PERTHSHIRE 1981 LIMITED EDITION CHRISTMAS SILHOUETTES MILLEFIORI PAPERWEIGHT

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PERTHSHIRE 1981 LIMITED EDITION CHRISTMAS SILHOUETTES MILLEFIORI PAPERWEIGHT:
$495.00

PERTHSHIRE 1981 LIMITED EDITION Christmas SILHOUETTES MILLEFIORI PAPERWEIGHT

Perthshire 1981 Limited Edition Christmas Silhouettes Millefiori Paperweight. dated 1981. This paperweight features five colored picture canes with Christmas themes arranged around an unusual complex center \"doily\" cane. The picture canes are of a snowman, Christmas tree, reindeer, church, and Santa Claus. These is surrounded by a garland of doily canes and set on a translucent green ground. It is signed on the base with a \"P1981\" signature cane. It also has a Perthshire paper label \"PERTHSHIRE PAPERWEIGHTS CRIEFF SCOTLAND\" on the base. This is one of a limited edition of 300, of which only 225 were made. A showy unusual paperweight.

The Perthshire Christmas Paperweights were special limited editions that changed design each year. They were near the top of the Perthshire line.

Perthshire was a small company in Crieff, Scotland that was devoted to the creation of quality glass paperweights. They stopped production in January 2002 after more than 30 years of production. Their paperweights were consistently high in quality and yet remained reasonable in price.

The birth of Scottish paperweight making is credited to the glass making family of Salvador Ysart, who moved to Crieff, Scotland in 1922. They worked first at John Moncrieff Ltd and made the earliest Scottish paperweights during that period. In 1946 Salvadore and his sons Augustine and Vincent founded Ysart Brothers Glass and produced glass wares under the Vasart label. Salvador Ysart died in 1955 The company name was later changed to Vasart Glass. Stuart Drysdale was hired manage the business side of the enterprise in 1960. The company evolved into a new company Strathearn owned by Teachers Whiskey. In 1967 Drysdale was sent a magazine article on antique paperweights (Woman\'s Day, July 1965). The inspired him to try to produce weights comparable to the French antiques. With this goal in mind, he and several of the glass workers left Strathearn to found Perthshire in 1968.

Large Size: Just under 2 15/16\" diameter by 2\" high. The base is ground concave.
Condition: Excellent condition with no scratches, chips or cracks. The label on the base shows wear and a previous owner has written \"81\" on it.
Signature: It is signed on the base with a \"P1981\" signature cane and also has a Perthshire paper label \"PERTHSHIRE PAPERWEIGHTS CRIEFF SCOTLAND\" on the base.

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