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A Sulphide of a Woman's Head is
outlined in blue dots and is set over a spattered pocket of dark purple glass.
A garland of canes completes the design and the PY signature cane is set at the
inner edge of the lower part of the garland. As seen in the section on "Colour
and Profile", this weight has a squat profile with the sides sloping in towards
the base.
An article by John Morley in the
PCA Bulletin 1983 discusses three weights of this type. It was stated
that these were experimental pieces and were the first to use a PY cane. That
article gave a date of 1946 or 1947, but it is known that the PY signature cane
was used in at least the late 1930s, there being two examples illustrated in
the 1940 edition of Old Glass Paperweights by Evangeline H
Bergstrom.
Certainly, the style of the
signature cane in this weight suggests an early format, when compared with
others. The various features of the weight shown here are consistent with those
mentioned in Mr Morley's article. Having seen a photograph of one that Paul
Ysart had in his personal collection, I am sure that the weight here is one of
the set of three.
The open-centred daisy cane is very
similar to some used in the "Y" range of weights which are believed to be by
Salvador Ysart, from either the 1930s Monart period or the 1940s "Ysart
Brothers" period.
Dark glass indicates 1930s period.
UV tests confirm pre-Caithness.
Diameter 3 1/4 inch,
Height 2 inch. |
