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This set of pages is the third in the series dealing with "Ysart-style" paperweights and related objects. The first two discussions covered "Later Vasart and Strathearn" and "Ysart Brothers / Salvador Ysart". As with those other articles, this one provides detailed views of each item and, in particular, tables of canes constructed from individual elements within the actual paperweights.
At the present time (May 2002), the items included are restricted to millefiori paperweights and an inkwell that have at least one of: a) a PY signature cane, b) a Monart label, c) a script "P. Ysart" signature. There are 18 such items. Later updates will add many unsigned items.
Although, in the section on Cane Tables, I have shown an example of the 1970s "H" signature cane, the current selection of weights does not include those signed in that way. When the contents are updated with the unsigned items, these pages, and particularly the cane matching section, should provide visual confirmation of attributions of "older" Paul Ysart items.
The current details can be viewed in the main catalogue.
This section gives a visual comparison of the colours of the main glass, which helps to assess the approximate period of manufacture. Dark glass is taken to be 1930s period, yellow glass indicates mid-to-late 1940s (and perhaps early 1950s) and clear glass is seen in work from 1950s through to 1970s. The images, being taken under identical conditions also give true representations of the relative size and shape of each item.
Examine the details in the Colour and Profile page.
In keeping with the articles on "Vasart / Strathearn" and "Ysart Brothers / Salvador Ysart" items, consideration of basal features is provided.
This section lists tables of canes with similar groupings as for the "Ysart Brothers / Salvador Ysart" items. There are certainly a few canes that appear to have been used by both "sides" of the Ysart family. Using a second browser window to view the Ysart Brothers article will provide a good comparison of cane structures. Also, checking the cane sections in ysartglass.com would be useful.
The sectioning of tables is subject to change as and when more weights and canes are included. The signed and labelled Paul Ysart items used in this article generate detailed categories of canes as:
Solid centre, Open centre, Tubular
surround
Internal Daisy, Star & Cog with central
elements
External Daisy, Star & Cog with central
elements
Single Row, 5-Cane
Surround
Single Row, 6-Cane Surround
Single Row, 7-Cane Surround
Single Row, 8-Cane Surround
Double Row, 6-Cane Surround
Double Row Surround -
Varying Numbers Per Row
Multi-Cane SurroundThe full results cane be seen in the Cane Tables section.
For this initial stage, the cane match section lists some interesting matches even using just signed and labelled items.
My first online article, Identifying Paul Ysart Paperweights located within Angela Bowey's Glass Museum Online, covered a general range of items produced by Paul Ysart and offered a variety of discussion details. Many of the items illustrated in that article appear in this one also.
Some of you will already be aware that Frank Andrews has steadily updated his wonderful site: ysartglass.com. There are now sections on paperweights covering all of the "Ysart influence" together with illustrations of individual canes. Frank's site is well worth a visit.