Topic: todays cheap as chips buy , Vasart Closepack?

[millarart]

picked this lovely wee closepack  weight up today on my travels I first thought ysart brothers(really hoped it was monart/ Paul Ysart lol) but was told by a friend it was Vasart  then I remembered reading on the Ysart Glass site that  vasart used hearts , spades , clubs and diamonds in their canes and this one has the black spades or I assume its their black spades cane but these ones have a white spot in the middle of the spade  , the weight itself is just over 3 inches wide and only around 2 inches in height ,  the canes are on a translucent mottled dark purple ground which is domed so there is very little clear glass between the canes and the top of the weight , so I suppose its a low domed weight with a high inner dome lol
UPDATE ADDED BELOW

I  just came across this weight listed as Ysart Brothers with nearly all  of the same canes as mines inc the spade shaped one
http://www.weights-n-things.com/en/archive/modern-paperweights/europe/ysart-brothers-vasart/low-domed-closepack.html

[millarart]

base with pontil pic

[KevinH]

Yes .. typical Ysart Brothers (Vasart) item.

Many weights from that period have a high dome with canes which are a mix of basic ones and good complex ones. Could have been made by any of the Ysart men.

[millarart]

Yes .. typical Ysart Brothers (Vasart) item.

Many weights from that period have a high dome with canes which are a mix of basic ones and good complex ones. Could have been made by any of the Ysart men.

thanks Kev
                     another to add  my growing  Ysart Brothers collection , seems to be nearly every weight I find is an  Ysart brothers one, yet I have only one vase signed Ysart Brothers in the whole of my collection

[KevinH]

Me too. The "Ysart Brothers Made in Scotland" acid signature on weights seems to be much less frequent than the "Vasart" acid signature on vases and bowls

[millarart]

Me too. The "Ysart Brothers Made in Scotland" acid signature on weights seems to be much less frequent than the "Vasart" acid signature on vases and bowls

I have the Ysart Brothers signature on a bucket vase which if I remember is in pink and blue with sworls or is it in blue and white lol mmmm one of them