Paperweights made by North American makers who do not have separate pages on my website.
PW1589. Ron Hansen (1910-1987), Mackinaw City, Michigan, USA, 1967. The book American Glass Paperweights and Their Makers, published in 1967, devotes a full chapter to Ron Hansen. This is a beautiful as well as historically significant paperweight from one of the masters of The American Paperweight Renaissance. Bird on a branch. I have handled about a half dozen of these over the years, and this is the best. The iconic book from the 1960s, One Hundred of the most important Paperweights, by paperweight legend Paul Jokelson, includes one of Ron Hansen’s Bird on a Branch weights as #100. The bird in this one is similar to the one in the book. So if you want one of the 100 most important paperweights of all time as viewed from the 1960s by the preeminent paperweight expert, this is for you. The others in the book will cost quite a bit more – they are Clichy, Pantin, Baccarat, Mount Washington, and so on. This one got me thinking a little – it was made the year I graduated from high school. It was The Summer of Love. You have to love this little yellow-bellied bluebird. Translucent medium blue ground. Remarkably few bubbles for a Hansen. Signed to the base: “Ronald E. Hansen 1967”. It has been reported that he signed only his best weights with his full name like this. Condition is excellent/like new. 2 3/8 inch diameter; 1 3/4 inches tall; eight ounces. $550