This is an attractive vintage paperweight made by John Deacons.
It was made in the late 1970s by the glass maestro, Deacons. It has a "J" cane and comes in its original presentation box - with the initial "J" embossed in the top right-hand corner.
The paperweight is in excellent condition. The J Cane is placed in the central rosette in the base. It comes with its original box (rare survivor) with a white silk lining and a dark blue / black exterior on the box. The box lid has two flaps which fold out, as photographed.
It has a pink-coloured ground with polished cushion cut & polished facets for viewing the paperweight interior around the sides. The interior decoration is a simple pink rosette a little like a snowflake. There is a central rosette form encircled by six lacy and intricate rosettes made of the tiniest millefiori canes in pink and white lampwork.
There are a total of six circular polished side facets.
The paperweight measures just over 2 3/4 inches in diameter and 2 inches in height. In excellent vintage condition with no damages.
Unpacked this paperweight in its box weighs 560 grams.
HISTORY: Deacons Glass is a family-run studio still situated in Crieff, Scotland. The town has a long history of art glass manufacturing starting over 50 years ago in 1964 with Strathearn Glass, followed by Perthshire paperweights in 1968, J Glass in 1978 and finally Deacons Glass in 1980. John started as an apprentice with Strathearn Glass in 1967 but within a year was asked by the manager Stuart Drysdale to join his Perthshire Paperweights start-up team. It was here that John gained a thorough grounding in all aspects of running a glass studio.
After 10 years at Perthshire Paperweights, wished for more freedom to experiment with some of his own ideas. He left to set up his own studio - which he called J Glass (Jay Glass). The name came from "J" canes found in antique Bohemian paperweights that were a source of inspiration for John.
Allan Scott, the lampworker, joined John shortly afterwards and together they explored what could be achieved with paperweights. J Glass was highly successful and expanded rapidly until the economic crash in 1980 which forced its closure. Please also see my J (Jay) Glass weight by Scott - also for sale in my store.
J Cane paperweights are much sought after by specialist collectors - and this is reflected in my asking price for this lovely and highly skilled weight. The J Studio was not in operation for long and as such not so many weights now survive. It is also not so common to find them in their original boxes.