrupleoverlay.jpg

[Derek]

Hi  Kev and Mark

I stand corrected - not for the first time I was taking too much notice of hearsay!!

Talking of overlay weights John Deacons is now making quintuple overlay weight! and Daveweight has one - an  amazing technical tour de force

How about a picture Dave.


Best regards

Derek

[SophieB]

Hi there,

You can see three of these 'tour de force' paperweights on the paperweightplus website (unsurprisingly they are all sold out) at:

http://www.paperweightsplus.com/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/pwp?opendocument&part=8

They are quite something, indeed  :hiclp:.

SophieB

[Lustrousstone]

Call me a peasant but, although I appreciate the skill involved in overlays and then the cutting, I'm not entirely convinced that more than two or three overlays actually add anything apart from too much fiddlyness to an already complex interior.

[chopin-liszt]

And what about the truly apalling "Mesmerise" weight. (Only Ivo's nauseating vase excells that in ugliness.)
pic shortly. I'm not exactly sure how many casings that has, it depends if you're going to start counting the decorations on the internal casings....and I'm going dizzy (and nauseous) trying!

[m1asmithw8s]

Oh I like Mesmerize. I see it as a wonderful example of pop art 
I have one in my collection. Got it on ebay for not very much and it's a huge sucker too.
Possibly, I'm the only one...lol