Caithness Polka Brown & Tan Controlled Bubbles Paperweight

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Awesome Caithness Caramel Brown Paperweight With Tan Ribbons. Polka This piece features a lovely controlled bubble surrounding tan ribbons and a caramel brown background. As with most Caithness designs, this piece is crystal clear glass, on a flat base. The background color comes from the bottom of the piece, and it features a lovely delicate triple ribbon in tan. This piece will be a welcome addition to anyone's Paperweight or Caithness collection. Etched on the bottom, "Polka" "Caithness Scotland".Check out my other items ! About 3" around. Caithness History The story behind the success... Robin Sinclair founded Caithness Glass in Wick, North East Scotland in 1961, the company first started designing and creating many forms of Art Glass and in 1962 started creating paperweights with the arrival of Paul Ysart, who primarily made millefiori paperweights. Colin Terris then joined in 1968 to establish an engraving studio, trained by Paul, Colin soon began to experiment with many ideas, techniques and designs that were far beyond the conventional style of paperweight design known to that day.In 1969 Colin designed the first modern-style Caithness Glass paperweights, the Planets set, which was an instant success. At the time the first weights were released, the paperweight team consisted of two people working in a corner of the read more

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