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Roger H:
Hi everyone,had this John Deacons weight for some time but have always considered the butterfly to be made by Willie Manson,any thoughts. Roger.

Derek:
Hi Roger

I too have a Red Admiral weight (see attached) from John Deacons and like you don't believe the lampwork was made by JD.

However, I don't think its Willie Manson either, I think its by Dunc Smith who was the chief lampworker at Perthshire for 23 years up to their closure. His lampwork is more naturalistic than Willie's and I know he has done lampwork for JD in the past. He now runs a small business selling his lampwork mounted on agate slices check it out at dsglasscraft(dot)com he has several examples of red admirals there and they are VERY similar to the ones in the JD weights.

Best regards

Derek

Roger H:
    That makes a lot of sense, thank you. Had thought of selling the Red Admiral but my wife says she loves the butterfly. Unless of course I can buy her another weight she likes to replace it then maybe she wouldn't notice!! How about this one,another in my collection. JD weight, WM flowers and ladybird, JD dragonfly??????? Sorry the photo is not too good I had to take a hurried lower kilobyte photo to upload. Regards Roger.

Derek:
Hi Roger

Willie makes great ladybirds - I have a couple of his weights with them in.

I suspect that the dragonfly in your weight is also by Willie Manson he uses
the adventurine body a lot and also the pulled millefiori wings.

Best regards

Derek

Roger H:
         Thank you for the info, wasn't sure about the dragonfly ID. I seem to remember WM working with JD for a while before he set up his present studio.

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