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Title: Whitefriars or Caithness Alastair MacIntosh ?
Post by: casalibre on August 19, 2017, 07:36:27 AM

On ebay is running:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/332347875288?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Is that whitefriars or caithness?

Title: Re: Whitefriars or Caithness Alastair MacIntosh ?
Post by: glassobsessed on August 19, 2017, 09:58:59 AM

Whitefriars, often described as a streaky paperweight. Very heavy and lead crystal, should be a well finished polished pontil mark underneath.

John

Title: Re: Whitefriars or Caithness Alastair MacIntosh ?
Post by: casalibre on August 19, 2017, 04:16:19 PM

Thank you John!
Do you know also when it was made and who the designer is?

Title: Re: Whitefriars or Caithness Alastair MacIntosh ?
Post by: glassobsessed on August 19, 2017, 05:04:10 PM

Sorry, can't help with designer, you need someone with more Whitefriars experience than me. However, the pattern number is 9850 and I believe they were made by Ray Annenberg. A bit of googling may throw up more information about them.

A link here to a page from the Whitefriars 1978 catalogue which shows one of these weights: http://www.whitefriarsorg.co.uk/resources/cat7831_33.jpg

As far as I know they always have the three big air bubbles and they are made with two or more different colour canes stretched and swirled within the weight.

Title: Re: Whitefriars or Caithness Alastair MacIntosh ?
Post by: Nick77 on August 19, 2017, 05:11:03 PM

It's your listing why don't you know?