Weight Number 15

(This one puzzled me for a long time until I began to get a better understanding of cane structures. At first I thought it might even be a very early Perthshire PP1 design!)

Two rows of canes enclose a pink central ribbed cane with twisted star centre.

A "1-1-2-2" pattern is formed by the 10 coloured twists.

Slightly mottled dark purple ground.

Although the "1-1-2-2" pattern made me initially think of Perthshire's PP1 design, it also caused me to wonder whether that might help to date this weight. Perhaps this is a Strathearn piece from around 1969? But I would not like to make any suggestions as to which company first used this particular design!

Most of the canes demonstrate a ribbed tube-like structure with the tops being of a smaller diameter. This, together with the pastel greens and pinks tends to lean heavily towards a Strathearn attribution.

Note the very neat form of the twists with simple but effective banding of colours.

A fairly low but well balanced dome.

Clear and well formed.