Paul Ysart

Paul Ysart red fish with a garland paperweight. A whimsical red fish, pink fins sprouting here and there from his tapering body, is garlanded by large pink, yellow and white complex canes in alteration at the weight's border. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Paul Ysart pink flower with border garland paperweight. A large five-petalled pink flower, with an orange and white complex cane at its center, sits atop a curved stem from which sprout three ribbed green leaves, five additional leaves alternating radially with the petals. Pink, aqua and blue complex canes ring the bloom in a border garland against a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3". [hide]

Paul Ysart salmon-colored flower on plum ground paperweight. A salmon colored flower, with five petals, each cleaved by a wide sandstone stripe, is framed by five variegated green leaves and is the focus of twelve white latticinio tubes in alternation with complex canes of green and brilliant blue, over a translucent plum ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Paul Ysart millefiori star pattern paperweight. A large six-point millefiori star spans the surface of an opaque black ground, beginning with a purple complex cane center moving to a ring of white, then pink and finally resolving in the six triangular points of the star in green. Six large, spaced pink and white bull's-eye canes frame the design. Rough pontil. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Paul Ysart close concentric millefiori on bright orange ground paperweight. A large central cluster of pink and purple canes followed by a ring of complex blue canes and pairs of white star canes is garlanded by short latticinio tubes and cog canes in orange and purple, over an opaque bright orange ground. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Paul Ysart butterfly and millefiori garland paperweight. A butterfly, with two dark pink upper wings and two mauve lower wings, rests at the center of a millefiori garland of alternating pink and mauve complex canes, over an opaque green ground. Signature cane. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Early Paul Ysart patterned millefiori and tubes paperweight. A large central blue and white cane is surrounded by a ring of smaller blue and white millefiori canes, from which seven striped tubes radiate out to form seven panels, each containing three large orange, green and white millefiori canes. Purple-tinted dome. Diameter 2 7/8”. [hide]

Paul Ysart Harland-era cone-shaped lampwork paperweight. Lampwork arches in yellow and green, each punctuated with a bubble, spring from a larger central bubble in a fountain-like effect, on a red and white frit ground. Diameter 2 9/16", height 2 15/16". [hide]

Paul Ysart clematis over jasper paperweight. Six pink-striped orange petals, spaced by green sepals, radiate around a central orange cog cane to form a pretty clematis bloom, perched atop a long stem with two pairs of opposing leaves. Green and white jasper ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3". [hide]