Topic: Paul Ysart Harlequin - help on date please

[orangeglass]

Hi,
just got this Harlequin weight - I have seen a few like this, some with highly finished bases and H cane, others with rough bases, and mine which is sort of in between! (see picture)
I assume this style of weight was made over quite a period of time, and hoped someone may be able to help point to the approx. time frame for mine.

It measures approx. 3" diam x 2.5" high, the glass (a bit greyish) has a purple tint from the manganese, it also fluoresces greeny/yellow under my UV torch. I also think one of the canes has an green outer coating showing uranium content.
Is it likely to have been made by Paul himself?

Many thanks for any help!

sorry for the light reflections in the pics!

[orangeglass]

I have had time to look through other harlequins, the Harland era ones look different to this.

I think the base can best be described as fire polished with a broken (rough) pontil scar.

This is leading me to it thinking it may be an earlier piece - could it be from the Moncrieff period?

But, I have also read that they could be Ysart brothers / Vasart era or by Salvador (pre or post war?)

Help!!!

And just to add that some of the detail of the canes and how tiny some are is amazing 

[tropdevin]

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Hi.  When I saw the auction images I assumed it was probably 1940s, and was a Paul Ysart piece. That is still my view!

Alan

[orangeglass]

Hi,
Thanks!
That was what I hoped it was, but until you actually see it in the "flesh" one can never be to sure! (and even then there seems to be lots of uncertainty!)

[Gary]

Nice find Roberta, I am no paperweight expert but I do like the bubbles.
Gary

[orangeglass]

I'm no paperweight expert either but i do find canes fascinating!

My eyes hurt now from comparing canes - the nearest matches I can find in mine appear in two confirmed Paul Ysart weights from the 1930's.