MONART 1934 Azure/Duck Egg Blue FEATHERED SILVER AVENTURINE BOWL -Perfect

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DESCRIPTION: for reference please see Millers Collectables 2004 - Page 276 .... Or Millers 2012/13 - Pages 210 to 213 for many more Monart designs including bowls. Absolutely stunning shallow bowl from the much acclaimed and prestigious Scottish factory of Monart in the city of Perth, Scotland, in magical shades of azure, duck egg blue and cornflower blue with an amazing mass of silver and gold aventurine particle inclusions. The shallow bowl starts with a large flat outer circular polished band to which the piece rests . A central circular polished pontil is surrounded by a shallow highly polished sunken moat. The factory was founded in1865 by John Moncrieff forming John Moncrieff Ltd which produced Monart glass made between the years 1924 - 39 by Salvador Ysart and his family. The tradename Monart is a derivative of both MONcrieff and ysART. Paul Ysart continued the business from 1947-61 whereas I date this piece to the early to mid thirties but with all the Scottish glass experts out there - it may well be earlier. The piece was owned by my grandmother and I do seem to remember a whole set or at least many more pieces including a larger fruit or dessert bowl. Alas we have many many more boxes to unpack so they may well be stored elsewhere. The bowl itself is made up of beautiful ethereal globules of coloured glass seemingly jostling for position. The effect is not dissimilar to frogs spawn and the colours have a certain milky cloudy ghostly quality. The duck egg blue globules graduate and merge into a sublime azure colouration which in turn is surrounded by an exquisite cornflower blue border or outer rim. The globules also seem to become more dense and are beautifully decorated by a meteoric mass of indescriminately placed chards or particles of silver aventurine. The latter are tinged with minute gold particles viewed around the bowls edges. These silvered particles catch natural & unnatural light to great effect whilst highlighting and indeed accentuating the beautiful merging and graduating blue hues contained within. The piece is in totally pristine condition and has never been used. The undoubted beauty of Monart wares and this piece is a lasting testament to the flair and artistry of Scottish glass in general. Paperweights from Caithness , Selkirk and Strathearn and Perthshire are now known and acclaimed to a worldwide collecting fraternity eager to add to their much loved collections. The city of Perth and indeed the whole of Scotland can be ( and is ) deservedly proud of its lasting traditions of exceptional glassware. To this end John Moncrieff, the Ysarts and Monart are truly.. the Godfathers of Scottish art glass traditions of supreme quality and technical mastery linked with innovative delicate designs and an undoubted exquisite artistic flair. CONDITION – SIZE – WEIGHT –LABEL Condition of the shallow bowl is A1 perfect with no chips, dents, cracks, abrasions, nibbles or water damage at all . Indeed the bowl has never been used & I believe we have more somewhere but have not yet unearthed them. The piece weighs 186 gms & measures 5.5 " ( 14 cms ) in diameter. The circular highly polished base area is in pristine condition as is the rest of the vessel. The piece is definitely Monart and not Vasart as it is relatively easy to tell the difference - please see the last photo. NB: Please see my other listings of Scandinavian, English & European artglass & Limited & signed, unlimited & limited edition paperweights including Orrefors, Riihimaki, Alsterfors, P.O.Strom, Afors, Iittala, Ernest Gordon, Pukeberg, Hadeland, Hald, Holmegaard, Skruf, Stromberg, Kosta, Boda, Johansfors, Palmqvist, Nanny Still, Flygsfors, Edenfalk and Lindstrand, Murano, Sommerso, Poli, Venini, Cenedese, Seguso, Tagliapietra, Wirkkala, Nylund, Sarpaneva, Strathearn, Monart and Perthshire, Caithness & Selkirk Limited Edition paperweights, Norman Stuart-Clarke, Wedgwood, Bertil Vallien, Ulrica Hydman-Vallien, Keith Murray, Whitefriars, Czech Beranek, Klinger, Hlava, Hospodka amongst many man... read more

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