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193. Perthshire Paperweights
1973 patterned millefiori weight containing a central
disc composed of complex cog and star canes, in pink, lime, white,
turquoise and yellow, encircled by a garland of spaced pink and
white cog canes and a garland of alternating blue and beige cog
canes, on a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature/date cane.
(See The Complete Guide to Perthshire Paperweights,p.
91) Diameter 3 1/4". $300-500
194. Perthshire Paperweights
1992 pink and white clematis trellis weight containing
vines of four-petaled blossoms, each with a millefiori center,
and buds, on green and brown vines with different types of green
and brown leaves, clinging to a golden trellis above a translucent
emerald ground. Signature cane. Limited edition of 300. "Sometime
in 1967 I was sent from the States a copy of the drugstore magazine
‘Woman’s Day’ published in 1965, which contained
a magnificent article on the weights of the Bergstrom Art Center
and Museum. I nearly choked. Up to that time I knew nothing of
the existence of antique weights and as Paul Hollister said in
his book, I thought ‘Baccarat was a card game and Saint
Louis a town on the Mississippi River. ’ I thumbed through
that volume and compared the pieces with the junk and rubbish
with which I had been so proudly familiar for the last seven
years. I showed it to the craftsmen and they, as all craftsmen
do, said, ‘We can do as well as that, ’ and I said,
‘Do it. ’"—Perthshire Paperweights’
founder Stuart Drysdale, The Art of the Paperweight—Perthshire.(See
The Complete Guide to Perthshire Paperweights,p. 54) Diameter
3 1/8". $300-450
195. Perthshire Paperweights
1994 clematis bouquet weight containing a central pink
clematis, with a complex millefiori center, on a stalk with smaller
clematis, flax and fantasy flowers, in turquoise, cobalt blue,
pink, periwinkle, white and pale yellow. The design decorates
a webbed blue cushion. Signature/date cane. Limited edition of
190. (See The Complete Guide to Perthshire Paperweights,p.
58) Diameter 3 3/16". $350-550
196. Perthshire
Paperweights 1996 ladybug weight, the black-spotted red
insect, with black head, white eyes and antennae, crawls over
a leaf on a rose plant containing three furled blue blossoms
with yellow stamens. Top facet and two rows of circular side
facets. Signature cane. Limited edition of 250. (See The Complete
Guide to Perthshire Paperweights,p. 62) Diameter 2 3/4".
$400-600
197. Perthshire
Paperweights 1973 patterned millefiori carpet ground weight containing
the spaced silhouettes of a dog, a cat, a kangaroo and a penguin
around a central sailboat silhouette, set in a sea of pink and
turquoise canes over a translucent violet ground. Five and one
faceting. Signature/date cane. Limited edition of 348. (See The
Complete Guide to Perthshire Paperweights,p. 23) Diameter
2 5/8". $200-300
198. Perthshire
Paperweights 1973 faceted pink clematis weight, the flower,
with white and fuchsia petals around a central signature cane,
grows on a stem with green leaves over a grid-cut ground. Circular
top facet with fancy connected finger facets on the sides. From
the Winters collection. (See The Complete Guide to Perthshire
Paperweights,p. 23) Diameter 2 1/8". $200-400
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