Rare L. E. PERTHSHIRE Three Kings/Three Wise Men Christmas Paperweight 1988

  

PERTHSHIRE "Three Kings/Three Wise Men" Christmas Paperweight. This is a fabulous LIMITED EDITION vintage Perthshire paperweight made in Scotland, 1988. The paperweight features a design of the Christmas Nativity characters "Three Kings/Three Wise Men". One of the annual Limited Edition Christmas paperweights made and produced by Perthshire glass.

Produced by Perthshire of Scotland. The paperweight is beautiful and of an extremely high quality, making it a wonderful and very decorative paperweight. The paperweight is a cut-faceted design with a circular top window depicting Three Kings/The Three Wise Men.

One being in green, one in blue, and a kneeling Shepherd in an amber rose, each recognising the star of Bethlehem. This is all set on a black background. The paperweight is fully marked with the Perthshire signature cane P on the base and retains the original sticker to indicate that it was made at the Perthsire glassworks factory. A beautiful paperweight composed of such stunning multicoloured glass, making it perfect for any collectors of Perthshire paperweights or of glassware, a wonderful addition to any decorative pottery, ceramics or glass collection. The paperweight is in excellent stored only vintage conditio n.

Please see photographs for condition, if you require further photos please ask :. From a Pet/Smoke free home. Thank you for looking x x. A Little Bit About Perthshire Paperweights..

Perthshire created some of the most exquisite, high quality paperweights of the twentieth century. Perthshire began in 1968 by Stuart Drysdale in Crieff, Scotland. The company's first workers came from Vasart Glass and Strathearn Glass in Scotland and included John Deacons, who would later open his own company, and Peter McDougall, who made beautiful millefiori weights with the smallest of canes in his designs.

Jack Allan, who worked under Salvador Ysart, also joined Perthshire and became its foremost glass maker. Perthshire also produced weights in the lampwork style, creative fruit weights as well as flower weights. Since 1972, Perthshire used silhouette canes in the Baccarat style. Most pre-1979 Perthshire weights have a "P" to designate the company and the year it was made. For example, a paperweight might be signed P1970.

His small canes were very detailed, showing every star and flower inside the cane. Some of the weights also have fluted edges, making them quite decorative.

He would also combine pastel colored canes with ribbons twisted throughout the weight design, achieving a stunning effect. Some of the paperweights had a cobalt blue background, possibly in the style of Bristol, England, glass weights. Perthshire closed their factory in 2002.