Caithness Abstract

A fine Colin Terris design depicting a stylized, magenta-coloured Conquistador “battle helmet” over a layer of controlled bubbles. Cut with a concave top and 6 side facets plus 12 vertical flutes. Scratch-signed und numbered on the flat, polished base: Caithness Scotland Conquistador 16/50. (Origina..

A one-off design by Colin Terris. The polished front facet of the dome-shaped weight reveals an abstract, diaphanous purple flower - covered in white hoar frost - between 2 silver bubbles. The translucent aquamarine colour ground below the scalloped white crystalline layer underneath the flower, is ..

Helen MacDonald’s whimsical interpretation of Fairy Land - the “home to pixies, elves, sprites and kelpies”. A domed weight with a sloping front facet providing a view of the red & white caps of 3 toadstools on a grassy mound. Large flowers, leaves and stalks are engraved around the blue-flashed, fr..

A striking design, described by the artist Alastair MacIntosh as “A clever illusion created by skilful facetting”. The frosted, aquamarine-flashed, spherical weight has 2 polished facets, like 2 eyes - cut at an angle to each other - providing a view of the interior. Suspended above an aquamarine ba..

A Helen MacDonald abstract design. The polished front facet gives a view of a pale-pink pearl - encased within a white crystalline “shell” - hidden in the depths of the ocean. The design is enhanced by the aquatic plants and various sea-shells engraved on the aquamarine-flashed, frosted surface, wh..

A novelty paperweight - a collaborative piece by lampwork artist Allan Scott (who made the fish) and Helen MacDonald, who engraved the aquamarine-flashed, frosted surface of the spherical “goldfish bowl” with reeds and aquatic plants.Cut with a circular top window and a front facet, the weight is si..

A domed weight issued to mark the 25th anniversary of the first lunar landing in 1969. The design - by Colin Terris - is an interpretation of that historic moment when the first manned spacecraft touched down on the moon. The brownish-white surface of the moon is set over an amethyst colour ground. ..

Viewed though the polished up-and-over front facet, the fanned tail of a peacock - beautifully engraved around the aquamarine-flashed, frosted surface of the dome - lends this abstract interpretation a distinctive, highly-effective touch. The design and engraving are both the work of Helen MacDonald..

An abstract design from Alastair MacIntosh/Helen MacDonald depicting “an intricate glacial formation within a tranquil wooded glade”. A polished front facet gives a view onto a silver bubble floating above a jagged, pale-lilac icy formation, while a green flash lends colour to the cameo-cut fir tree..

Not a paperweight, but a perfume bottle by one of the leading designers & paperweight-makers at Caithness Alistair MacIntosh. The inner bottle - in the palest blue - is decorated with swirling white, red & pale-green latticinio threads, which meet on the underside. This is then encased in a second l..

A small domed weight with a polished, sloping front facet giving a view onto “a mystical island rising out of the moon’s ocean”. Commissioned in 1992 in a small limited edition of 50, the weight was designed by Alistair Macintosh and the engraving on the frosted surface - which enhances the intepret..

A one-off design by Alistair MacIntosh; beautifully engraved by Helen Macdonald. The up-and-over polished front facet reveals a blue filigree spiral supporting an elongated silver bubble - the mythical sea sprite. Engraved on the frosted outer surface, are swaying aquatic plants. The white crystalli..