Topic: Ysart ? Or...?

[tropdevin]

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Anyone got any views on the maker of this paperweight?  It certainly looks as if it could be Scottish, but the ground does not look like Paul Ysart to me - nor the lampwork, really.

Alan

[Nick77]

Hi Alan
My thoughts were the same as yours when I saw this, doesn't look good enough for Paul's work and that ground???.
I saw the image first whilst scanning ebay, before reading the title and thought Murano then saw the description and the base and now don't know, early W Mansonish maybe?

Nick

[w8happiness]

Hi everybody,
yes I agree with Alan and Nick, early Manson came to my mind, looks Scottish...
Murano normally has polished flat bases for salamanders over translucent grounds;
I miss some elegance, but the green aventurine is rather stylish and looks like in my green Manson octopus,

this lizards's ground however is similar to some Peter Holmes (one off Millefiori over "porridge") sand ground
test pieces -except for the grain's colour combination which is a little odd....   cheers E.

[Nick77]

Murano normally has polished flat bases for salamanders over translucent grounds;

Yes I did say I thought Murano until I saw the base.

Peter Holmes does seem another possibility as you say.

Nick

[RAY]

to me it looks like a Caithness WM piece

[SophieB]

Hello,

a trial piece by WM at Caithness is a distinct possibility, but so would a trial piece by Peter Holmes at Caithness, too...

I cannot help wondering whether it could be the (first) lizard that PH produced and has been searching for (I cannot see any evidence of a forked tongue though). It would be worth showing the picture to both makers. A pity it was not on Ebay sooner; we could have checked with them both at the Ysart week end...

SophieB

[Roger H]

Nothing in this weight reminds me of Paul Ysart. Did you notice it is 3.5 inches in diameter.
        REgards Roger