Crown - style 1

1973-74 - L73 Limited edition code not known. A & M 1973 cane

HRH Princess Anne & Mark - "AM 1973" cane (note date) "OGJA" cane (Oban Glass Jack Allan) commemorative paperweight. Charlton lists as 1974, Caithness as 1973/74 (but with a 1974 cane).

This weight was made by Jack Allan at Caithness Glass', Oban Glassworks. Since then it was in the private collection of Glass Maestro Alessandro Moretti and in 2006 it was donated to the Perth Museum by his daughter Yvonne.

Kevin Holt remarked of this weight:

"The Anne & Mark commemorative weight was the first of its type by Caithness Glass. It was also one of the first to have a maker's initial cane (there were already items with a PH cane for Peter Holmes). To have Yvonne's weight, complete with box and certificate, in the Perth museum would certainly complement the JA ones they already have ... a Perthshire Paperweights "Witches Ball" with JA cane and a Caithness Glass "Flower In The Rain" (version with red flower in green ground).

In the case of JA weights, I think we must sadly accept that the Charlton guide value, as at 2004, of £1,000 for the A&M weight is perhaps the main indication of the importance to collectors of Jack Allan's ability as a paperweight maker."

Design: Colin Terris
Made by: Jack Allan
Edition: 100
Size: " mm High

Original price £ 35

©2007 Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth and Kinross Council.

1979 Caithness Paperweights Volume 1 (1969-1979)