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Strathearn Paperweights P1 to P5

Serious research by collector Richard More is opening up the range of Strathearn paperweights, this has allowed these pages to use original Strathearn designations. For a larger variety, and current research, please visit Richard’s album which is in the early stages of development (Feb 2005) and with huge images optional! For earlier period Strathearn weights see the Vasart/Strathearn transitional page.
P1
Ice Pool		 P2
Stoer		 P3
Urchin		 P4
Orchid
Strathearn Paperweight P001 Strathearn Paperweight P002 Strathearn Paperweight P003 Strathearn Paperweight P004
A piece of Scottish Quartz
Size: 2¾" 70mm Diam.		 Stoer is an outcrop of mixed rocks, possibly a lava flow, on the west coast of Scotland.
Size: " mm Diam.		 Also described as a ‘Rare Crown weight’ on page 58 of Scottish Paperweights by Robert G. Hall
Size: 2¾" 70mm Diam.
Size: 3¼" 83mm Diam.
P5
Tropic
c1973–1980		 PSF52
Tropic facetted
Limited Edition
Strathearn Paperweight P005 Strathearn Paperweight P005 Strathearn Paperweight PSF0052 Strathearn Paperweight PSF0052 base
Paper label
Very similar weights to the Tropic were produced by other makers
Size: 5½" 140mm High		 8 oval cut facets and signed to the base:
“Strathearn 1979 No 24.”
Produced with facets as a signed limited editions of 100 in various years. Example is thus No. 24 of 100 for 1979.
Size: 2½" 61mm Diam. 5" 125mm high
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