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Title: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
Post by: Anne E.B. on April 15, 2016, 01:18:10 PM: Any ideas about this one would be appreciated. A cuboid Dartington Glass paperweight with the letter "B". It has the remains of an old label. 2.25" x 1.5" x 1.75". The base is slightly convex.
I can't see mention of one in online catalogues and have never seen one of these before.
It seems strange to have a letter. I can't imagine that they made them with every single letter of the alphabet ???
TIA :)
Title: Re: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
Post by: Anne E.B. on April 15, 2016, 06:11:36 PM: The base is slightly concave in the centre - not "convex" ::)
Title: Re: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
Post by: chopin-liszt on April 15, 2016, 07:09:16 PM: It's for holding down the bits of paper to be filed away in the B-for-Bin? ;)

The texture looks to be an old one, I've got a square-ish pot with the same texture, which I have had since the early '70s, it was a christmas present from mother, just after Studio One, a really trendy gift-shop, opened in Edinburgh. My pot is a Frank Thrower thing.
Title: Re: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
Post by: Anne on April 15, 2016, 09:11:24 PM: Possibly produced for a corporate client, Anne?
Title: Re: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
Post by: Anne E.B. on April 16, 2016, 08:36:16 AM: Many thanks for your replies. :-*
I'll use it for bills, before consigning them to the bin ;D
Title: Re: Dartington Glass cuboid paperweight with letter B
Post by: Wuff on April 16, 2016, 08:50:42 AM: Quote from: Anne E.B. on April 15, 2016, 01:18:10 PM
It seems strange to have a letter. I can't imagine that they made them with every single letter of the alphabet ???
Why not?
Caithness issued in 1981 a series of "Initial" paperweights (http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=3266&category_id=48&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=6) with a central letter cane. I have not seen all letters of the alphabet so far, but quite a few.
Using your favourite search engine to check for "Dartington paperweight letter" images you'll find closed ebay auctions of Dartington D and I letter paperweights.