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Author Topic: Salvador Ysart early paperweight production?  (Read 1433 times)

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Offline SophieB

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Salvador Ysart early paperweight production?
« on: August 18, 2021, 11:33:18 AM »
Hi all,

I would like to get a sense of what people think/know of Salvador Ysart paperweight production. I have always been a little confused with a number of questions regarding Salvador Ysart paperweight production ???:

1. Did Salvador Ysart make paperweights while at Moncrieff? [I know Salvador made fun of his son interest in paperweight, but he must himself have made some weights during his time there]

2. If Salvador did make weights at Moncrieff how can we identify them? Did he use his own canes exclusively? Or are there examples of weights with a mixture of canes from both Salvador and Paul? Are there any other identifying marks to differentiate the two?

3. Finally, if Salvador Ysart made weights at Moncrieff were these ever sold as 'official' Monart production (e.g. with a Monart label) or were they friggers? (I have never seen a weight with a Monart label that had Salvador Ysart canes... But I have only been collecting for 14 years).

I hope some of you have some ideas about any of these. I look forward to read about them ;D.

SophieB

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Offline bat20

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Re: Salvador Ysart early paperweight production?
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2021, 06:07:24 PM »
Good questions Sophie, and I hope you get a few replies . I’d just like to add one more having found a Salvador paperweight, why was his work so variable!?I found a flower weight which was almost too good for him compared with others he made of the same design ??

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Offline chopin-liszt

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Re: Salvador Ysart early paperweight production?
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2021, 06:11:47 PM »
We do know Paul was very secretive and kept "his" stuff to himself, often working alone to keep it that way.
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Offline SophieB

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Re: Salvador Ysart early paperweight production?
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2021, 07:46:32 PM »
Bat 20 - Yes, this is puzzling too. Having said that Paul Ysart's skills clearly improved throughout his career: for instance, there were bubbles in many of his early weights and most of his 3D weights were made from the Caithness period onward. So this would have been the same for Salvador too...

Sue - Yes, you are right. And we know that Salvador used to keep his canes locked in a tin box.

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