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Author Topic: Caithness Glass Labels  (Read 7517 times)

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Offline Wuff

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Re: Caithness Glass Labels
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2011, 11:02:31 AM »
Here's a label from one of the "Sea Shanties" fishing floats issued in 1986:
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Re: Caithness Glass Labels
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2011, 12:43:12 PM »
Then there is the etched marks - sandblasted marks to bases
Interestingly, this mark was mainly used on glassware - but occasionally also on paperweights. I do not know when, however.
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Re: Caithness Glass Labels
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2011, 04:35:40 PM »
And this one found on a Caithness vase 1980s


 

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