A Caithness Whitefriars Allan Scott Orchids Lampwork Paperweight 1990

Heading : A Caithness Whitefriars Candida Allan Scott Lampwork Paperweight 1986 Date : 1986 Origin : Scottish Features : Two lampwork flowers and buds with leaves and stems Marks : ...

Heading : A Whitefriars Caithnesss Diamond Reflections Paperweight 1999 Date : 1999 Origin : Scotland Features :Three lampwork purple and pink flowers with two buds with a diamond cu...

This is a beautiful Caithness glass paperweight named "Ascension", designed by Alastair Macintosh and dating to the last quarter of the 20th century. The paperweight has a cone, egg shaped form, having colours including blue swirl with orange net to the centre and medium bubble and smaller controlled bubbles, making a very distinctive design. The Caithness Glass Company began making paperweights circa 1962 Paul Ysart,Colin Terriss,Alistair Macintosh,Margot Thomson Inns Burn where some of Caithness makers designers of Caithness glass paperweights. The makers mark is etched to the base with CAITHNESS ASCENSION SCOTLAND and a scratched edition number alongside as per the images. This paperweight weighs about 500 gram. Caithness glass The company was founded in 1961 by Robin Sinclair and initially only made bowls, vases and drinking glasses. After Paul Ysart joined the company a year later, that paved the weigh for Paperweight production, with regular factory production starting in the late 1960s. In 1974 the first millefiori and lampwork paperweights...

Wonderful emerald green glass conical vase with applied blue ribbon trail, designed by Barnaby Powell for Whitefriars England, circa 1935. It is easy to be mesmerized by the vase as ...