John Deacons

John Deacons (2015) rose piedouche paperweight. Across a large white upset muslin dome, Clichy-style roses, in a wide range of colors and in slightly alternating sizes, are loosely packed and encased within clear glass. The piece sits atop a clear pedestal threaded with blue and white latticinio twists, atop a base garlanded with a white twist torsade. Signature cane. Diameter 3 5/8". [hide]

John Deacons (2015) rose piedouche paperweight. Across a large white upset muslin dome, Clichy-style roses, in a wide range of colors and in slightly alternating sizes, are loosely packed and encased within clear glass. The piece sits atop a clear citrine pedestal threaded with latticinio twists, atop a base garlanded with a white twist torsade. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/4". [hide]

John Deacons 2014 close-packed millefiori super magnum paperweight. A wide variety of millefiori canes in different colors and sizes, including star canes and cross shaped canes, pastry mold canes, thistle canes and many others, are embedded upon an inner encasement of translucent blue and covered in an outer encasement of clear crystal, to form a rarely found super magnum orb. Diameter 4 1/2". [hide]

John Deacons 2000 two pink clematis blooms in a rose colored double overlay paperweight. Two pink clematis blooms, each with thick white stripes through its petals and each framed by three leaves, lean from separate single-leafed stems - one to the left and the other to the right. Resting on a high cushion made of white latticinio mesh spokes, the design sits within a double overlay that blushes from pink at its base to a dusty rose at its top. Top facet and two rows of six circular side facets as well as a bottom facet with six fancy notch cuts. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 ¼". [hide]

John Deacons and William Manson 2015 collaborative, L.H. Selman exclusive, Christmas cactus paperweight. A single pink bloom, three red berry clusters and two pinecones, share a forking Christmas cactus stem with jagged green leaves, over white upset muslin. Six and one facets as well as two rows of small oval facets. Limited edition of 12."JD" and "WM" signature canes. Design may slightly vary. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

John Deacons 2014 close packed millefiori magnum paperweight. A colorful assortment of complex millefiori canes, including different colored stardust canes, Clichy-type rose canes, fortress canes, shamrock canes, silhouette canes, thistle canes and others, rest upon translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 13/16". [hide]

John Deacons 2015 large spaced rose florets on pink carpet ground paperweight. A central orange and white Clichy-type rose is ringed is the focus of a ring of six spaced Clichy-type roses of different colors, each encircled by a ring of either purple or green millefiori, pressed into a pink cog cane carpet ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

John Deacons pink rose in double encased blue-over-white overlay paperweight. A many-tiered pink rose, its petals still cupped into a lush ball, is haloed by five irregularly spaced green leaves and sits atop a short dark stem shared by two more leaves and a companion bud. Clear-encased blue-over-white faceted overlay. Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

John Deacons 2017 marbrie and rose cane in matching color paperweight. Color varies from pistachio and blue or purple to red and blue over white ground with matching colored rose cane a the apex. Quadrants of fanning color ribbons radiate from central rose cane on the surface of an opaque white ground. [hide]

John Deacons 2017 nosegay paperweight. Three complex millefiori buds are crowned by a pyramid of green leaves and float atop a cushion of pink upset muslin. Diameter 3". [hide]

John Deacons (2016) close packed millefiori paperweight. A variety of complex cog and ruffle canes, including thistle picture canes, are packed into a colorful carpet covering a translucent encased cushion. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

John Deacons (2016) swirl and central millefiori doorknob. A swirl of blue, pink and purple ribbons radiates from a central pink, blue and white complex millefiori and converges at the base of the knob, to present a hypnotic invitation to enter. Brass stem and base. Diameter 2 5/16". [hide]

John Deacons (2016) Clichy-type roses on upset muslin miniature paperweight. A colorful selection of Clichy-type roses, including pink, purple, orange, blue and green, rests atop an upset muslin ground. Signature cane. Diameter 1 11/16”. [hide]

John Deacons (2016) close packed millefiori paperweight. A variety of complex cog and ruffle canes, including Clichy-style roses, a tiny stag silhouette cane and a thistle picture cane, are packed into a colorful carpet covering a translucent encased cushion. Diameter 2 3/8". [hide]

John Deacons (2016) close packed complex millefiori miniature paperweight. A variety of complex canes, including thistle and bird picture canes, a butterfly cane and a Clichy-style rose, create a colorful carpet covering a bed of white upset muslin. Signature cane. Diameter 1 9/16”. [hide]

John Deacons (2016) pink patterned millefiori and twists with garland paperweight. Five red, blue and white twists radiate out from a central purple thistle picture cane to create five panels of assorted millefiori, all of which is surrounded by a border garland of alternating twists and pink millefiori. Translucent pink ground. Diameter 2 13/16”. [hide]

John Deacons (2016) red concentric millefiori paperweight. A central purple thistle picture cane is encircled by four rings of blue and green cog and cross canes, on a translucent red ground. Diameter 2 1/2”. [hide]

John Deacons (2016) pink patterned millefiori and twists paperweight. Four red, blue and green-striped twists radiate out from a central thistle picture cane to create four triangular panels of assorted millefiori canes. Translucent pink ground. Diameter 2 5/16”. [hide]

John Deacons (2016) red end-of-day miniature daisy-pressed paperweight. A colorful assortment of whole and partial complex canes and twists, including stardust, a thistle picture cane and Clichy-style roses, rests on a translucent red ground. Daisy-pressed sides. Diameter 2 1/16”. [hide]

John Deacons (2016) green concentric millefiori miniature fluted paperweight. A central purple thistle picture cane is encircled by three rings of pink, purple and green cog canes, on a translucent green ground. Fluted sides. Diameter 2 1/16”. [hide]

John Deacons (2016) orange concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. A central purple thistle picture cane is encircled by three rings of white, orange and green cross and ruffle canes, on an opaque orange ground. Diameter 1 7/8”. [hide]

John Deacons (2016) pink concentric millefiori miniature daisy-pressed paperweight. A central purple thistle picture cane is encircled by three rings of blue, orange and purple cog and ruffle canes, on a translucent pink ground. Daisy-pressed sides. Diameter 2”. [hide]

John Deacons (2016) orange latticinio end-of-day miniature star-pressed paperweight. A colorful assortment of latticinio twists is featured on an opaque orange cushion. Star-pressed sides. Diameter 2 1/16”. [hide]

John Deacons (2016) green concentric millefiori miniature daisy-pressed paperweight. A central purple thistle picture cane is encircled by three rings of blue, orange and purple cog and ruffle canes, on a translucent green ground. Daisy-pressed sides. Diameter 2 1/16”. [hide]