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Lot 158
Paul Ysart pink and white millefiori butterfly paperweight,
with a red aventurine body, encircled by a pink and white complex
millefiori garland, on translucent black ground.
Diameter 3". $900-1500 |
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Lot 159
Paul Ysart signed "PY" millefiori butterfly
paperweight; the wings made of blue, red, and white complex
millefiori canes, the body of copper aventurine. The clear space
inside is quite effective, adding the evanescent illusion that
the butterfly is hovering over the white latticinio ground. "PY"
signature cane. "…'I've recently added two beautiful
Paul Ysart weights: one has a lovely orange yellow butterfly
on a soft orchid ground and is truly a meticulous work of art.
The perfection of Ysart's work is evident and a joy to possess.'
(Inga Baker, from a 1958 PCA Bulletin article)" -Ysart
Glass. Diameter 2 3/4". $1000-1500 |
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Lot 160
Paul Ysart signed "H" scrambled millefiori paperweight
with a central bubble, encircled by a ring of spaced bubbles,
each floating above an indentation in the colorful ground. "H"
signature cane. "The paperweights of Paul Ysart, from
their inception through to the present day, have been met with
an enthusiasm only equalled by that of the artist in creating
them. In his exploration of the techniques and designs of the
19th c. paperweight makers, he has resisted the creation of technically
perfect but artistically stale reproductions. His modern paperweights
have been an integral part of Scottish national identification
with the decorative arts, a theme taken up by the Caithness and
Perthshire glass companies today." -Paul Ysart Paperweights,
Alison Clarke; Ysart Glass.
Diameter 2 3/4". $400-600 |
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Lot 161
Paul Ysart signed "PY" blue-spotted green fish
paperweight, with gold aventurine tail and fins, sandy ocean
floor, scattered rocks and a seashell. "PY" signature
cane. "Paperweight becomes fishbowl in this whimsical
lampwork piece… One of the first contemporary glass artists
to revive classic paperweight-making, Ysart is a third generation
glassblower." -Glass Paperweights: The Art Institute
of Chicago, (See: p 50).
Diameter 2 3/4." $1400-1600 |
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Lot 162
Paul Ysart signed "PY" piscean paperweight.
Red and green fish, with fins accented in aventurine, swimming
in opposite directions over a ground of candy-colored rocks and
shells. "PY" signature cane on base. "Chance
is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool
where you least expect it, there will be a fish." -Ovid.
Diameter 3". $1800-2000 |
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Lot 163
Paul Ysart signed "H" dark pink fish paperweight,
with red iridescent tail and fins, swimming over sandy ground,
with a border ring of spaced bubbles. "H" signature
cane on base.
Diameter 2 11/16". $500-1000 |