Deacons Pansy Paperweight with Clichy Style Millefiori Rose Garland Magnum

John Deacons Magnum Garlanded Pansy Paperweight with Clichy Style Millefiori Rose Canes. This paperweight features a delightful five petal red and orange pansy and bud with dark green sepals, stem, and leaves surrounded by an alternating garland of thirteen yellow and white Clichy style roses and thirteen dark blue twist segments. The leaves and sepals have aventurine added giving them a glittery appearance.

The pansy consists of two large deep red petals above over three orange and black lower petals. Each lower petal has a pink tip with three dark black lines radiating from center to the tip. The design is set on a translucent dark purple ground.

The flower is two dimensional and lies even with the ground. It is signed on the base with a "JD" signature cane and also has a "HANDMADE IN SCOTLAND by John Deacons" paper label. A creative composition with an unusual choice of colors. This is one of the paperweights John Deacons features on his website. Note: This was a challenging paperweight to photograph with its dark colors and high dome.

Please Note: The stand shown in the pictures is not included with the paperweight. It is shown for illustration only. Please ignore the white areas, they are glare from the light. The birth of Scottish paperweight making is credited to the glass making family of Salvador Ysart, who moved to Crieff, Scotland in 1922. They worked first at John Moncrieff Ltd and made the earliest Scottish paperweights during that period. In 1946 Salvadore and his sons Augustine and Vincent founded Ysart Brothers Glass and produced glass wares under the Vasart label. Salvador Ysart died in 1955 The company name was later changed to Vasart Glass.

Strathearn Glass was formed in a reorganization of Vasart glass in 1963. John Deacons learned his craft at Strathearn Glass in Crieff, Scotland in 1967.

When Perthshire was formed in 1968, he left Strathearn to move to Perthshire and worked there for 10 years before leaving in 1978 to start his own glass studio. He has produced paperweights and other glass objects under a variety of labels, including J Glass, St.

Kilda, and now under his own name. Some of the lines were produced simultaneously.

J Glass was produced from 1978 to 1983. Kilda line was produced from 1978 or 1979 through 1987. You can read about John Deacons in the book by Hall - Scottish Paperweights. Today John works at his own studio with his son Craig. Very large size: Just over 3 3/16" diameter by 2 7/16" high.

The base is ground concave. Condition: Excellent condition with no scratches, chips or cracks. Signature: Signed with John Deacon's "JD" signature cane on the base.

It also has a "HANDMADE IN SCOTLAND by John Deacons" paper label on the base. Allan's Paperweights is owned by Allan Port. If in doubt, please check with me first.

Please do not ask me to declare this a gift.