Manson, Family

A beautiful floral design produced at Caithness: 2 lampwork primroses with glowing deep-purple, velvet-like petals and a dark-green/yellow millefiori cane “stamen” enclosed within a garland of pale-lilac/white corrugated canes. Surrounding the flowerheads are a number of dark-green, yellow-veined le..

A theme to which the artist has returned many times - the bat cave. Within a light-brown cave, amidst stalagmites and stalactites, a solitary bat is flying around its prey - a spider hanging on a fine thread. The weight is covered with an amethyst flash overlay.Inscribed and numbered around the edge..

A finely-detailed study of a beautiful - but dangerous - predatory fish gliding over coral formations in the depths of the ocean.  The red eyes are set in distinctive pale-blue stripes running along both sides of the streamlined body from the pointed snout to the tail fins. Both body and fins are en..

A William Manson design from 1988 when he was again working at Caithness Glass. Seen through a polished, sloping front facet is a multi-petalled pink rose and a bud borne on a short curved stem. The tips of green leaves surround the flowerhead with another 3 on the stem. A bright red ladybird has ma..

A lampwork design produced while the artist was working at Caithness Glass - a parrot perched on a bamboo stalk, balancing himself with his long tail feathers. Thanks to his vividly-coloured plummage - yellow breast, green wings, black & white throat and scarlet beak - he stands out against the brow..

The artist frequently created acquatic designs; this is a relatively early one depicting pond life. A family of colourful ducks drift past a single waterlily and clumps of bullrushes growing above the surface of the water.Inscribed around the edge of the flat, polished base: Duck Pond, Caithness Sco..

Designed and made by Willie Manson this compound weight depicts two dragonflies with wings of gossamer latticinio and segmented bodies enhanced with gold & copper aventurine. The insects are zig-zagging above the speckled blue surface of a limpid pond with 4 waterlilies floating on it.The flat, poli..

One of the marine life designs the artist produced while working at Caithness. Cruising above the ocean floor is a solitary shark - his streamlined body beautifully captured in glittering blue aventurine, his jaws slightly apart. A spotted blue crab and a small green fish seek what cover they can in..

An underwater scene with a bright-blue seahorse resting in the fronds of a green aquatic plant, which appears to be swaying gently with the motion of the water. A tall, upright weight with a flat, polished front facet - made during the time the artist was working at Caithness. The glass has a faint ..

A skilful interpretation of this large marine fish. The blue-bodied carnivore is depicted here in its natural environment - above colourful coral formations and numerous sea shells. Silvery-blue aventurine enhances the body, with gold aventurine accentuating the dorsal and pectoral fins and the spea..

A lampwork peppercorn and 2 ribbed green leaves - encircled by a garland of Whitefriars green & white millefiori canes (over an opaque white ground) - believed to have been made by Willie Manson. Etched on the base is the name Ruker & Slann - a company which traded in coffee and spices - a p..

A 3 layer compound weight depicting life in and above a pond. In the water is a trout, its body enhanced with red aventurine and colourful markings. On the green-speckled surface of the pond are 3 pink & yellow water lilies and flitting above it is a red-bodied mayfly with spiralling latticinio wing..