THREE SCOTTISH WEIGHTS
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THREE SCOTTISH WEIGHTS

THE FIRST SIGNED IN THE INTERIOR WITH A 'CG' CANE, AND INSCRIBED BLUE BUTTERFLY CAITHNESS SCOTLAND 24-50, AFTER A NATURE STUDY COLLECTION DESIGN BY ALLAN SCOTT; THE SECOND INSCRIBED AND DATED WILLIAM MANSON SNR 1999; THE LAST SIGNED AND DATED ON A SINGLE CANE 'P 1977' AND INSCRIBED #28/350

Closed26 September 2007

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THREE SCOTTISH WEIGHTS
The first signed in the interior with a 'CG' cane, and inscribed Blue Butterfly Caithness Scotland 24-50, after a Nature Study Collection design by Allan Scott; the second inscribed and dated William Manson Snr 1999; the last signed and dated on a single cane 'P 1977' and inscribed #28/350
The Caithness Glass weight set with an opaque white butterfly with blue and red markings and black antennae above a mound of latticinio ribbons on a translucent blue ground; the William Mason weight with two shaded pink flowers growing from conjoined stems, each with two green leaves, within three rows of spaced concentric millefiori canes in shades of white, green, blue and yellow, embedded in a opaque pale-blue ground; and the Perthshire concentric millefiori weight with central signature cane within two rows of spaced millefiori canes including silhouettes canes of a dog, a duck and a windmill, resting on a mound of upset tomato-red and white latticinio tubing
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) diameter,2¾ in. (6.9 cm.) high; 2¾ in.(6.9 cm.) diameter, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high; 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm.) diameter, 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, respectively (3)