Selkirk

A large experimental weight, designed by Peter Holmes, which never went into production. Floating above a blue/white and glittering-silver ground, are 2 pagoda-like forms. The lower one is greyish-blue and covered in thousands of tiny air bubbles while above it - a diaphanous cobalt-blue “smoke clou..

The polished front facet of the weight provides a view into “a floral glade”, which designer James Brown describes as “a refuge of peace and rediscovery”.  The surface at the back has a “rippled” effect. Engraved around the polished, concave base: Selkirk Glass Scotland Serenity Ed 250 1999. (I..

A simple but fascinating trial design: floating over a pale-green ground with a light dusting of “snow”, are 2 transparent bubbles enveloped by swirling purple ribbons. Engraved around the polished, concave base: Selkirk Glass Scotland 1999...

A colourful abstract design by Philip Holmes, described on the certificate as “Loyalty and pride reflected in a jamboree of colour”.  A large weight with a riot of red & blue streamers surrounding a white sphere above a layer of bubbles and a silver-speckled blue ground. .Engraved around th..

A beautifully-executed experimental design - but one that was never issued as a limited edition. A riot of white, cranberry & amber streamers swirl around a cluster of tarnished silver bubbles above a blue & white crystalline ground.Inscribed around the polished, concave base: Selkirk Glass Scotland..

The pansy is the smallest of the 3 “Hedgerow” flowers designed by Peter Holmes. It has 2 large, heart-shaped upper petals and 3 pale-blue, purple-tipped lower petals with a white/pale-pink cog cane stamen. The short stem bears green leaves and a purple bud about to open.Scratch-signed, numbered and ..

The Hedgerow series - 3 limited editions of flowers designed by Peter Holmes - allowed him to introduce lampwork into the predominantly abstract range of paperweights. The wild rose has 5 pale-pink petals fading to white at the edges, set around a pink & white cog stamen. Alongside the flower are 2 ..

The Hedgerow series - 3 limited editions of flowers designed by Peter Holmes - allowed him to introduce lampwork into the predominantly abstract range of paperweights. The yellow primrose has 5 heart-shaped petals around an amber & white cog stamen. Attached to the short curved stem are ribbed green..

A wonderfully imaginative use of colour in this large experimental weight which remained a one-off. Encircled by purple/blue streamers, a golden bubble - topped by a small silver bubble - appears to be spinning out of a pool of molten metal and multi-coloured ore. Probably designed by Peter Holmes, ..

A magnum one-off weight: 2 blue, green & white ribbons spiral around a myriad of golden and tarnished silver bubbles rising from a mottled green and purple ground. Inscribed around the polished concave base: Blue and Green Spiral 1/1...

A magnum abstract design in silver & white over a pale-pink ground within a slate-blue exterior. At the centre of parallel circles of small controlled bubbles, hovers an opaque-silver planetary ring with a large bubble rising above it. Spinning around the ring, a multitude of fine white threads crea..

An eye-catching trial design from this famous Scottish glassworks: like an aquatic plant on the seabed, intertwined blue & purple fronds - their surface coated with thousands of minute bubbles - grow out of a pale-pink & blue ground.Engraved around the polished, concave base: Selkirk Glass S..