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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: Sue C on November 07, 2007, 01:26:25 PM
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Hi, i have this paperweight which is marked E II R in the central bubble is a crown.
1952-1977
2333
It isnt marked Caithness, but i have a feeling it may be, any advise?
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Is the EIIR on the base or on a facet - it took a lot of tweaking to get it visible. A profile view may help, but it is not Caithness style of marking. Mark is sandblasted through a stencil but the 2333 by stylus.
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Hi Frank, the etching is on the base, a frontal view givws a cloud of purple an outer rim of six smallish bubbles and one larger bubble, in the center is one large bubble with a crown in the center, thanks for replying.
BTW, thank's for the tweeking :)
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Bump, any ideas anyone :huh:
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It looks like Selkirk to me Sue :)
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Thank you so much :)
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Sue,
Forgive me for stating the obvious but this looks to be CT71 Jubilee Crown Bubble designed by Colin Terris in an edition size of 3000 - that makes sense if you've got a stylus showing the number within that edition size...
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Looks likely, lousy pic in Charlton though. Does anyone else have one?
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No but at least I wasn't far off :D
I was thrown by there being no ID on the base other than design name. That's very unusual by the time they got to 77 (and PH branched off).
Well Sue, it looks like it IS Caithness, and book price is £60 (though realistically it is more likely to be £30-£45) :)
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So my first hunch was right, thank you all so much, although most of my glass will not be with me for long, due to a lack of space and a nagging husband :cry:
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Sue,
What do you mean not for long? Its a shame if you're going to have to sell your glass collection!
I presume ebay? If so place make sure you post via the market place!!
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Hi folks,
The first use of ecthed markings like these was in 1977, presumably introduced for the anniversary weights, to give an air of formality.
Having said that, some have this etching (like Crown Bubble and Jubilee Moonflower), but others are still fully hand engraved (like several Jubilee floating crown examples I've seen).
It's not clear what the policy was (if any) but 1977 Lobster has also been seen etched with the three-row etching:
'Caithness'
<name of weight>
Scotland
Etching was then introduced to all unlimited weights in 1978, and some limited weights.
It seems to be random whether Limited weights were etched or hand engraved- but it may be Perth/Wick variances
andy_n
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Are you sure its etched, looks more like sandblasted with a stencil.
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oops - perhaps loose terminology.... ..or different varieties of etching...?
I use the term 'etched' to mean any kind of eroding technique (are the definitions used in discussion on here more tight than that?)
Etching on metal can be by sand erosion or laser or acid etch,
In this case (CG paperweight base markings) I mean etched by sandblasting with a stencil - not acid etched.....
andy_n