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Title: todays cheap as chips buy , Vasart Closepack?
Post by: millarart on November 10, 2016, 06:00:14 PM
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
Title: Re: todays cheap as chips buy , Vasart Closepack?
Post by: millarart on November 10, 2016, 06:01:06 PM
base with pontil pic
Title: Re: todays cheap as chips buy , Vasart Closepack?
Post by: KevinH on November 10, 2016, 06:45:37 PM
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.
Title: Re: todays cheap as chips buy , Vasart Closepack?
Post by: millarart on November 10, 2016, 06:51:24 PM
Quote from: KevinH on November 10, 2016, 06:45:37 PM
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
Title: Re: todays cheap as chips buy , Vasart Closepack?
Post by: KevinH on November 10, 2016, 07:38:17 PM
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
Title: Re: todays cheap as chips buy , Vasart Closepack?
Post by: millarart on November 10, 2016, 08:06:36 PM
Quote from: KevinH on November 10, 2016, 07:38:17 PM
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