Magnum John Deacons 2000 Two Flower Crown Paperweight with Fancy Double Overlay

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Magnum John Deacons 2000 Two Flower Crown Paperweight - Fancy Double Overlay
Magnum John Deacons 2000 Two Flower Crown Paperweight with Double Overlay and Fancy Cutting.
dated 2000.  This colorful teal blue overlay paperweight features two five petal flowers, one red with white stripes and one light blue, with white millefiori centers and green foliage.  The design is placed on top of a sphere of made from twenty white latticinio twist canes, making the inner design a crown paperweight.  The inner sphere is encased further and a teal blue and white double overlay is added on the outside, giving the impression of a paperweight within a paperweight.  There is a "JD2000" signature / date cane on the base (with an upside down "2".  This paperweight has a complex cutting with a large top facet and sixteen side facets in two rows plus additional cuts at the top and base.  A fantastic paperweight from this talented artist.
Please Note:
The stand shown in the pictures is not included with the paperweight.  It is shown for illustration only.
Note on white glare
:  Please ignore the white areas, they are glare from the light.
Note for International buyers
:  If the final price is 0 or more, this paperweight must be shipped by USPS priority mail. If you are outside the US and wish to buy this paperweight, please contact me first with your address and I will check the availability and cost of postage.
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.  When John Deacons left Perthshire in 1978 to set up J Glass, Allan Scott and Harry McKay followed John to J Glass.  They stayed at J Glass until it closed in March 1983.
The St. Kilda line was produced from 1978 or 1979 through 1987.   He now works with his son Craig Deacons in their studio in Crieff.  You can read about John Deacons in the book by Hall -
Scottish Paperweights
.
Very large size:
3 3/16 diameter by 2 3/16" high.  The base is ground concave.  The double overlay exterior has a complex cutting with a large top facet and sixteen side facets in two rows plus additional cuts at the top and base.
Condition:
Excellent condition with no scratches, chips or cracks.
Signature:
Signed with a "JD2000" signature / date cane on the base.  The "2" is inserted upside down.
Allan's Paperweights
is owned by Allan Port.
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