Thursday, July 22, 2010

Caithness Paperweights Guide.

All Caithness Limited edition's are marked on the base Caithness Scotland together with the name of the paperweight and the edition number. If the base is to small to take the Caithness stamp, or if the clear nature of the base would make a stamp undesirable aesthetically, the information was inscribed by hand using an engraving tool.


In 1983 a system of numbering was introduced for the unlimited production paperweights, consisting of a letter to denote the year starting with a letter to denote the year starting with A in 1983, followed by the number of unlimited paperweights produced so far that year. IE: if the weight has the number D158 that would make it a 1986 weight and would be the 158 weight of that style.


In 2006 Caithness Glass went into receivership and was put in the hands of receivers "Deloitte

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