An autumn-inspired lampwork design created by Allan Scott for the Whitefriars Collection: set in clear crystal is a 5-petalled pink flower and russet-coloured foliage. Completing the arrangement are serrated green leaves. The weight is finished with a circular top facet, 8 oval side facets and mitre..
6 oval loops of blue/white & blue/pink millefiori canes are spaced around the outer edge of a translucent olive-green ground (appears black!) Each loop is centred by a cane; small corrugated canes are placed between each loop. Signed with a green/white PY cane in the centre cluster. Flat, polished b..
One of the more rarely seen Ysart designs; floating in a basket of white latticinio tubes alternating with red/white cog canes are 2 concentric rows of pink, white, pale-orange & green complex millefiori canes set around a burgundy, white & yellow centre cog cane. The latticinio and red cogs are dra..
The off-white body of the reptile - encased in tightly-coiled, yellowish-green filigree - is lying on a mossy-green ground. The snake’s head, with black & white eyes and a red tongue, is raised as if ready to strike. A PY signature cane is set near the end of the snake’s tail. The large glass sphere..
Set on a translucent wine-red ground (appears as opaque black!) is a 5-flower bouquet tied with a large blue bow. The purple, pink, orange, blue & white flowers are accompanied by 5 pointed green leaves. Encircling the bouquet is a garland of green/white/red complex millefiori canes.Signed with a g..
During the first couple of years that Paul Ysart worked as training officer at Caithness, the company distributed ca. 5 or 6 of these dated one-off designs each year to its major outlets to find out whether there was a market for paperweights. (At that time Caithness did not include paperweights in ..
A 5-flower bouquet arranged with 3 dark-green leaves and tied with a large blue bow. The PY signature cane is in the centre of the mauve flower on the left. The bouquet is encircled by a garland of turquoise, blue, white and red complex millefiori canes and set over a translucent amethyst ground (ap..
A bouquet with numerous small flowers and stems anchored by one large flower - in this case a 5-petalled, mauve single clematis. It is surrounded by 11 fantasy flowers (including 2 buds) and 9 long, slender green leaves. The bouquet is set flush with the opaque, mottled blue ground.The PY signature ..
A Helen MacDonald design - from a series entitled “Van Gogh Inspirations”. A solitary deep-violet iris is set against “the lush green foliage of the master’s palette”. The dome-shaped weight has 3 polished oval facets. The matt-green sides are decorated with V-groove flutes of different lengths cut ..
One of a series of designs - inspired by ancient medicinal plants - which Allan Scott created for the Whitefriars Collection at Caithness. Atropa Belladonna was used by women in ancient times to dilate the pupils of the eyes - a sign of beauty. The clear glass is set with 3 blooms in full flower and..
Ancient medicinal plants were the inspiration for a series of 4 weights designed by Allan Scott for the Whitefriars Collection at Caithness. Papaver Somniferum - or Opium Poppy - was traditionally used as a pain killer and to induce sleep. The clear glass is set with a single pink & white flower..
One of a series of designs - inspired by ancient medicinal plants - created by Allan Scott for the Whitefriars Collection at Caithness. Hellebore foetidus is said to have been used by Hercules to cure a bout of madness. The clear glass is set with 2 pale-green buds and 2 flowers in full bloom agains..