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Title: Scottish Paperweight?
Post by: adam20 on January 23, 2012, 12:22:41 PM
No markings to base of this one - 3" diam - amber coating to inner with many canes around base - green reeds up two sides, white lillies up the other

Could it be Caithness but unmarked?

Adam
Title: Re: Scottish Paperweight?
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 23, 2012, 12:58:54 PM
I doubt Caithness very much. :spls:

However, it's rather lovely and it does have some features in common with one of the the weights Mike Hunter (Twists Glass) made at the Edinburgh conference.

I think he might be worth investigating as your starting point. :thup:
Title: Re: Scottish Paperweight?
Post by: adam20 on January 23, 2012, 04:55:38 PM
A better view of canes in reeds below flower formation

Adam
Title: Re: Scottish Paperweight?
Post by: Wuff on January 24, 2012, 03:52:47 PM
I cannot find it in my Caithness documentation - but it reminds me a bit of Summer Pool (http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=4508&category_id=16&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=6) (Colin Terris, 1985).
Another Colin Terris design (2000) is Millefiori Pool (http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=3690&category_id=16&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=6) - combining millefiori with a similar flower.
Title: Re: Scottish Paperweight?
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 24, 2012, 04:09:01 PM
Link to Mike Hunter working at the Edinburgh conference. The weight I was thinking of is the last one.

http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=172:2010-twists-demonstrations&catid=21:scottish-glass-makers-t-z&Itemid=15
Title: Re: Scottish Paperweight?
Post by: w84it on January 24, 2012, 05:12:18 PM
Could it be by Norman Stuart Clarke?

I have one signed by him that has similar design, especially the green reeds and other colours used.   Unfortunately it's packed away to move house, so can't post a photo or make a detailed comparison.

Packing 400 weights to move house requires several miles of bubble wrap!  And strong packing crates (and strong people to lift them)!


Keith