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Lot 164
Paul Ysart patterned millefiori paperweight. Alternating
tri-colored twists in tertiary hues of orange, green, and purple
radiate from a central floret, separating complex cog and star
canes in yellow, blue, and orange. Ysart explores the illusion
of "hollow canes," which are actually clear glass rods
surrounding the millefiori. All surrounded by off-white and violet
pastry mold canes set atop a sandy Celeste green background.
The bottom of the paperweight is star cut. "In the 20s
Ysart began making paperweights in traditional millefiori patterns…
on a wide variety of grounds, some translucent in shades of deep
blue, green, red or purple, and others mottled and opaque in
shades ranging from pale pink to sandy yellow and flaming orange.
A peculiar Ysart technique was his use of filigree cane sunk
into the ground. The millefiori canes themselves are well up
to the standards of the classic French weights." -Glass
Paperweights.
Diameter 3 1/16". $900-1200 |
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Lot 165
Paul Ysart close packed complex millefiori paperweight,
encircled by short segments of radiating white latticinio,
alternating with pairs of complex canes, on opaque powder blue
ground. Two of the canes appear to be very simple tree silhouettes.
Diameter 2 7/8". $900-1200 |
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Lot 166
Paul Ysart concentric millefiori paperweight. From
a central cluster of complex star and cog canes, in ruby, green
and white, one's eye is taken to the edge of the glass by radiating
latticinio threads alternating with robin's-egg blue and goldenrod
cog canes, over a rich, cobalt blue ground.
Diameter 3 1/16". $650-900 |
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Lot 167
Paul Ysart spaced complex millefiori paperweight,
with clusters of canes on opaque yellow ground. The designs of
the clusters of millefiori are bold enough on their own to be
enhanced, rather than overwhelmed by the primary ground.
Diameter 2 15/16". $800-1000 |
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Lot 168
Paul Ysart spaced concentric complex millefiori paperweight.
Forgoing any colored ground, clear light penetrates throughout
the glass dome, setting off the jewel tones of the millefiori
and emphasizing the clean, elegant canes of Ysart.
Diameter 3". $800-1000 |
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Lot 169
Paul Ysart signed "H" purple-striped blue flower
paperweight, with a blue bud and green leaves, encircled
by a ring of six spaced complex canes and a border of spaced
green aventurine leaves, on white upset muslin. "H"
signature cane. "Many of Ysart's paperweights, especially
the early ones, contain no signature cane whatsoever. For these,
stylistic criteria and millefiori cane designs must be used for
attribution. For those pieces containing a signature cane, two
different canes were used. The first was an 'H' cane representing
the place of manufacture, Harland. This cane was used in his
standard production paperweights from 1971 to 1979. The second
signature cane used was the well-known and at times illegitimately
copied 'PY' cane. After 1955, the 'PY' cane was reserved for
the limited edition paperweights sold in the United States by
Paul Jokelson." -The Dictionary of Paperweight Signature
Canes.
Diameter 2 3/4". $1000-1500 |