I would describe it as a good quality, egg-shaped paperweight with a twisted inner core of clear glass covered in white and raspberry coloured pigments, which is then encased in a clear, pale blue glass. For all the world this looks like a raspberry ripple soft serve ice cream! I am pretty confident that was the artist’s intent.
The egg shape is very well done. The pale blue casing is an excellent accompaniment to the white and raspberry core. The egg is quite
The base is very nicely polished and has an engraved mark: “CIIG”. Caithness Glass was established in Scotland in 1961 and has been making paperweights since 1969. The CIIG mark is a recognised Caithness mark, used for lesser items sold through its on-premises shop. This lovely paperweight is in very good condition, with no chips and just a very minor surface graze near the top, which is shown in the last two photos.