Kenneth Scott describes his abstract design as ”the delicate tracery of a dragonfly wing enfolding the shining orb”. Unusual colours - a pinking red orb with black filigree tracery above a magenta/snowy-white , brown speckled gound - make this weight something out of the ordinary. .Engraved around t..
A lovely abstract design from Peter Holmes: above a gold-spattered ground, blue & aquamarine ribbons swirl around golden fronds in a sea of bubbles.Engraved around the polished, concave base: Selkirk Glass Scotland Minuet Ed 500 1997. (Includes original certificate)..
A translucent blue abstract form - surrounded by white, pink and blue ribbons - floats above a gold-speckled, mottled purple ground. A mercury band stretches halfway around the “nipped-in” waist.Polished, concave base inscribed: Selkirk Glass Scotland, Crusader, 1996 and numbered.
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A colourful design by James Brown: 3 large plum-coloured petals encircled by white sepals enclose a number of stamen composed of variously sized golden spheres - all set above a gold-spattered ground.Engraved around the polished, concave base: Selkirk Glass Scotland Golden Orchid 1993...
David McGregor described his design as an interpretation of a “spiral of stars moving on an endless journey within a distant galaxy”. The silver “stars” - attached to orange threads - spiral above 2 celestial bodies over a red, white & blue ground covered with a myriad of bubbles.Signed around the p..
A somewhat older - and rather special - trial design from Selkirk. A stylized “flower” with 14 petals arranged around a bubble centre. The petals are in a soft brown tone, accentuated by streaks of orange and green. Surrounding the flower are 8 pastel-blue “leaves”. The design is set over an opaque ..
An enigmatic design. Is it perhaps a stylized flower with mottled mint & white petals enclosing 3 dark-green curling “anthers” rising from a ground of golden bubbles - or does it represent the mythical fruit which was believed to induce a state of dreamy content and forgetfulness ? Either way, it’s ..
A Peter Holmes design interpreting the exuberant fun of the fairground. As if exploding from the 2 crescent-shaped silver bubbles lying on the white crystalline base, translucent blue, green and red streamers swirl around and between the myriad larger and smaller silver bubbles filling the dome.Sign..
A spherical weight with a “sculpted” surface and a polished front facet giving a view onto a sparkling abstract design. From an opaque white & speckled-blue ground a vortex of blue and amber tinted glass - liberally sprinkled with fine particles of silver mica - swirls upwards towards a large silver..
A cavalcade is a ceremonial procession, a pageant; here it’s a whirl of colourful, translucent glass kites - red, blue, green & purple - lightly tethered to the white crystalline ground below them.Signed around the flat, polished base: Selkirk Glass, Scotland, Cavalcade 191/450, 1985...
An early design incorporating 2 silver bubbles over a ground of molten "gold". The lower bubble is shrouded in a fine purple veil which extends to the 8 smaller bubbles encircling it. The second, larger bubble floats above the others, representing, perhaps, the sun god - the centre of religious beli..
An early abstract design from Peter Holmes: rising from a lava ground covered with mounds of tiny golden bubbles, is a golden rod encircled by a silver planetary ring. A PH signature cane is set in the flat polished base, which is etched, numbered & dated: Selkirk Glass Scotland, Sceptre, 27/350 198..