Caithness Glass Chasing Rainbows Ornaments the Highlands of Scotland

the Highlands of Scotland

The small red fish are then picked up on the second layer and the large green and red chunks of glass are picked up on the final layer before a cap of kingfisher colour glass is melted in behind the whole design

beginning in 1884 with a layer of small horizontal brushstrokes of complementary colours

A delightful paperweight for the discerning collector

Caithness Glass Chasing Rainbows Ornaments the Highlands of ScotlandThe Crafting Method: First sand is melted onto the first layer of glass before being encased in clear glass from the furnace. The rainbow coloured glass canes are melted onto the clear glass and folded round towards the base. A metal bar is plunged into one side of the rainbow creating a hole. When the next layer of clear glass is taken from the furnace the hole fills with air, creating the bubble.