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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: RAY on April 05, 2010, 08:31:05 PM

Title: one for wuff
Post by: RAY on April 05, 2010, 08:31:05 PM

here you go , no history behind it got it from a local sale, it measures just over 2.5" high and 2.25" across at the widest part....it has no stopper and there never was ... As the neck has never been ground for a stopper...  scratch signed " with diamond point" C11G... Designed with a light blue solid ground with a ring of millefiori on the outer and a butterfly made with millefiori in the center

click image

(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/th_Picture091-1.jpg) (http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/?action=view&current=Picture091-1.jpg)
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/th_Picture099.jpg) (http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/?action=view&current=Picture099.jpg)
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/th_Picture094.jpg) (http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/?action=view&current=Picture094.jpg)

Title: Re: one for wuff
Post by: alpha on April 06, 2010, 12:12:52 AM

CIIG would be for Caithness Glass - second quality.

Title: Re: one for wuff
Post by: suzygpr on April 06, 2010, 08:03:57 AM

My understanding of the mark is that it is a second from Caithness Glass.  I've seen quite a few pop up on ebay - a few of the sellers quote CIIG and that it is a second.

This is probably why it wasn't ground for a stopper.

Suzy x

Title: Re: one for wuff
Post by: Wuff on April 06, 2010, 11:32:33 AM

Thank you for the images, Ray! This would be a Miniature Butterfly Perfume Bottle, designed by Allan Scott and issued in1992:
(http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/a6c533f416a6ac3713a6f52e50b42ebc.jpg)

Title: Re: one for wuff
Post by: RAY on April 06, 2010, 04:25:21 PM

sorry all ..i know its a 2nd and thanks for the answers, i put it on here as i could not send it to wuff via email for some reason...........

thanks for the info Wuff.. do you know about the stopper ..was it just clear glass or does it have millefiori or another butterfly?

Title: Re: one for wuff
Post by: Wuff on April 06, 2010, 06:03:13 PM

I have never held the actual bottle in my hands - only have this scanned catalogue image. For me this looks like clear glass - just with some reflections.

Allan will be in a better position to answer this question ;)

Title: Re: one for wuff
Post by: RAY on April 06, 2010, 06:11:05 PM

here's the unmarked one Wuff

(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/th_Picture102.jpg) (http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/yorkshirebob/?action=view&current=Picture102.jpg)

Title: Re: one for wuff
Post by: ALLAN on April 09, 2010, 08:11:37 PM

Just a note to confirm that the stoppers for the mini perfume bottles were all clear glass.
                              Allan

Title: Re: one for wuff
Post by: Wuff on April 12, 2010, 07:51:39 PM

Only due to the help of Helen MacDonald I managed to track Ray's unmarked weight down:
(http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/2324d6bd0eeb48b349b1e5baf185d070.jpg)
shows "Autumn Gold" from Colin Terris' "Four Seasons Impressionist Collection" of 2001.
Whether Ray's weight is a "production weight" (for some reason escaping the marking) or a development sample is difficult to say for sure from the scanned catalogue image.

Does anyone out there actually own the weight?

If you want to see the other seasons, go to Scotlandsglass (link in my signature) - Caithness by year - 2001.

Thank you, Helen, and best regards to all -  Wolf