PERTHSHIRE 1972C LTD ED MINIATURE FLOWER PAPERWEIGHT AMBER STAVE BASKET PERFECT

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PERTHSHIRE 1972C LTD ED MINIATURE FLOWER PAPERWEIGHT AMBER STAVE BASKET PERFECT:
$295.00

PERTHSHIRE ANNUAL COLLECTION 1972C LIMITED EDITION MINIATURE FLOWER PAPERWEIGHTIN AMBER STAVE BASKET - PERFECT EXECUTION

Perthshire Annual Collection 1972C Limited Edition Miniature Flower Paperweight with Amber Stave Basket. circa 1972. This paperweight features a red lampwork flower with a green stem and two leaves in a stave basket of amber canes each with a white and blue star center. The Perthshire complex \"P\" signature cane is in the center of the flower. In the signature cane, the \"P\" is surrounded by a ring of red floret canes. This design was Perthshire\'s first use of a stave basket in a paperweight. It was issued in a limited edition of 1,000 paperweights in 1972. This little paperweight is a miniature jewel.

I have two different copies of this listed on . This example is perfect. The other one has a deformed center cane.

Perthshire made this paperweight as one of their first annual collection items. This means the design was made only that one year and never again. They made a crown weight as the annual collection item for 1969. In 1970, they made a dragonfly paperweight and a flash overlay millefiori weight. There were four annual collection weights for 1971 and only three annual collection weights for 1972. 1972C paperweights have sold for $230 to $460 in Selman\'s sales.

Perthshire was a small company in Crieff, Scotland that was devoted to the creation of quality glass paperweights. They stopped production in January 2002 after more than 30 years of production. Their paperweights were consistently high in quality and yet remained reasonable in price.

The birth of Scottish paperweight making is credited to the glass making family of Salvador Ysart, who moved to Crieff, Scotland in 1922. They worked first at John Moncrieff Ltd and made the earliest Scottish paperweights during that period. In 1946 Salvadore and his sons Augustine and Vincent founded Ysart Brothers Glass and produced glass wares under the Vasart label. Salvador Ysart died in 1955 The company name was later changed to Vasart Glass. Stuart Drysdale was hired manage the business side of the enterprise in 1960. The company evolved into a new company Strathearn owned by Teachers Whiskey. In 1967 Drysdale was sent a magazine article on antique paperweights (Woman\'s Day, July 1965). The inspired him to try to produce weights comparable to the French antiques. With this goal in mind, he and several of the glass workers left Strathearn to found Perthshire in 1968.

Miniature Size : 1 15/16\" diameter by just over 1 7/16\" high. The bottom is ground concave.
Signature : Signed with a Perthshire \"P\" in the center. There is no paper label.
Condition : Excellent condition with no cracks, chips, or scratches.

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