Debbie Tarsitano

Debbie Tarsitano "The Snake Charmer" painted and etched paperweight. Diameter 4 7/8". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano (1980s) "Wood Walk Bouquet" with wild flowers paperweight. Yellow and orange rose hip fan to the left of a pink wild cape rose, with a spray of yellow buds, blue bells and pink buds radiating over head, while two white flowers and a wilting black-eyed susan flower fan out to the right. The resulting wild flower bouquet is gathered with green leaves on stems. Clear, star-cut ground. Signature cane. Created in the artist's Cape Cod studio. Diameter 3 7/16". [hide]

Debbit Tarsitano violet and ribbon bows faceted paperweight. A purple violet, with a tuft of yellow stamens, droops from a brown stem along with green leaves and a companion bud at the center of a border garland of alternating blue ribbon bows and pink and white flowers. Clear, star-cut ground. Honeycomb faceting and top facet by Ed Poore. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano lily of the valley bouquet pedestal paperweight. A dozen crimson torch flowers, five sprays of lily of the valley and eight rippled, shaded green leaves are bound together into a rustic bouquet with a piece of blue ribbon. Clear ground over a translucent cobalt blue pedestal base. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/4", height 2 9/16". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano purple flower with leaves paperweight. A purple flower, with a bottom tier of six petals and an upper tier of four, is punctuated at the center by a cluster of black and yellow stamens and is dramatically crowned by the lush leaf fronds which share its stem along with a shy, sepal-encased bud. Signature cane. Diameter 2 11/16". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano magenta blossom and buds compound paperweight. In the top layer of the design, a white flower, variegated in an antique leaf mold with magenta pink and with yellow stamens, blooms on a thick branch, accompanied by a bud and leaves. On the lower layer, a more delicate branch carries four tightly shut buds and one that is just starting to bloom in white and magenta with a bright yellow center. Clear, star-cut ground. Signature cane under a top layer leaf. Diameter 3 1/14". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano two pink flowers and a bud paperweight. Two pink flowers, each with five petals festooned in pinks and white and each with a bright tuft of yellow stamens at its middle, are accompanied by a single bud and share a forking, leafy stem, over clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]

Early Debbie Tarsitano (late 1970s) experimental bee and pink zinnia faceted paperweight. Many tiers of fine pink-shaded petals radiate around a yellow filament stamen center to create a lush zinnia. Two trios of green leaves halo the bloom on opposite sides and space four stems, with a three petaled bloom each, and two single green leaves. A rare bumblebee has been drawn by the sweet smell of the artist's favorite flower. Clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets by Ed Poore. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano bouquet and gloved hand paperweight. The bouquet, with five shaded dark pink tulips, a green bud, dark green leaves and long stems, is held by a white gloved hand, on clear ground. A pink ruffle borders the glove's cuff, and blue and pink dots decorate the wrist. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano blue and white anemone flower paperweight. Reminiscent of the antique Baccarat Anemone flower, a white flower has five petals festooned in blue around a bright tuft of yellow stamens. Two blue buds share its forking leafy stem, over clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 13/16". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano red and white fantasy flower paperweight. A ruffle cane, with a red core and a yellow exterior, has a cane of yellow filament stamens at the center and in turn stands at the center of radiating tiers of short red petals. A final tier of six spaced white petals supports the smaller inner petals to create a sharply contrasting bloom that sits atop a thin green stems with tendrils and green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 11/16". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano fuchsia faceted paperweight. A gently curving stem diverges at the top into a bud and an emerging magenta and purple fuchsia flower. Clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano red rose bouquet and bow paperweight. Three dark red roses, with yellow filament cane stamens each, are spaced by spears of white buds, gathered at the base with dark green leaves and tied together with a blue bow. Clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Debbie Tarsitano passion flowers petite paperweight. Two purple passion flowers, with bright pink spokes lining their petals, share a leafy green vine with a companion bud and two curling tendrils. Clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/8". [hide]