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Heather Paperweight - Large

Heather Paperweight - Large

€65,00 EUR
€65,00 EUR
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

This beautiful Heather paperweight is made in England. A clear polyester resin, containing a UV filter to stop fading, is used to embed the botanical specimens without destroying them, as molten glass would, and the globe shape allows the specimen to be seen in its beauty from all angles.

Our large paperweights are 85mm (3.5 ins) in diameter and the small are 65mm (2.25 ins).  All sizes are approximate.Flowers are natural products and as such have variations in colour and size and the pictures are representative of what we can produce.   The paperweight you receive will not look exactly like the one photographed but will be as similar as we can make it.
ABOUT HEATHER

Heather (Calluna Vulgaris)  was used to dye wool yellow and to tan leather. With malt, heather is an ingredient in gruit, a mixture of flavourings used in the brewing of heather-beer during the Middle Ages before the use of hops. Thomas Pennant wrote in A Tour in Scotland (1769) that on the Scottish island of Islay "ale is frequently made of the young tops of heath, mixing two thirds of that plant with one of malt, sometimes adding hops".

The use of heather in the brewing of modern heather beer is carefully regulated. By law, the heather must be cleaned carefully before brewing. From time immemorial heather has been used for making besoms, a practice recorded in Buy Broom Buzzems a song probably written by William Purvis (Blind Willie) (1752–1832) from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Heather honey is a highly valued product in moorland and heathland areas, with many beehives being moved there in late summer.

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