Topic: sulphide of ww1 insignia of army service corps. frit adventurine ground

[sussexglass]

  I acquired this pwt recently, which I mentioned to Alan in my last thread. not sure if it could be Scottish(PY) or something else. only noticed the clumps of adventurine as I was photographing it today, most prominent under the 'S'.  the insignia is from the epaulet of the corp's great war uniform. there should be a top horizontal bar as well.  grateful for any help at all. Diam. approx. 6.5 cms. The ASC was responsible for logistics and transport. prefix of Royal given in 1918 after war.

[sussexglass]

 I would like to add the glass is fairly clear not dark as some of pics show. a circular mark is evident on top of dome. the 'sulphide' may be an actual insignia? many thanks

[KevinH]

Hi sussexglass,

I had forgotten about you message until now. However, sadly I cannot give much information.

Until people realised that weights like this had apparently been made in Europe as well as Scotland, they were usually attributed to Paul Ysart. I had doubts about some I had seen because the way the base was finished did not seem to match other work by Paul Ysart - especially where there is a comparatively large round "pontil mark".

Trying to match the colours and form of the chips of glass in the ground proved to be of little help as no firm conclusion could be made.

Because of the problem in attribution of the "badge weights", I stopped commenting about them and even added an element of doubt to the two examples I have.

But over the past few years I have seen more on eBay that look like yours rather than others that probably were by Paul Ysart.

[sussexglass]

Kevin, many thanks for your time in replying to my topic. now i'm not sure if I want to keep such a problematic pwt. and anyway I seem to be moving mainly towards collecting French classic pwts. at moment, so you may well see it on ebay  in my next clear out. regards Dudley