John Deacons

John Deacons (2015) yellow clematis in two double overlays faceted paperweight. A small faceted royal blue-over-white double overlay cradles a yellow flower and opening bud atop a white muslin cushion and sits within a larger blue-over-white double overlay. Top facet and three rows of round side facets. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/16". [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 2004 primrose on lace in double overlay faceted paperweight. A white, purple and yellow flower, with a complex cane center, grows on a short stem and is accompanied by striped green leaves. The flower rests atop a cushion of white upset muslin, within a mint green-over-white double overlay. Six facets and one top facet, bordered by a thin ring of oval printies. Signature/date cane. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 7/16". [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 2019 lampwork butterfly trio on upset muslin paperweight. Three lampwork butterflies, one blue, one mauve and one red, each with red aventurine bodies, are arranged in a ring and alternate with complex heart canes. The butterflies surround two concentric rings of stardust and rose canes, which encircle a central complex heart cane. Pink upset muslin ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

John Deacons 2014 close packed millefiori cross paperweight. Four triangular panels of colorful and varied millefiori canes, including stardust canes, thistle canes, silhouette canes of a deer, rooster and a bird, Clichy-type rose canes and others, are defined by two intersecting rows of white stardust canes bordered on each side by red and white twist segments, with a white star cluster cane at the nexus, over a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 5/8". [hide]

John Deacons and William Manson 2006 collaborative clematis garland millefiori paperweight. A central blue, green and white complex cane is closely surrounded by a ring of red, purple and white complex canes and then by a spaced ring of six clematis flowers that alternate in pairs of three colors, yellow, pink and blue. Translucent green lawn-textured ground. Edition #16 of a limited edition of 25. Signature/date canes. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

John Deacons 2019 interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands and clematis faceted paperweight. A pair of clematis blooms, one purple with a yellow cane center and the other pink and white with a white center, is joined by forking stems with a few green leaves at the center of two interlaced garlands of complex canes, one orange and the other blue, all set on a pink upset muslin cushion ground. Six and one facets. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

John Deacons pink rose encased faceted double overlay paperweight. A many-tiered pink rose, reminiscent of the iconic antique cabbage rose design, with its petals 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. Blue-over-white double overlay, with six and one facets, encased in clear. Fine condition. Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

John Deacons fuchsia faceted paperweight. Three deeply magenta fuchsia blossoms, with translucent blue inner petals launching three pink stamens each, hang from a shared forking aventurine stem. Three green leaves, each with an aventurine vein, contrast dramatically with the rich warm colors of the flowers. Clear, star-cut ground with ruffle-cut base edge. Two tiers of six side facets and one top facet. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 3 5/16". [hide]

John Deacons 2018 Clichy-type rose and swirl paperweight. A pink and white Clichy-type rose, with a blue and white center cane, sits at the center of a red, yellow, blue and white ribbon swirl cushion. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

John Deacons 2018 Clichy-type rose and swirl paperweight. A pink and white Clichy-type rose, with a blue and white center cane, sits at the center of a red, yellow, purple, blue and white ribbon swirl cushion. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

John Deacons 2011 blue butterfly on upset muslin paperweight. An aventurine butterfly, its blue wings spotted with red and black, rests atop a green upset muslin ground framed by a border garland of pink and white complex star canes spaced by red and white complex heart canes. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/16". [hide]

John Deacons 2002 three-colored crown paperweight. Blue ribbons twist in alternation with yellow and emerald green as they cascade from a purple and amber stardust cane at the apex to form a crown. The colorful ribbons are spaced by white double latticinio twist ribbons. Clear interior. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 3". [hide]

John Deacons 1995 three-colored crown with aventurine paperweight. Pink ribbons twists with green aventurine and cascade in alternation with pink ribbons that twist with blue and a copper-colored aventurine stripes from an amber, green and blue and white complex cane. The twisted ribbons are spaced by white double latticinio twists and together they form a crown with a clear interior. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

John Deacons 2018 "Fortress" square-patterned millefiori paperweight. A central complex cane is nestled within alternating squares of canes and latticinio tubes in blue and yellow, over a translucent ruby ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

John Deacons 2018 "Fortress" square-patterned millefiori paperweight. A central complex cane is nestled within alternating squares of canes and latticinio tubes in white and purple, over a translucent cobalt ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

John Deacons 2018 "Fortress" square-patterned millefiori paperweight. A central complex cane is nestled within alternating squares of canes and latticinio tubes in blue and yellow, over a transparent emerald ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

John Deacons 2017 square-patterned millefiori and twists paperweight. A central complex cane is surrounded by three rings of colorful and varied millefiori, all of which is framed by a square of white latticinio spiral twists. At each inside corner of the square sits a Clichy-type rose, alternating with four complex heart canes at the halfway point of each segment on the exterior of the square. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

John Deacons 2018 "Clichy Square" patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. Delicate concentric millefiori are surrounded by a square wall of latticinio tubes with a green Clichy-type rose at each corner and dotted with a millefiori on the outside of each wall. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Four and one facets. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 5/16". [hide]

John Deacons 2018 Clichy-type rose swirl paperweight. A central pink and white Clichy-type rose, with a blue and white stardust stamen, rests at the center of white, blue and red stripes that swirl together towards the central rose. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 5/8". [hide]

John Deacons 2018 Clichy-type rose swirl paperweight. A central pink and white Clichy-type rose, with yellow cog stamen, rests at the center of white, blue, green and pink stripes that swirl together towards the central rose. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 5/8". [hide]

John Deacons 2013 scrambled millefiori paperweight. Rose canes, tubes and millefiori, upright, partial, whole and on their sides, are gathered together into a small sample of the day's toil, over transparent lime-green ground. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 3/8". [hide]

John Deacons spaced concentric millefiori inkwell and stopper. A thistle picture cane is at the center of four rings of millefiori cogs and stars on a transparent mottled ruby ground at the base of a clear inkwell vessel. A similar design appears in a clear stopper that sits in the bottle neck, this one with three concentric rings of cogs and florets. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 13/16", height 4 7/16". [hide]