Topic: Customised Perthshire oddity/curiousity?

[Glassheart]

Dear all,
I stumbled across this curiosity at a bric & brac shop the other day.  Being a Perthshire fan,  I recognised the canes.  However,  if I’m not mistaken this is a customised weight which has been converted I think to a candleholder/ornament.  Correct me if I’m wrong but I think this started life as a pp52 Inkwell and maybe due to damage,  it’s had its neck and top sawn off and then smoothed over and made into a candleholder ornament.  What’s interesting is that it has Xmas canes,  you can see Santa,  Xmas tree, a sleigh and an odd looking face which I think is a snowman,  as it works well as a Xmas ornament!

I’ve never seen anything like it,  but cannot find it online anywhere which is why I think it’s been modified at some stage.  Would you all agree?

[Glassheart]

Unfortunately I can’t seem to upload any more pics… due to the size restriction.  I thought you could post more per post?

[Glassheart]

This one works…

[Glassheart]

Last pics (I figured the issue)

[Wuff]

Looks like a Perthshire "Marble" - which (despite the name) has a flattened base. See page 155 of the "Complete Guide ..."

[Glassheart]

Thanks for the insight,  yes I agree looks like a Perthshire marble,  however it’s bigger than that.  Also given the hollow centre I do think it started life as a Perthshire scent bottle ornament.  I can’t find a design like it anywhere so definitely think it’s been modified now into, a candle holder of some sort.

It’s unique !

[chopin-liszt]

Do Perthshire scent bottles not have the same design as inkwells and have a very thick clear casing wth the canes inside the bottom?
This, being hollow, seems much more along the lines of a candleholder, or even a table cigarette lighter.
Although I rather suspect Perthshire might have been founded a bit later than the time smoking finally became frowned upon.

[Glassheart]

Yes,  I probably meant inkwell/bottle.  When I mean hollow,  it’s only hollow from the top which I presume is where the neck of a bottle begins?  It’s quite solid and from picture 2 in the first post you can see where the hole starts and it’s been smoothed over at the neck (or cut depending on if we think it’s modified).  I have the Perthshire book and cannot see any candle holders or anything similar so either this is modified or it’s a one off piece or even a curiosity made for fun?  Having all those Xmas canes then gets me thinking it was made as a Xmas candle holder,  table piece?   What do you think?