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Title: Unique, maybe..but £750...?
Post by: tropdevin on July 19, 2008, 12:53:00 PM

Is a unique Caithness (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5335820906&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=110272185214&item=110272185214) likely to sell at such a price?

Alan
Title: Re: Unique, maybe..but £750...?
Post by: Frank on July 19, 2008, 03:42:40 PM
Considering it is a former Caithness weight maker (John or Shona Spittal) and it has a special meaning to him/her. I would say it is a fair price. Some of their limited edition glassware was higher in price.
Title: Re: Unique, maybe..but £750...?
Post by: johnphilip on July 19, 2008, 05:08:09 PM
It looks similar to a Whitefriars garland weight that i have, as W/Fs closed in 1981 maybe that was the inspiration and Caithness did buy some of the W/Fs paperweight ideas.
Title: Re: Unique, maybe..but £750...?
Post by: tropdevin on July 21, 2008, 08:12:43 AM

I suspect the inspiration for this design was some people in France in the 1850s called Clichy and Baccarat...or maybe a Spirograph kit!

Alan
Title: Re: Unique, maybe..but £750...?
Post by: Frank on July 21, 2008, 09:43:21 AM
Isn't a floating garland unusual?
Title: Re: Unique, maybe..but £750...?
Post by: tropdevin on July 21, 2008, 12:11:02 PM
A floating garland is certainly unusual, but I don't think it is unprecedented.  I recall seeing an image of an antique French weight where a similar garland was at a different level from the centre cane (maybe below rather than above?).  If I can find it I'll post the reference.

Alan
Title: Re: Unique, maybe..but £750...?
Post by: johnphilip on July 21, 2008, 02:12:25 PM
A tad slow 100+ years to get an inspiration.
Title: Re: Unique, maybe..but £750...?
Post by: KevinH on July 21, 2008, 06:57:14 PM
The inspiration was very likely from Paul Ysart himslef ... he made some interlaced garland weights ... but I don't have any examples!! And similar has also been done by John Deacons (and others, no doubt).