Topic: How small can a paperweight be?

[Tigerchips]

It's just that I spotted a cane paperweight in a second hand shop but I thought it might not be a paperweight since it was approx 1cm diameter. It would blow out the window at that size. lol.

I thought it might have become loose from a piece of jewellery as it was in a jewellery box. Perhaps part of a ring as it was very much scratched on the top.

[glasstrufflehunter]

I think your guesses are very good ones. The scratching on the top would have led me to the same conclusion. A lot of paperweight makers made 'paperweight' jewelry.

Do you have a picture?

[Leni]

The one you describe might well have been from a piece of jewellery, Tony, but Peter McDougall's son Alan makes miniature 'doll's house' paperweights which are 1cm in diameter.  You can see them on Steve & Peggy Burke's website, here  (scroll down to the bottom of the page)  http://www.paperweightsplus.com/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/pwp?opendocument&part=10

[wrightoutlook]

In some shops on Murano (Venice, Italy), you can purchase very tiny paperweights, about 1/2 inch across.

Canadian glass artist John Gooderham is famous for his doll house paperweights and lampwork paperweight buttons. The image below is of his button paperweight from my collection of weights. The piece measures approximately 8/16 of an inch across. It even has his signature "J" in it.

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4074
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4073

[Tigerchips]

Thanks, I'll try to purchase it on Monday if it's still there. It's currently sitting at the bottom of one of the jewellery boxes in a shop.

One of the reasons I didn't buy it was because the top was so scratched that I couldn't see the canes. It'll be interesting to find out what it is.

With any look, the glass might become clearer if I apply a bit of oil over the top.  

[Frank]

Paul Ysart stones http://www.ysartglass.com/PaulYsart/PYstones.htm

Of course the art was continued at Caithness LINK by Peter Holmes and many others since.

PY ones sell at £30 - £50 a piece.

[daveweight]

Miniature - sometimes known as Dolls House - paperweights have been around for a while and the Master of these is John Gooderham of Ontario Canada who makes some beautiful small weights which are facetted by Ed Poore who works for the likes of Stankard, Ayotte and Trabucco. For those of you who aren't aware Peter McDougall also makes these miniatures - see the attached pictures. The first shows three of Peters weights, one is facetted. The second picture shows two John gooderham weights - note the 9ct gold dragonfly encased in a double overlay
Dave
http://i15.tinypic.com/31325va.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/4dy8krs.jpg

[Tigerchips]

Here it is.  

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4118

Upside down view
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-4117

I'm afraid that's about as close as I can get to it with my camera.

It looks as though the cog canes have tiny little canes or bubbles in the middle of them. The centre one looks concentric. I need a monacle or something.

My previous measurement was a little off. It's actually half an inch diameter.  :oops:

[Frank]

Looks Caithness, can't see well enough to say of PY or not.

[KevinH]

I can't be certain, but I think it's a Peter Holmes' "stone" as used in Caithness Jewellery (continuing the Paul Ysart theme).

It might be a Paul Ysart "stone" but I don't recognise that shade of green in the centre. (Actually, there's probably lots of shades of colour that I don't recognise in Paul Ysart canes!)