{"product_id":"1971-caithness-paperweight-uranus-the-planets-second-series-colin-terris-peter-holmes","title":"1971 Caithness Paperweight. Uranus from the Planets (Second Series). Designed by Colin Terris and Peter Holmes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a lovely vintage paperweight entitled Uranus. It is an early and much rarer weight and is dated on the base 1971. It was designed by Colin Terris and made by Peter Holmes: both have their etched signatures on the based.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is one of a series of four designs of the Planets - they were sold as a set of four. Other ones in the set included Jupiter, Neptune, and Earth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is from the second planets series - the first one was released in 1969 and featured: Mars, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus. These planet-themed weights were the first-ever sets issued by Caithness and are important items in the history of Caithness weights. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is 458 out of a limited edition of only 500 weights. Both sets were fully subscribed - and issued with high ticket prices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey were very popular with the American market and many are now in specialist museum collections Stateside, such as the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass (Wisconsin) which \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eholds the largest, most representative collection of glass paperweights in the world. The museum collection contains a nearly encyclopedic collection of Caithness paperweights produced between 1968 and 2002.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"e0WtYb ZClDgf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bmmglass.com\/\" title=\"Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"TgRqnd\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"e0WtYb ZClDgf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bmmglass.com\/\" title=\"Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eThese early planet weights are very much sought-after weights - given that they are now over 50 years old. My price for this attractive Uranus one is certainly a fair one. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"TgRqnd\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe weight imagines what the surface of the planet might look like - with its dark blue ground and blue and white speckled waves on the base surface inside the glass. Inside the clear dome, float three large red glass globules and tiny halos of controlled bubbles, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have taken lots of images for you to look at all the details in close-up. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn lovely vintage condition with no damages - inscribed with issue numbers to the base etc.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeight is 2 1\/2 inches - and with a diameter of 3 1\/4 inches. Unpacked it is nearly 800 grams.  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgain, this is not such a common weight - and certainly an interesting historical one! This is reflected in my asking price. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePostage will be with Royal Mail Tracked (Small Parcel) Postage. This will be applied at check out. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iconic Edinburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39395777151040,"sku":"Lindsay Burns Middle Drawer","price":195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/1902\/6240\/files\/1971-caithness-paperweight-uranus-from-the-planets-second-series-designed-by-colin-terris-and-peter-holmes-scottish-glass-854.webp?v=1784986807","url":"https:\/\/www.iconicedinburgh.co.uk\/products\/1971-caithness-paperweight-uranus-the-planets-second-series-colin-terris-peter-holmes","provider":"Iconic Edinburgh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}