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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: chriscooper on April 19, 2016, 07:08:58 PM

Title: Scottish ? early Perthshire or older. ID = Perthshire Paperweights
Post by: chriscooper on April 19, 2016, 07:08:58 PM

A friend picked this up today and asked is it Scottish ? I thought it was quite a nice and worthy of a more expert opinion thanks for looking.

Title: Re: Scottish ? early Perthshire or something older
Post by: chriscooper on April 19, 2016, 07:11:18 PM

A couple more photos

Title: Re: Scottish ? early Perthshire or something older
Post by: keith on April 19, 2016, 07:19:12 PM

Looks like a Strathearn to my very untrained eye, ::) ;D ;D

Title: Re: Scottish ? early Perthshire or something older
Post by: chriscooper on April 19, 2016, 07:23:26 PM

Okay thanks Keith thought it was a bit too 'tidy' for Strathearn shows what I think I know ;)

Title: Re: Scottish ? early Perthshire or something older
Post by: KevinH on April 19, 2016, 07:40:40 PM

I vote for pre-1978 Perthshire Paperweights PP1 (if it is 3 inch diameter) or PP2 if it is a medium size (2.5 inch diameter)

Fits all of the basic description: No signature cane (= pre-1978); fire polished base; thirteen spokes (13 / 14 were regular in that design [although other numbers did occur]); 1-1-2-2 pattern of canes between the twists. Also, the canes are very crisp and tidy.

Title: Re: Scottish ? early Perthshire or something older
Post by: chriscooper on April 19, 2016, 07:43:42 PM

Cheers Kev I was near enough then :)

Title: Re: Scottish ? early Perthshire or something older
Post by: keith on April 19, 2016, 10:43:53 PM

I did say untrained  ::) oops !

Title: Re: Scottish ? early Perthshire or something older
Post by: tropdevin on April 20, 2016, 12:45:02 PM

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I agree it is early Perthshire.  Strathearn nearly always have white latticino spokes, whereas Perthshire used coloured twists.

Alan