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Offline LesBeatiques

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ID help - Scottish weight
« on: December 28, 2013, 04:23:52 PM »
Hello all,

These Scottish weights are so confusing to me.  I don't believe it to be perthshire, I'm 80% sure it's Strathearn and 20% something else.

The weight has a concave fire polished base, roughly 2-1/2" diameter and 1-3/4 tall.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Eric

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Re: ID help - Scottish weight
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2013, 07:10:20 AM »
Good site for Strathearn and Vasart paperweights: http://strathearn.smugmug.com/

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Re: ID help - Scottish weight
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2014, 12:27:36 AM »
Thank you for the amazing reference!

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Re: ID help - Scottish weight
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2014, 08:07:37 AM »
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Hi.  Given the varying spokes, I would go for late Vasart rather than early Strathearn, but it is not easy to distinguish between the two.

Alan
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