{"product_id":"1980s-selkirk-glass-paperweight-harlequin-inscribed-paper-label","title":"1980s Selkirk Glass Paperweight. Harlequin With etched inscription and date. Original paper label","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is one of a selection of vintage Scottish paperweights which I am listing in my shop - all with very fair prices attached to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one was made by Selkirk Glass in the Scottish Borders. It has an early Selkirk glass label on the base. It has an etched inscription as photographed - and is etched with the date 1980. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelkirk Glass was set up by Peter Holmes and Ron Hutchison in 1977. Peter Holmes left in 2002. The company sadly closed in 2006 - so these beautiful weights are no longer being made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1980 weight is an early one - made a couple of years after the company was founded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has a height of 2 1\/4 inches and a diameter of 2 3\/4 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a very stunning paperweight with an inky Royal Blue ground or base - this is overlaid with another layer of harlequin glass made up of fused and swirls of melded millefiori slices and canes. From the centre issues an elongated bubble - and around the rim edge is are another rising elongated bubbles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt must have taken great skill to have made this weight - and the quality suggests that it is an early Selkirk example by Peter Holmes. He made similar Harlequin weights when he was working at Caithness Glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quality of this weight is reflected in my fair price for this one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iconic Edinburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31616712376384,"sku":"SOLD FOR £50","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/1902\/6240\/files\/1980s-selkirk-glass-paperweight-harlequin-with-etched-inscription-and-date-original-paper-label-archive-960.webp?v=1784964187","url":"https:\/\/www.iconicedinburgh.co.uk\/products\/1980s-selkirk-glass-paperweight-harlequin-inscribed-paper-label","provider":"Iconic Edinburgh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}