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paperweight help. ID = Paul Ysart
boxed:
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boxed:
thankyou for the welcolme and for tips on uploading images
tried to send you images kevin but diddnt know how to attach them
regards
b
boxed:
So sorry forgot the dimensions
they are 3inches x 3inches and 111/2 inches around
boxed:
Hi kevin
I got the width wrong its actually 31/2inches and 3 inches wide and 111/2 inches around
hope this helps
b
KevinH:
Thanks for the new images and the sizes.
I have looked at enlarged copies of the new photos and my view is that this is a Paul Ysart weight from the 1930s period.
It certainly has a complex cane that I have so far only seen in work by Paul, rather than his father or brothers. That cane is a bundle of 16 canes within a white sleeve coated in green and formed with 16 outer ribs. It appears at the centre of the lower edge of canes in the photo: "image1c".
Also, the mix of canes and twists is well formed with no obviously unintentional air bubbles among or over the elements. The design, with 1 central and 8 peripheral intentional bubbles over a "scrambled" ground of canes is known as "Harlequin".
The strong purple tint to the dome is a feature known in various "early Ysart" weights and is most likely a result of excess manganese (a decolourant) in the glass batch. It may also have been effected by sunlight, which can, in more extreme cases, cause "soda glass with manganese" to turn purple.
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