Spectacular Magnum McDougall Checker Board Lace Ground Millefiori Paperweight

Spectacular Super Magnum Peter McDougall (PMcD) Special Checker Board on Lace Ground Millefiori Paperweight. This paperweight features an extra large checker board arrangement of 96 millefiori canes plus four signature canes.

The checker board is created using 18 pink stringers. The design is placed on a lace ground. This paperweight was part of a special offering that Peter McDougall made at the end of 2006 or early 2007. It is signed on each side of the checker board with a complex "PMcD" signature cane made from four separate letter canes and it also has a paper label on the base PMcD Glass Studio LTD, Handmade in Crieff Scotland. A well executed design with great color.

Please Note: The stand shown in the pictures is not included with the paperweight. It is shown for illustration only. Note : The picture does not do justice to this paperweight. Ignore the white areas, they are reflections and glare from the lights. Peter McDougall started his glassmaking career as an apprentice at Strathearn Glass in Crieff, Scotland back in the 1960s. When Perthshire was formed in 1968, he left Strathearn to move to Perthshire and worked there in many positions, eventually becoming Manager and Chief Glassmaker. Perthshire Paperweights closed early in 2002 after the death of the owner Neil Drysdale. Peter McDougall then made high quality glass paperweights at his own glass studio, PMcD Glass Studio Ltd. In Crieff, Scotland from 2002 until early 2012. The studio is now closed but Peter plans to continue to make a limited number of paperweights in the future. Very Large Size: 4 3/16" diameter by 2 3/4" high. The base is ground concave.

It weighs just over 41 ounces. Condition: Outstanding original condition with no scratches, chips or cracks. Signature: Signed on each side of the checkerboard with a complex "PMcD" signature cane and it also has a paper label on the base PMcD Glass Studio LTD, Handmade in Crieff Scotland. Is owned by Allan Port.

If in doubt, please check with me first. The item "Spectacular Magnum McDougall Checker Board Lace Ground Millefiori Paperweight" is in sale since Sunday, January 17, 2021. This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Decorative Pottery & Glassware\Paperweights". The seller is "paperweights" and is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

This item can be shipped to United States.

• Country of Origin: Scotland
• Style: Checker board millefiori paperweight
• Material: Glass
• Original/Reproduction: Contemporary Original
• Features: Signed
• Color: Red and White
• Glassmaking Technique: Millefiori paperweight
• Type of Glass: Paperweight
• Subject/Theme: Checker Board Millefiori Paperweight
• Brand: McDougall
• Type: Paperweight
• Production Style: Art Glass