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Title: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: haggishunter on May 07, 2010, 09:44:29 PM
Hi there, i was wondering if anyone could help me identify these paperweights i bought a while back. I purchased them at a flea market and now sadly have to part with them.
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: SophieB on May 08, 2010, 09:55:55 AM
Hi,

I think that the first one is a modern Chinese weight.
I am baffled by the second (it says Scottish to me but I have never seen anything quite like it before), so better let other collectors identify that one.
The third one is a Caithness glass weight second quality.

SophieB
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: keith on May 08, 2010, 10:58:55 AM
Is the second one a Perthshire,maybe?
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: haggishunter on May 08, 2010, 12:41:40 PM
Hi,

I think that the first one is a modern Chinese weight.
I am baffled by the second (it says Scottish to me but I have never seen anything quite like it before), so better let other collectors identify that one.
The third one is a Caithness glass weight second quality.

SophieB

Hi Sophie, and thanks for your reply. The second one is very strange, i will show you a pic of the base. The third one i thought was Caithness but needed some reassurance. and i didnt understand the marking. But i take it thats what tells you its second quality.


Is the second one a Perthshire,maybe?

Maybe lol. Ive never came across another like it.
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: keith on May 08, 2010, 01:31:56 PM
The shape reminded me of this Perthshire....
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: haggishunter on May 08, 2010, 01:55:11 PM
The shape reminded me of this Perthshire....

Very similar, ive never saw another like this until now. Does it have a clear spot on the bottom showing the inside? Its like the colour is a coating on the inside, and when you look through the base you can see inside through a small hole in the coating.


Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: keith on May 08, 2010, 02:34:39 PM
Yup,think that's a Perthshire......
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: haggishunter on May 08, 2010, 03:15:05 PM
Cheers very much Keith. I think that sorts that one out. Do you know the values of these paperweights?
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: keith on May 08, 2010, 04:14:04 PM
Not something I go into,Perthshire like Caithness can range from £10-£15 to hundreds,just grab what bargains I can,
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: haggishunter on May 08, 2010, 04:22:10 PM
No probs, thanks again for your help Keith.
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: RAY on May 13, 2010, 04:40:12 PM
more likely to be a caithness with the shape as the points are more rounded than a perthshire one, as caithness did a mould weight something to do with a flower, and the clear spot is on most ...if not all moulded weights of this sort
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: Wuff on May 15, 2010, 03:23:54 PM
..., as caithness did a mould weight something to do with a flower, ...

I guess you are talking of "Florette", Ray, first issued in 1985.

Would be useful to have a view straight from above, to compare with this image (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=23435.0), and a profile view.
Title: Re: do you recognise any of these?
Post by: RAY on May 16, 2010, 08:22:23 AM
..., as caithness did a mould weight something to do with a flower, ...

I guess you are talking of "Florette", Ray, first issued in 1985.

Would be useful to have a view straight from above, to compare with this image (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=23435.0), and a profile view.

yep thats the one Wolf