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Lot 132
*Paul Ysart pink and white clematis paperweight, set
in an opaque pink ground. Signature "PY" cane. Unfinished
pontil.
Diameter 3 3/16". $800-1200 |
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Lot 133
*Paul Ysart Harland-era pink clematis paperweight, on
cobalt blue ground. Spaced border ring of ten cog canes. Signature
"H" cane.
Diameter 2 13/16". $600-1100 |
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Lot 134
*Paul Ysart Harland-era clematis floating on a ruby ground
paperweight. The elegant design is accented with gold aventurine
inside the flower's pink-tinged petals. Signature "H"
cane. "PY" paper label on bottom.
Diameter 2 7/8". $500-1000 |
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Lot 135
*Paul Ysart double clematis paperweight, with yellow
and lilac petals. The flower floats above the bold blue-and-white
jasper ground. "PY" signature cane.
Diameter 3". $750-1200 |
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Lot 136
*Paul Ysart Harland-era striped flower with complex millefiori
stamen paperweight. The yellow-and-pink striped flower is
at center, with alternating green leaves, surrounded by a ring
of spaced bubbles, floating above a lavender ground. Signature
"H" cane and "PY" paper label.
Diameter 2 3/4". $600-1200 |
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Lot 137
*Paul Ysart flower and garland paperweight, the royal
blue-colored flower, with five rounded petals, around a complex
cane, grows on a stem over dark blue-black ground, inside a garland
of alternating latticinio segments and canes. "PY"
cane.
Diameter 3". $800-1200
"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. …Ysart
originally made his signature cane by bundling together thin
upright rods of differently colored glasses to form the design."
-The Dictionary of Paperweight Signature Canes: Identification
and Dating. |