I purchased this glass paperweight in Bloomingdale’s at a time when they carried Caithness art glass. I don’t think they carry it anymore. Caithness is a company from Scotland that produces gorgeous handmade glass paperweights. I have a few of them, and I think they are all fascinating in one way or another. Some of their paperweights have a flower inside, or the creation of a flower. In other words, from the unique way that they create it, it is meant to look like a flower.
This round paperweight, named Red Poppy, is about three inches in diameter. The way that Caithness fashioned it, it looks as though they sliced off part of the globe shape in the front
at an angle. (It is hard to explain. You really need to see samples of other flower-themed paperweights on the website.) This angular slicing method allows us to view a smaller version of the poppy if we look straight ahead at it. At the same time, we can also see magnified side views of it, if we turn the piece from one side to the other. So optically speaking, this is all very interesting.
The poppy flower in the paperweight’s center is a beautiful orange color, and the inner portion of the flower is black. So this flower and the paperweight in general has a Halloween feeling about it because of the black and orange combination. The poppy has ...
