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Title: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 26, 2014, 04:22:24 PM

My gut wants to say Ysart, my brain doesn't know. Can you help please

Mutli-coloured chips on a white ground. The pale green ones are uranium glass (http://lustrousstone.co.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=2354)  ;D ;D. 3 in diameter; 2 in tall. The pontil mark is a rough button. Can't tell whether it was ground off or fire polished but either way it sticks out and the weight doesn't stand flat. It has a couple of small bruises and some scratching (where could I get it sorted in the UK please?) but it was cheap enough.

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 26, 2014, 05:50:51 PM

eeerie pic! ;)

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: tropdevin on October 26, 2014, 07:30:36 PM

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Hi.  Could we have a visible light image - without that, my gut is saying Belgian! As for getting it sorted, the man to go to is Richard Lamming http://ruskinglasscentre.co.uk/tennants/redhouse-glass-crafts/ (http://ruskinglasscentre.co.uk/tennants/redhouse-glass-crafts/). Excellent work at a fair price.

Alan

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 26, 2014, 07:34:32 PM

That's what you get for rushing. I have four pictures all lined up

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 26, 2014, 07:48:55 PM

 ;)

Is the "outie" pontil mark stuck in an "innie" pontil mark of something else, to make it sit (nearly) straight?
Clever. And practical.
It's looking slightly less Ysart-y in normal light... the splodges aren't really deep enough, the insidey bit is too nicely domed...

clueless here! :-[

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 26, 2014, 07:51:41 PM

No, it's just raised on a handy hyacinth vase because that's the only way I could get a proper profile without reflection; it's taken from slightly below.

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 26, 2014, 07:54:37 PM

hmmm. "taken from slightly below" might acount for the "perfect" dome outline of the insidey bit.
(thanks for the elucidation, your editorialshipness :-*)

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 26, 2014, 07:58:08 PM

The insidey bit is domed, which is why taking a pic is a pig

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: tropdevin on October 27, 2014, 08:08:33 AM

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Hi. I see why one might think 'Ysart' from the base, but I suspect it is from Belgium or the Alsace area.

Alan

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 27, 2014, 09:05:25 AM

Thank you. What sort of age are we talking please and is it worth getting repaired?

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: tropdevin on October 27, 2014, 09:10:29 AM

Hi Christine.  I think that this style of paperweight was made for a long period, starting in the late 19th century.  Given the popularity of uranium glass in late Victorian times through to the 1920s, my guess would be that this paperweight is pre-1940 - but that is only a guess.  As for whether it is worth restoring, my view is yes if it turns out to be an Ysart, otherwise maybe not.

Alan

Title: Re: Chip spatter (with uranium) on white ground
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 29, 2014, 07:04:56 AM

Thanks Alan