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Customised Perthshire oddity/curiousity?
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 custom Xmas candle holder, table piece? What do you think?
chopin-liszt:
Being hollow, it was obviously blown like this. I'd suspect something experimental that was of good enough quality to put the label on and put out for sale.
But the flat rim with no decor suggests it might have had something added on top - hence my mention of cigarette lighters.
Maybe a toothpick holder?
As you may well know, Caithness sells clearly marked seconds.
It can't be a modified or altered bottle because there is no clear casing over the canes. That would be pretty much impossible to remove nicely.
Glassheart:
Thanks. Very interesting observations. I attach some pics of a Perthshire inkwell I found online. It had very similar canes and the rounded bottom is very similar in size to mine. I was looking at the neck and guesstimating where the neck would end and the modification made. It kind of aligns in terms of proportions which is why I thought originally it was custom made. Also being there is nothing like a Perthshire candle holder or / Vase / toothpick holder (until I am proved otherwise)is why I think it is a one off maybe custom piece.
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