Topic: Butterfly paperweight - maker?

[tropdevin]

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I don't know for sure who made this butterfly weight, but it looks like a J Glass one to me.  Any views?

Alan

[jamalpa36]

I'm with you Alan, John Deacons about 20 years ago

Roy

[SophieB]

Dear Alan and Roy,

I feel like boasting a bit so I enclose a copy of the message I sent to the seller
of the butterfly weight when it first appeared (see below):

I am no expert but I have seen a similar design of butterfly by John
Deacons.

I found a version of it  on the website of p**********24 in
the archive gallery for 2009 at the top left-hand corner of p. 11.

The canes are much more sophisticated than the one you show, but there is a
resemblance. Could it be an experimental weight made by him in the very early
years of Perthshire? I have seen one other trial weight that he testified
was made by him in this period without signature cane.

So I definitely agree with you both!!!

It is amazing how so little knowledge (I mean my own, of course) can go to one's head!!!

Sophie

[cfosterk]

Perhaps this will help matters....

I have an almost identical butterfly paperweight, sames base, canes, colouration etc.

My example rather helpfully has a Deacons paper label and his characteristic 1 9 9 2 signature canes.

So as definite as I can be - John Deacons circa early 1990's!!!