Topic: Paul Ysart Style Paperweight?

[KevinH]

I do not normally comment too much on live auctions and I am not in favour of posting negative comments about any seller, regardless of how wrong I may think they are.

However, just for fairness to anyone here who does not understand Ysart paperweights, here is part of a message I sent recently to the seller of this eBay item which has been relisted (twice, I think).

Please consider using a description that better suits the paperweights you list rather than saying Paul Ysart Style. The weight in this listing is a regular millefiori design from Murano. At least one other you have listed in a similar way was a standard modern Chinese millefiori weight. Although Paul Ysart did make some weights that could be described as being his own style, that is not true of any regular millefiori concentric patterns - which have been used since paperweights of this type were first made in the 1840s or perhaps even 1830s.

[glasstrufflehunter]

That's the first "Paul Ysart style" listing I have seen. The usual is "murano style" which is applied to Chinese glass.

Maybe they do it to get their stuff to turn up on searches. I've taken to adding "-style" to my search parameters to weed out the pages and pages of Chinese stuff.

[Frank]

I also dropped them a line   :24: