Rare Limited Edition PERTHSHIRE CHRISTMAS MISTLETOE BOUQUET 1996 Paperweight

  

Rare Limited Edition PERTHSHIRE "Christmas Mistletoe Bouquet" Paperweight. This is a stunning LIMITED EDITION vintage Perthshire paperweight made in Scotland, 1996. The paperweight has a facets and a central red lampwork poinsettia with mistletoe above and holly sprigs below. This design is encircled by a border garland of alternating green and white complex millefiori canes on an opaque white ground.

Produced by Perthshire of Scotland. The paperweight is etched 118 (number within the series) underneath and is a beautiful limited edition and of an extremely high quality, making it a wonderful and very decorative festive paperweight. The paperweight still retains the original Crieff Scotland sticker label to the base which indicates that this was made at the Perthshire glassworks factory. A wonderful paperweight composed of such stunning and delicate intricate design, making it perfect for any collectors of glassware, a wonderful addition to any decorative pottery, ceramics or glass collection.

The paperweight is in excellent used vintage condition complete with the original presentation box. 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.