Topic: Verification of Paul Ysart Badge Paperweight with Military Cap Badge

[carlovision]

A Paul Ysart Badge Paperweight with Military Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery inside, Made in Scotland in WW2, Art Glass 1930s.

A 1930s - 1940s period "badge weight". by Paul Ysart. Several are known to exist with most being a standard paperweight containing a military cap badge set on a spattered ground. Paul Ysart made few during WW2 due to lack of colour materials in Great Britain.

This intriguing heraldic paperweight is blunted at the base of the Coat of Arms therein so it may be placed on its side to present its contents which read in Latin: "Ubique Suo Fas Et Glory Ducunt", or "("Everywhere That Right And Glory Lead") for the Royal Artillery. The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army Regiments, King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve Regiments.

Paperweight's provenance is of the important New Orleans collector, Felix H. Kuntz the Dean of Americana, (1890-1971).

Dimensions: About 2" tall and 3" in diameter.

*Anyone know its approx value? I saw wonderful ones here: http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=336&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=6

Thanks.

[KevinH]

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[tropdevin]

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Hi.  Many of these badges originally attributed to Paul Ysart are actually Belgian.  It would be useful to see both profile and base images, but I suspect from the coarse spaced frit ground that this is actually a b
Belgian example.

Alan

[carlovision]

Hi, first off i have all the pix you require but your system only allows for uploads of up to 120K so I had to resort to one screen capture which was under 120k and oddly my other 3 screencaptures were also larger than 120k. Is there a workaround?

[carlovision]

As for the wording, its from a draft i have set up for a client to list it with Bonham's in L.A. I would like to show Bonham's your group's response as we evaluate this paperweight in order to keep their value.

[tropdevin]

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Hi. I am surprised Bonham's would consider a low value piece like this - here in the UK they usually look for a minimum estimate of £400 to £600, whereas this would probably make only 10% to 15% of that.

Alan

[carlovision]

One more try - I could not reply to my previous post of same, so here are the optimized images and descriptive language.

A 1930s - 1940s period "badge weight". by Paul Ysart. Several are known to exist with most being a standard paperweight containing a military cap badge set on a spattered or moottled ground. Paul Ysart made few during WW2 due to lack of colour materials in Great Britain.

This intriguing heraldic paperweight is blunted at the base of the Coat of Arms therein so it may be placed on its side to present its contents which read in Latin: "Ubique Suo Fas Et Glory Ducunt", or "("Everywhere That Right And Glory Lead") for the Royal Artillery. The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army Regiments, King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve Regiments.

Dimensions: About 2" tall and 3" in diameter.

*Seeking verification and value. Thanks!

[tropdevin]

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Hi.  Thanks for the extra images.  I would not be confident attributing this to Paul Ysart, rather than to a Belgian factory.  There are quite a lot of these badge weights around, and they vary in glass quality, frit style, and shape.  There are threads on this board discussing them - search for 'badge paperweight' and you will find several discussions.  Regarding value, I bought one a couple of months ago for £38.00, so to repeat what I said on your earlier thread, I am surprised Bonham's would consider a low value piece like this - here in the UK Bonhams usually look for a minimum estimate of £400 to £600, whereas this would probably make only 10% to 15% of that.

Alan

[carlovision]

Thank you Alan! I'll advise the client simply sell it online and fish a bit. More to come. 

[Anne]

Both topics merged foe tidiness.