One of those rare weights that seldom appear on the market - a millefiori butterfly in a blue & white double overlay. The wings - made of complex green & anthracite canes with amber/brown eyespots - are lightly dusted with aventurine. The insect floats above a mottled pink & white cushion with avent..
A rare magnum cobalt-blue & white double overlay cut with a large circular top facet and 10 round side facets to reveal a 5-petalled deep, velvet-blue flower with 3 green leaves rising out of a mottled, translucent pale-amber cushion. (appears black!)According to Dave Moir who worked at Strathearn, ..
An unusual star design, which shows what the skilled workers at Strathearn were capable of when allowed to make the sort of canes and designs they wanted to make. Cut with a circular top window and 6 oval side facets. Polished, concave base.A certificate - signed by Dave Moir - confirms that he made..
One of the later weights made by the company: a 6-point star over a velvety black ground. The scalloped pink edges are lined with white & green star canes while the centre millefiori arrangement features complex white, blue & green canes around an 8-tooth blue & white cog on mustard-yellow. The weig..
Designated SP-102, this series of designs was introduced shortly before paperweight production at Strathearn was phased out. Set on a mottled amber ground (appears black!) is a large, complex centre cane encircled by a quatrefoil garland with white/yellow/turquoise canes with a black cross on a whit..
An attractive 7-spoke cartwheel design enhanced by the unusual scalloped top facet and ribbed side faceting. The colours of the canes set between the latticinio twists - ivory & shades of blue with a hint of orange - pick up the colours in the centre cluster. Set on a transluce..
The P-10 millefiori design is generally found with 7, 8 or 10 spokes, but seldom with 9 spokes - which is what makes this one rare! (see the article by Richard More in the 2004 PCA Bulletin, page 100). Well made canes - in lemon, orange, dark-brown and silvery tones - set in the usual 1-2-2-3 format..
A high-domed, neatly set up P-10 pattern, with millefiori canes in shades of ivory, pale-blue and pale-green, pink & yellow set between latticinio cable "spokes” over clear ground.Signed with a blue “S” in a blue/white serrated cane and dated “71” in blue numerals in a yellow/white tube.Flat, polish..
A striking colour combination - ivory, caramel, mauve, pale-blue, olive-green & white - in this large, dated P-10 design with 8 latticinio spokes separating the 1-2-2-3 millefiori cane configuration over clear ground. Signed “S” in a blue/white serrated cane and dated “71" in a yellow/white tube. A..
A well set up P-10 design with white latticinio twists dividing the rings of colourful canes. The unusual feature is the intricate geometric faceting - which appears to be original.Signed with a red/white S cane and a black/white 70 date cane...
According to Richard More’s SmugMug website this P22 Strathearn design was produced from 1965 to 1978. This one has 11 millefiori canes of varying sizes set over the white lace ground. Cane colours canes range include dark & light-blue, lime green, maroon & black. Flat, polished ..