An Allan Scott design for the Whitefriars Collection - “heralding the end of harsh Winter and the coming of Spring”. Two snowdrops are borne on stems together with narrow green leaves. The lampwork design is set over a cobalt blue ground. The weight stands upright on a small base and is finished wit..
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..
This spoke & millefiori cane design is set on a translucent green ground (appears black !). Encircling the centre cane are complex millefiori canes in mauve, coral-pink, pale-amber, orange, green & white. The perimeter garland is composed of 2 different types of “spokes” (white latticinio & white/li..
Atop an upright stem is a large flowerhead composed of deep-pink & white petals set around a 2000 date cane - an unusual feature in a Caithness paperweight. Further stems bear 4 pink & white buds. The lampwork flower is enclosed within a garland of pale-lilac/white millefiori canes over a transluce..
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..
This piece was designed by Allan Scott for the Caithness Whitefriars Collection. Encased in the spherical weight - which stands on a small, virtually round base - are 2 white daisies in full bloom, together with 2 unfurling buds, green stalks and almost translucent reddish foliage. The sloping back ..