This post is a little sad. My friend Richard Shock has passed away. he was a woodturner and one of his lines was paperweights with different centrepieces. He asked me to obtain some silver discs and have them hallmarked as centrepieces. This is about 11cm across and weighed with lead. We think the wood is ebony. He wished me to have an item of his work to remember him and this is the piece that was selected for me. Very appropriate.