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Lot 200
Paul Ysart signed three-dimensional green aventurine fish
paperweight, with copper aventurine fins and tail, swimming
over sandy ocean floor dotted with rocks and a seashell; 'PY'
signature cane on base, and 'PY Made in Scotland' paper label.
"…(T)ropical fish complete with seascape and fat
white mice with cheese all articulate the daring of Paul Ysart's
technical expertise." -Alison Clarke, Ysart Glass, p.
31.
Diameter 2 3/4". $1300-2000 |
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Lot 201
Paul Ysart signed three-dimensional mouse and cheese paperweight,
featuring a green aventurine mouse, with an avaricious glint
in his own yellow eyes, as he sidles up to a delicious looking
chunk of yellow cheese. Could it be that famous Scottish "Isle
of Mull" hardcheese? On a pink and white jasper ground inside
a well-rounded crystal dome. With 'PY' signature cane in base,
and round paper PY label.
Diameter 2 11/16". $3250-4500 |
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Lot 202
Paul Ysart signed three-dimensional single fish paperweight.
A cucumber green fish, with aventurine fins and yellow spots,
glides over a pastel-splashed sandy bottom. In clear crystal,
with 'PY' signature cane, and round paper label on bottom of
paperweight.
Diameter 2 13/16". $1300-2000 |
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Lot 203
Paul Ysart Harland era dark pink fish paperweight, with
a red tail and fins, encircled by a garland of spaced complex
millefiori, (including the 'H' cane) on green and white jasper
ground.
Diameter 2 3/4". $600-1000 |
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Lot 204
Paul Ysart signed three-dimensional double fish paperweight.
Two fish, one green aventurine, and the other in a pale salmon
color, float in their clear crystal dome over very distinctive
multi-colored rocks and shells, on a sandy ground. 'PY' signature
cane.
Diameter 2 3/4". $1500-2500 |
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Lot 205
Paul Ysart patterned complex millefiori paperweight,
in red, orange, pink, yellow, lavender and white, on translucent
blue ground. Pontil mark.
Diameter 3". $800-1200 |