Probably the rarest of the 3 “animal” weights and the most difficult to find. Bundles of blue/white rods and pale-yellow/pink canes form the body; the wings are made of pink-centred white composite canes. The head is a blue/white composite cane, the eyes lilac/white. The canes in the cluster above t..
Phoenix Paperweights - a short-lived venture (ca.2002 - 2003) involving Willie Manson Snr and a number of glass artists from Perthshire Paperweights.A large weight with ca. 100 simple & complex millefiori canes - including a PP signature cane - closely packed within a border garland of canes and..
A large butterfly set below a pink & white Clichy-style rose. Bordered in pink the insect’s outstretched wings are infilled with blue complex millefiori canes. Pale-blue rods form the body and antennae, with a single blue compound cane for the head. Encircled by a pale-green/wh..
Phoenix Paperweights - a short-lived venture (ca.2002 - 2003) involving Willie Manson Snr and a number of glass artists from Perthshire PaperweightsApprox. 65 relatively simple millefiori canes, plus a number of complex canes, closely packed in the centre of a medium-size weight over a translucent, ..
Designated SP-102, this series of designs was introduced shortly before paperweight production at Strathearn was phased out. Set on a mottled amber ground (appears black!) is a large, complex centre cane encircled by a quatrefoil garland with white/yellow/turquoise canes with a black cross on a whit..
Pattern No. 601: a large multi-cane owl, which was first made in 1979 - only a few were made before the factory closed in 1980. The body is made of white & pink complex millefiori canes, the wings are clusters of pale-green tubes. 2 large yellow cog canes - filled with tiny lilac, pink &am..
A medium-size millefiori weight with complex canes between 7 short twists radiating out from the centre cane cluster. The border garland is composed of 2 rows of alternating canes - green/pink & blue in the first row, white & yellow in the outer row. The design is set over a translucent, mottled blo..
Radiating out from a large blue & white complex millefiori cane over a cobalt-blue ground are 10 blue & white spokes separated by 10 complex pink, white & yellow millefiori star canes. The design is completed by a ring of alternating complex millefiori canes in lemon, red, burnt orange & white and a..
A magnum weight with approx. 50 closely-packed simple and complex millefiori canes - set over clear - and bordered by a ring of multi-coloured canes, partially drawn underneath the cane canopy to form a basket.A PMcD signature cane is placed just inside the basket at 4 o’clock in the first picture. ..
Resting on a pedestal of alternating blue & white rods with a clear faceted foot, a closely-packed canopy of well over 100 complex canes is set on a cushion of crushed canes within a multi-coloured border. Signed with a “P” cane within the design. (Includes original certificate)..
The clear glass encloses a coral-pink & white dragonfly with white latticinio wings, hovering over wild flowers next to a clump of bullrushes growing at the edge of a pond. A frosted border frames the top facet and the unusual cutting around the 12 side facets imitates the criss-cross flight of ..
A medium-size weight closely packed with approx 130 millefiori canes around a centre silhouette: a white bird on a blue ground. Canes include 1 white & 2 pink roses, pansies, a white cross, shamrocks, hearts and various bell-canes in different colours. The colour ground is translucent cobalt-blue gr..