Topic: Paul Ysart - or not?

[tropdevin]

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Ok - showing my considerable ignorance here. Is a weight looking very 'Paul Ysart' but labelled 'Moncrieff' likely to be by Paul, rather than a family member?

Alan

[KevinH]

See Row 3, Col 1 & 3 in my "Spoke" section for the type - all Paul Ysart.

[tropdevin]

Hi Kev

Thanks for the link - but I am not sure it fully answers my question.  I accept that Paul Ysart made many weights of this design, and so he was 'likely' to have made it - but was he the only person at Moncrieff who might have done so?

Alan

[KevinH]

With those canes ... and the colour balance ... and the quality of setting ... and that design ... yes, it was made by Paul Ysart.

Edited to add:
I have never seen a weight attributed to Salvador which has the "half spoke with alternating canes" design. And, as yet, I have heard of no references to weights made pre-war and attributed to any of Paul's brothers. My belief is that the vast majority of weights (and bottles) made by Salvador, or possibly Vincent or Augustine, were from the Ysart Brothers period and therefore would never have had a Monart label.