Deacons, J.+C.
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Reference: DEA 04050
A blue-on-white double overlay is cut with a scalloped top facet and 12 oval side facets to reveal 2 yellow lampwork flowers set on a green & white filigree crown. The whole is then encased in another layer of clear glass which is finished with a single top facet.Signed with a JHD 2009 cane in the p..
£220.00
Reference: DEA 01583
Resting on a white latticinio crown is a shaded-copper camomile, composed of 3 rows of white-edged, “C” canes around a complex millefiori”stamen”... with blue-and-white stars, pink tubes and a collared “daisy” centre cane. The delicate lavender-on-white double overlay is cut with a large circular t..
£210.00
Reference: DEA 01580
A delightful miniature carpet-ground featuring green-centred, pale-honey coloured corrugated canes on a bright-yellow ground. Centring the weight is a thistle picture cane surrounded by multi-coloured stars. Spaced around the carpet are 5 complex canes including a pink & green Clichy-style rose and ..
£75.00
Reference: DEA 01104
6 white, pink, pale blue and buttercup-yellow lampwork flowers with cupped petals and fine yellowish-orange rod stamen, plus 6 ribbed green leaves are arranged as a bouquet - their stems bound with a gold aventurine bow. Set on a bed of fine, upset muslin, the bouquet is encircled by a garland of gr..
£200.00
Reference: DEA 01103
A superb closepack reminiscent of antique Baccarat weights with a great assortment of new, extremely complex millefiori canes - arrowheads, whorls, stardust - in colours ranging from orange & red through various shades of green to soft pinks, mauves & blues. Amongst the canes are 7 animal and bird s..
£375.00
Reference: DEA 01582
A butterfly - its yellow wings (with brown and white “eyes”) attached to a copper aventurine body with yellow antennae - flutters over a translucent mottled-pink ground within a spiralling white latticinio torsade. The red-on-white double overlay is cut with a circular top window and 6 side facets w..
£175.00
Reference: DEA 00967
No. 35 in the Strathearn range made by John Deacons in collaboration with Willie Manson Snr. A butterfly with a green aventurine body and pale-pink wings, tipped with aventurine over an apple-green ground. It is encircled by a torsade of twisted white & yellow filigree threads and an outer garland c..
£75.00
Reference: DEA 00857
2 flowers in full bloom - one in pale blue, the other in lavender - plus a pink bud and green foliage set on a rich burgundy ground - the image doesn’t do it justice, the red really is a deep wine-red ! The colour ground copies the Clichy method of using a white underlay to give the colour ground it..
£220.00
Reference: DEA 00856
A variation of number 22 in the successful range of “Strathearn” limited editions: a red butterfly with green aventurine body. The main difference is in the colouring of the twist and outer garland - here in pink & topaz - and the fact that the weight has been cut with a concave top facet and 6 side..
£150.00
Reference: DEA 00854
Closely-packed complex millefiori canes - including a tiny blue & white pansy in the centre, various coloured roses and silhouettes - are encircled by a torsade of twisted white latticinio threads on a cobalt-blue ground. A large concave top facet gives the impression of a double torsade surrounding..
£200.00
Reference: DEA 04356
A four-layered, white & honey-coloured dahlia floats above a clear ground. Peeping out around the flowerhead are the tips of green leaves. The weight is finished with a circular top facet and 5 side facets and flutes. Signed with a JD cane on the underside of the flower. Polish..
£110.00
Reference: DEA 02600
A stylized, 3-dimensional white flower - surrounded by dark-green sepals - is set within a garland of complex green & coral-pink millefiori canes and a green/ white/red corkscrew torsade, lightly sprinkled with gold aventurine. At the centre of the deeply-cupped petals is a yellow/red stamen. Fine y..
£110.00