Caithness Traditional

The series “Millefiori Miniatures” - designed by Allan Scott - was issued over a number of years. Within a ring of blue & white millefiori canes is a 3-flower lampwork posy set on an opaque blue colour ground. The weight is cut with a top facet and 5 small side facets.Acid-etched on the flat, polish..

From the series “Millefiori Miniatures”, the warming glow of a red Christmas Lantern over a translucent cobalt blue ground - set within a circle of millefiori canes. Designed by Allan Scott.Acid etched on the flat polished base. The weight is also scratch-signed and dated by the artist: Allan Scott ..

An Allan Scott design from the Whitefriars Collection: scarlet blooms in full flower with others partially sheathed in pale-green sepals. The design is repeated in a similar arrangement in the “sodden snow” ground. This weight has different cutting to the standard version: in addition to the circula..

A blue/white, lemon/white & red/white flower - each with a millefori cane in the centre and a small bud above - are set on a mottled semi-translucent aquamarine ground. The stems - in virtually the same colour as the ground - end at the White friar cane; a blue, hooded monk on a white roundel. Cut w..

Set in clear is a classical still-life arrangement of flowers and foliage in a brown/white vase. The red, white, pale-blue & yellow lampwork flowers - with millefiori cane “stamen” -and narrow, variously-coloured leaves are arranged in 2 layers against a grid-cut background. The weight is finished w..

A butterfly design created by Allan Scott during the time he was working at Caithness. The insect has a lemon & black striped body and short black antennae. Its finely-detailed, transparent wings are outlined in black. Completing the design - which is set over a clear strawberry-cut ground - is a do..

One of a series of miniature weights designed by Allan Scott. This one is set with a dark-green lampwork shamrock encircled by a garland of canes set in pale-green glass. Cut with a circular top window and 5 side facets.Acid-etched on the flat, polished base: Caithness Miniature Shamrock Scotland; a..

From the series “Millefiori Miniatures”, a design by Allan Scott: a whimsical snowman wearing a red hat set within a circle of millefiori canes over a translucent cobalt blue ground.Acid-etched on the flat polished base, scratch-signed and dated: Allan Scott 1987. (Original certificate)  ..

An early design from the Whitefriars Collection by Allan Scott. Growing from a tuft of green leaves over a 36-point star-cut base are pale-green stems supporting 2 lampwork flowers, 2 blue buds and 4 green leaves. One flower has pale-lilac upper petals and pale-blue lower petals; the other flower ha..

The clear crystal is set with a beautiful lampwork design created by Allan Scott for the Whitefriars Collection. The bouquet includes pink, blue & lilac flowers in full bloom plus a lilac bud. Completing the arrangement are “frondy” green ferns - with the whole design set over a star-cut base. A top..

A Colin Terris design; 3 rows of cog canes - in aqua, pale-blue and slate-blue, puce, yellow, red and green - are spaced around a central white & blue 1982 Whitefriars signature/date cane over a semi-translucent anthracite ground. Cut with a circular top window and 6 oval side facets. Scratch-signed..

Although originally thought to be a trial design from Perthshire, a study of the canes identified it - despite the lack of a signature cane - as a trial design from Caithness Glass, probably made shortly after the company acquired Whitefriars and its stock. A traditional half-spoke pattern - with wh..