Topic: Help identify my signed "torus bubble" weight please

[toffee66]

Hi,
I recently bought this weight, it is signed but I cannot read it, it is 3 inches in diameter, any help would be great. Thanks

[KevinH]

Hi toffee66, welcome to the Board.

I have ameneded the title of the thread to hopefully attract more viewers.

However, I think it is by Gerhard Schechinger. See Info Needed on G. Schechinger Paperweight for another example in the Board.

[toffee66]

Hi Kevin,

Thank you very much for the help, I typed that into a search and there it was, brilliant!!

Andy

[daveweight]

This is a copy of a Caithness paperweight called "Space Shuttle" which I think was issued in 1981, here is a picture of it
Dave

[toffee66]

Hi Dave,

Thank you for the info, how does that work then, copying a Caithness weight?

Cheers,
Andy

[daveweight]

Sorry Andy - I am not sure how this works or if Caithness paperweight designs are patented but you can see my weight is identical to yours
Dave

[chopin-liszt]

The Caithness weigh has bubbles in the coloured ground and the bigger bubbles on either side of the ring appear to have points which meet inside the ring, while the first weight's bubbles are round and do not meet.