A relatively early example of an abstract design from this Scottish glasshouse, which produced its first weights in 1978. Cyclone: “a wind rotating round a calm central area”; and that is precisely what is interpreted here. Rising from a shimmering blue ground, layers of fine crystalline bubbles swi..
Issued to commemorate the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. Red, white & blue ribbons radiate out over a cobalt blue core from under a complex red, white & blue cane with a stylized crown, a heart silhouette, the letters “C” and “D” and the date 1981.Engraved on the base: Selkirk Gla..
An early design from Peter Holmes. Silvery ice crystals caught in the frozen branches of a tree, reflect the pale winter sun. Set over a crystalline and opaque white ground.A PH signature cane is inset on the underside. The flat, polished base is signed Peter Holmes and inscribed: Selkirk Glass Scot..
An early weight from Selkirk: the first of a series of 4 designs illustrating the National Emblems of Great Britain. The complex centre cane bears the Thistle of Scotland. 5 colourful composite millefiori canes are spaced around it over a translucent, cobalt-blue ground.The weight has a low dome and..
One of the first abstract designs from Selkirk: a gaseous orange cloud floats over a lilac & blue "bubbling" ground.Signed with a PH cane in the polished, flat base. Inscribed Selkirk Glass Scotland Nebula..
A polished facet in the frosted dome of this weight gives a view onto a stylized flower with 18 striated rose-madder petals and 3 green leaves rising from a “golden” ground.PH signature cane and signed: Selkirk Glass 2001...
An attractive one-off design: a pink & white fantasy flower with a millefiori cane stamen and a short stem, floats over a basket composed of blue/white & green/white latticinio rods. The weight is finished with a circular top facet and 5 oval side facets.Signed with a PH signature cane..
A pink wild rose with a millefiori cane centre, borne on a short stem along with 2 pink buds and 6 leaves. A lovely design with a great visual depth to the basket of blue & white and green & white latticinio twists - a variation of an effect created by Paul Ysart. 5 + 1 facetting.A PH signature cane..
A large lampwork lilac-coloured pansy with heart-shaped petals around a stamen composed of fine yellow threads is borne on a short green stem growing from a pair of green leaves. To the right, a side shoot bears a small lilac & green bud. Finished with a circular top window and 5 large side face..
“Daffodils” was one of a number of lampwork designs that Peter made in the mid-1990s while working at Selkirk. Two green stalks growing from a cluster of leaves bear the white & yellow flowers. Blue, green & yellow complex millefiori canes form a garland around the blooms, which are set on a..
5 lampwork flowers arranged over a translucent mottled green ground. 2 flowers are white & orange, the others are shaded-blue, fuchsia & turquoise. Completing the bouquet are dark-green leaves and intertwined stems. Signed with a “PH” cane above the lower leaves.The weight is cut with a circular top..
Set on a translucent cobalt-blue colour ground is a large single clematis with the tips of dark-green leaves showing between the finely-ribbed white & mauve petals. 3 different types of millefiori canes make up the continuous border garland around it. The weight is finished with a circular top f..