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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: glasstime on July 22, 2022, 08:38:51 PM
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Hi everyone,
I have a paperweight that I would appreciate help with identifying. I have a vague idea that it's Scottish as the ground is that lovely soft blue-green. The profile is high and the pontil is broken off, not quite ground. The outer ring of 14 canes are complex in themselves and are in a deep pink, white and green. The inner - on a deep blue ground - are 15 white cogs surrounding a central part with many different canes, none of which seem to bear a signature or date. I am trying to attach photos!
Thank you for reading this.
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A photo of the base and another showing the profile of the dome would be useful. Think you are on the right track with Scottish.
John
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Thanks, John. Here are photos of the base and profile.
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It does have an Ysart-ish look but I am no expert, a clearer photo of the canes in the centre would be also be helpful.
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Here's the central section.
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To my eye that looks like a Paul Ysart weight but you need confirmation from someone with more knowledge of paperweights than I have.
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Thank you - that was what I had thought but I'm no expert. It's beautiful whatever it is!
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yes I agree, Paul Ysart
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No PY cane or anything though. Does that mean it's an early one?
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PY canes were officially only added to those for sale in the USA, but yes I'd say an earlier weight, 1930's Moncrief period.
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Thank you. I didn't know that about the canes.
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1005% PY