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1970's Caithness Controlled Iridescent Bubble Butterfly Paperweight

$ 52.79

Availability: 44 in stock
  • Style: Mid-Century Modern
  • Production Style: Art Glass
  • Object Type: Paperweight
  • Glassmaking Technique: Hand Blown
  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Material: Glass
  • Subject/Theme: Butterfly
  • Color: Purple
  • Features: Signed
  • Brand: Caithness
  • Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
  • Type of Glass: Hand Blown Glass

    Description

    Caithness Controlled Bubble Iridescent Butterfly Paperweight.
    I e-mailed Caithness inquiring about this piece and they said it was a second, sold in their shops, from the 1970's.
    It has the deep plum colored swirls and controlled larger bubbles of the early planet paperweights with a butterfly made of tiny iridescent bubbles hovering over the plum colored base. It is marked with what appears to be acid etched block style "C||G" on the bottom. It has "frosting" along the outside bottom that comes up not quite to the middle of the paperweight.
    It's in pre-owned condition with scratches on the bottom.  The top only has a few scratches, no chips, as shown in the pictures.  The tiny butterfly bubbles are iridescent and that doesn't really show well in the pictures.
    This is a beautiful hard to find piece.
    Appropriate measurements are 3" round and 2.5" tall.
    Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.