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Auction Number 90
1 Extremely rare antique Baccarat swans on a pond hollow faceted paperweight. A bevy of two elegant white swans flanking a colorful cygnet, one headed in the opposite direction of the other two, floats at the center of a hollow-blown dome. The avian family swims over clear water inside a narrow ring of green and white jasper, depicting a grassy bank surrounding the pond, inside a star-cut clear footed base. Six side facets and a top facet serve as portals to view the intimate undisturbed scene within. Good condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$10,000—15,000
2 Antique Baccarat 1848 scattered millefiori and Gridel silhouettes on blue carpet ground paperweight. A central salmon-pink, blue, green and white star arrowhead cane is surrounded by an assortment of complex millefiori, including the Gridel silhouette canes of a dog, a deer, a butterfly, a swan and a monkey, which are scattered on a lush carpet of cobalt blue and white six-point star canes. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 13/16"
3 Antique Baccarat “Special Pattern” open concentric butterflies and millefiori paperweight. An unusual design is centered by a surprisingly large millefiori made of a central red fortress cane, surrounded by arrow canes, hollow blue tube canes, ogee-tipped red arches on white petal canes, then a very large undulating white border around a translucent red fill. A red, white and blue arrowhead cane garland surrounds the large complex center and is ringed by thirteen green butterflies, each in a red and white cog cane. White upset muslin ground. Internal flaws.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$6,000—8,000
$8,000—10,000
4 Extremely Rare antique Clichy close packed millefiori with mercury ring and stave paperweight. A pseudo rose, several yellow moss canes, crimp canes and cog complex canes, in yellow, green, white, blue, red and pink, are gathered into a mushroom-style cap and drawn down to a surprising and unique perimeter stave of cerulean blue-over-white. Mercury rings, or air rings, flank the circular stave. Clear ground. Mentioned in The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights, page 333.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$6,000—8,000
5 Antique Clichy light blue and white swirl with rose cane miniature paperweight. A large iconic pink and green rose cane rests at the center of alternating turquoise blue and white curved radial staves that create a mesmerizing vortex. “Under the magnification of the dome, whirling millefiori pinwheels create a scintillating visual illusion, forming a dramatic ground for the millefiori cane. This piece holds one spellbound, a twisting whirlpool with a rose at its center.” —“The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition , page 28. “Almost all Clichy swirls have a central cane, with their rose being a prized addition.” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights, page 325. Good condition.
Diameter 1 7/8"
$4,500—5,000
6 Antique Clichy close packed millefiori, roses and signature cane paperweight. An iconic pink and green rose cane and two white and red rose canes are spaced in a tightly packed field bursting with varied millefiori in rich colors, including pastry molds, stardust, arrowheads, bull’s-eyes and a “C” signature cane. A basket of alternating pink and white staves holds the design. Clear ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$2,000—3,000
7 Rare antique Baccarat 1846 close packed millefiori paperweight. A gathering of colorful shamrock, whorl, star, leaf, trefoil, quatrefoil and arrowhead complex canes, among others, occasionally reveals a white and colored upset muslin ground below. Signature/ date cane.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$3,000—4,000
8 Antique Baccarat 1847 close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. Dozens of assorted complex millefiori, including star, arrowhead, trefoil, quatrefoil, shamrock, honeycomb, green leaf and cog canes, surround a signature/date cane, several flower picture canes and the Gridel silhouette canes of monkeys, pheasants, a squirrel and pairs of lovebirds. A bit of white and colored lace peers from between the canes. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$2,000—3,000
9 Antique Baccarat 1847 close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. Assorted colorful complex canes include two flower picture canes and the Gridel silhouette canes of a dog, pheasant, horse and red devil. Bits of colorful filigree appear between the canes. Clear ground. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 7/16"
$1,500—2,000
10 Antique Clichy interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands on sodden snow paperweight. A garland of six pseudo rose canes is ringed by blue and white complex canes and centered by a green and white complex cane, at the center of two interlaced garlands of alternating complex canes, in blue, green, red and white. White ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,200—1,600
11 Antique Saint Louis 1848 close concentric millefiori mushroom and torsade paperweight. A mushroom has a central red and white star tube cane inside a ring of blue hollow cogs and a ring of yellow stars, encircled by four concentric rings of diverse millefiori, including ogee-tipped canes, tubes and complex canes. The outer ring is tapered downward to form a pink stem for the mushroom and includes a black signature/date cane. A blue-encased white chaplet bead torsade, topped by a single mercury ring, encircles the base of the stem. Star-cut clear ground.
Diameter 2 15/16"
12 Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori fancy-cut tazza. A large shallow clear vessel is rimmed by a perfectly-closed white-encased blue torsade and sits atop a six-sided flared neck that joins it to an end-of-day scramble design in the base. The scramble design includes tubes, filigree, torsades and millefiori, bursting with color and a bit of aventurine, sitting atop a white upset muslin cushion. Flower-like flared facets to base of vessel, below a ring of small printies and miter-cuts. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition.
Diameter 4 13/16", height 5 3/8"
$1,500—2,000
$3,000—4,000
13 Rare antique European, Pantin, Clichy or Val Saint-Lambert, monogram and concentric millefiori paperweight. A central white disc is topped by a painted blue outline of a stylized letter “C”, inside two spaced concentric rings of complex cog canes in green, blue, purple, pink and red. A swirling crown cushion of white and pink filigree staves supports the design. Clear ground. For similar examples, see La Cristallerie de Clichy, page 374. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 9/16"
$1,800—2,000
14 Antique Silesian/Bohemian Harrach Glassworks concentric millefiori and roses paperweight. A pale blue and white complex cane, with small red accent dots, is encircled by a ring of alternating pink and green rose canes and white complex canes, inside a ring of alternating pink, green and white complex canes. White upset muslin ground with bits of red, green and blue. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$2,000—3,000
15 Antique Saint-Mandé close concentric millefiori in a stave basket paperweight. A large green star and red bull’s-eye complex cane is surrounded by four close concentric rings of contrasting canes that include stars and blue bull’s-eye complex canes and star quatrefoil canes. A blue and white stave basket is spun below the design. Clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 5/16"
$1,500—2,000
16 Antique English, attributed to Bacchus, close packed millefiori paperweight. Ruffle, cog, star and honeycomb canes, in salmon-pink, cobalt, emerald green, mint green and white, with accents of yellow and purple, are gathered and pulled downward into a stave basket. A large translucent green stave centers the design, dotted by a fortress-like red, white and blue complex cane. Internal Flaw.
Diameter 3"
$3,000—4,000
17 Rare antique New England Glass Company millefiori nosegay and close concentric millefiori mushroom paperweight. A delicate bouquet, with three blue complex cane flowers and four dark green leaves gathered on stems, is centered over an unusual open-domed, or cupped, concentric millefiori mushroom. The upper section of the mushroom consists of three concentric rings, one of pink, green and white complex canes, one of alternating blue and white canes and one of alternating pink and white canes, all supported by a stem of alternating pink and white canes. Clear ground. A similar example is pictured in The New England Glass Company, page 106.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$2,500—4,000
18 Antique Gillinder close concentric millefiori mushroom with torsade paperweight. A large pink and white ruffle cane is ringed by white ruffle canes, then pink, white and blue canes and by an outer ring of pink star and cog staves, tapered into a stem for the resulting mushroom cap. A tightly wound blue and white torsade, with a white latticinio interior, encircles the base. Clear ground.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$2,000—2,500
19 Antique Clichy close packed millefiori, roses, pseudo roses and signature cane paperweight. A lovely iconic pink and green rose, a green and white rose and a completely white rose are scattered in a packed field of varied millefiori in rich colors, including numerous green and pink pseudo roses, stardust, moss, bull’s-eyes and a “C” signature cane. A basket of alternating blue and white staves holds the design tightly. Clear ground. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 1/2"
$2,500—3,000
20 Antique Clichy interlaced millefiori and rose quatrefoil garlands paperweight. A quatrefoil garland of red and white pastry mold canes interlaces with a quatrefoil garland of thirty white and green rose canes. Their center void is occupied by a close concentric design of red and white cog canes and floret canes, around a small green complex cane. Opaque blue ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$2,000—3,000
21 Rare antique Clichy spaced millefiori, silhouette, rose and signature cane paperweight. Spaced complex millefiori, in two rings, center a yellow and black bull’s-eye and cog complex cane at the apex and include not only an iconic pink and green rose cane but also a very elusive red pelican silhouette cane and a “C” signature cane. Clear ground. “Many classic reference books infer that Clichy did not include silhouettes in their paperweights yet there are at least a half dozen spaced millefiori examples containing this pelican cane.” —The Glass Menagerie, page 31.
Diameter 2 1/2"
$2,250—3,000
22 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and roses piedouche paperweight. Eight close concentric rings of assorted moss, crimp, ruffle and cog complex canes in pink, green, blue and white, are graced by spaced iconic pink and green rose canes and focus on a central dark blue complex cane, within a basket of vertical green and white hollow staves, which extends downward to a footed clear base. “The piedouche was another innovative variation of the paperweight format. The artisans accentuated the grandeur of the millefiori by literally placing it on a pedestal. These pieces are also known as basket weights, because they conjure poetic images of a bright basket filled with ‘a thousand flowers.’ All of the major French factories produced pedestal weights, but Clichy excelled in this area.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition.
Diameter 2 7/8", height 2 1/2" $1,500—2,000
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Three spaced rings of spaced complex canes cascade down a cambered clear ground around a very large iconic pink and green rose and include pastry molds, cogs and rod bundles, in shades of green, red, blue, purple and pink. Clear ground. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 7/16"
$2,000—3,000
24 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori with two rings of roses in stave basket miniature paperweight. A complex cog cane is ringed by nine green cog canes followed by a ring of sixteen uncommon pink and white rose canes, a ring of alternating blue and red canes, an impressive ring of twenty-one iconic pink and green rose canes and an outer ring of moss canes. White staves basket. Clear ground.
Diameter 2 1/16"
$1,800—2,000
23 Antique Clichy scattered millefiori
roses magnum paperweight.
25 Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom and torsade faceted paperweight. A mushroom has a coral pink millefiori at the center, surrounded by collared white and blue floret canes, then coral pink rod bundle canes, atop a striking stem of pistachio-green complex cane staves. A white torsade, wrapped in a wound blue thread, surrounds the base of the stem, flanked by mercury rings. Star-cut clear ground. Six and one facets.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$1,200—1,600
26 Rare antique Saint Louis upright bouquet encased faceted overlay paperweight. A red lampwork flower, with a blue and white ruffle cane center, crowns an upright bouquet of assorted lampwork and millefiori blooms in blue, red and white, gathered upon radial green leaves. Star-cut clear ground. White overlay, with six and one facets, encased in clear glass.
Diameter 2 1/2"
$1,400—1,600
27 Antique European, attributed to Val Saint Lambert or Pantin, patterned millefiori paperweight. A large red and white six-point star cane is ringed by two concentric rings of cog canes and then by alternating panels of red loops filled with blue and white canes and panels of three rows of symmetrical canes. Parallel white latticinio staves over clear ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,500—2,000
28 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori paperweight. A very large green, red and white pastry mold cane centers three spaced rings of diverse spaced millefiori, including pseudo rose canes, rod bundles, cogs, bull’s-eyes and complex cog canes. Sodden snow white ground. Internal flaw.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$1,600—2,000
30 Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom with torsade paperweight. Varied complex millefiori, including leaf, shamrock, star, arrowhead, bundle, trefoil and quatrefoil canes, burst outward into a colorful mushroom cap. More canes trickle down the mushroom’s colorful stem, encircled by a blue-encased white torsade and two mercury rings. Star-cut clear ground. Good condition.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$700—1,000
29 Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouette mushroom with torsade paperweight. Varied complex millefiori, including two picture canes of a flower, leaves, shamrocks, arrowheads, whorls, honeycombs and fortresses, burst outward into a colorful mushroom cap, drawn down into a stem with a blue-encased white torsade and two mercury rings, and includes a pheasant and shamrocks silhouette cane. Star-cut clear ground. Diameter 3 1/16"
$1,500—2,000
31 Rare antique Baccarat scattered millefiori, carnation and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. A butterfly cane, its wings made of miniaturized closepacks, stands against a white cane surrounded by a ring of blue fortress canes to create a remarkable center to three concentric cane rings of silhouettes of lovebirds, a pelican, a deer, a goat, a pink carnation, shamrocks, arrowheads and cogs. White upset muslin ground.
Diameter 2 7/8"
tering a ring of six red, white and blue arrow canes, sprouts from a stem below a crown of three leaves, shared by two additional leaves and a small clematis-type flower with six thin white petals around a red-rimmed honeycomb cane center. A garland of alternating green crimp canes and red bull’s-eye-centered white stardust canes surrounds the design. Star-cut clear ground.
Diameter 1 15/16"
$1,600—2,000
32 Antique Baccarat 1848 scattered millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. A central moth silhouette cane is surrounded by varied complex canes, including the Gridel silhouettes of a rooster, horse, goat, deer, elephant, squirrel, monkey, pheasant and two dogs, all over a cushion of white upset muslin with bits of colored cane. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$2,000—3,000
33 Antique Baccarat 1848 scattered millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. A central flower picture cane is surrounded by varied complex canes, including the Gridel silhouettes of a horse, deer, moth, elephant, goat, dog and two contrasting roosters, all over a cushion of white upset muslin with bits of colored cane. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$1,200—1,600
34 Rare antique Baccarat two-flower bouquet with Type II primrose, fantasy flower and millefiori garland miniature paperweight. A Type II primrose, with a honeycomb cane cen-
$1,600—2,000
35 Antique Baccarat two-flower clematis bouquet with millefiori garland faceted paperweight. A double-tiered red clematis, its striped petals radiating around a honeycomb cane center, shares a forking stem with a little white cousin, adorned with a crown of four green leaves and two more leaves flanking their common stem. A border garland of alternating arrowhead canes and white crimp canes encircles the design. Star-cut clear ground. All-over geometric faceting. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$1,500—2,000
36 Uncommon antique Baccarat blue periwinkle paperweight. A light blue periwinkle blossom, with two tiers of ridged light blue petals around a white and red stardust and bull’s-eye cane center, tops a curved stem, with two long green leaves and has a halo of five green leaves. Star-cut clear ground. Pictured and discussed on page 91 of Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 9/16"
$1,400—1,600
37 Very rare antique Baccarat red dogrose paperweight. A rare red dogrose has a star honeycomb cane nexus and a crown of four spaced green leaves, sitting on a short stem flanked by two leaves, each with the start of another sprouting from its base. Starcut clear ground. Pictured and discussed on page 83 of Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty. “Very rare single layered flowers in other colors account for less than 1% of known dogroses”.
Diameter 2 3/8"
$1,400—1,600
38 Antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly and garland paperweight. A deep amethyst latticinio butterfly is framed on either side by rainbow-colored millefiori fore and hind wings and garlanded by a ring of alternating green and white complex canes. White upset muslin ground. “These insects dazzle the viewer, the delicate archetypes of a vibrant imagination. The millefiori garland forms a decorative frame of flowers around the colorful insect.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition.
Diameter 2 13/16"
40 Antique Baccarat dark red double clematis and millefiori garland paperweight. A clematis, with two tiers of deep maroon petals around a pale-yellow and white star honeycomb cane center, is surrounded by five spaced green leaves, as it blooms atop a green stem, with a red bud and three additional green leaves. The flower is bordered by a circular garland of alternating blue arrowhead and white crimp canes. Star-cut clear ground. Internal flaws.
Diameter 2 13/16"
$1,000—1,500
41 Antique Baccarat yellow buttercup, bud and millefiori garland faceted paperweight. A yellow buttercup blossom, with a white quatrefoil cane center, is haloed by four leaves and blooms atop a curving stem with opposing leaves and a matching bud. Alternating red and white millefiori border garland. Star-cut clear ground. Six and one facets. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 1/2"
$1,200—1,600
39 Antique Baccarat upright bouquet with blue torsade paperweight. An upright bouquet has a central yellow bud surrounded by four white, red and blue flowers, each with a red bull’s-eye and white stardust cane center. The bouquet is cradled within a lush wreath of green leaves, which descends downward into gathered stems. A blue and white torsade, flanked by two mercury rings, frames the design. Star-cut clear ground. Internal flaw.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$1,000—1,200
$800—1,000
42 Rare antique Baccarat yellow wheatflower and millefiori garland paperweight. Two tiers of six rounded black-dotted yellow petals are joined at their nexus by a white stardust and red bull’s-eye cane, below a symmetrical crown of five green leaves, and sit atop a short stem with two more leaves, creating a pretty wheatflower. The bloom sits at the center of border garland of alternating white stardust canes and red arrowhead canes. Star-cut clear ground. “Only 14% of yellow examples are surrounded by a garland.” —Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty, page 97.
Diameter 2 7/16"
$1,200—1,600
43 Antique Baccarat quatrefoil millefiori garland faceted paperweight. A ring of white stardust and blue bull’s-eye canes centers a six-point stars and arrowhead complex cane, inside four garland loops of alternating green complex canes and white stardust and red bull’s-eye canes. Matching complex canes dot each loop at opposing ends. Clear ground. Two tiers of eight side facets and one top facet.
Diameter 2 13/16"
branches of three leaves. An uncommon garland of white complex cogs and unusual purple cogs encircles the bloom. Clear ground. Geometric faceting to side. “Only 14% of yellow examples are surrounded by a garland.” —Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty, page 97.
Diameter 3"
$1,000—1,500
44 Antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly and garland paperweight. A butterfly, with blue eyes, a purple latticinio body and four marbled millefiori wings, hovers inside a complex millefiori border garland of dark green canes alternating with white crimped canes. Star-cut clear ground.
Diameter 2 7/16"
$1,200—1,600
45 Antique Baccarat 1848 spaced millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. A butterfly complex cane is encircled by spaced millefiori and Gridel silhouette canes in two rings, including dog, deer, horse, goat, monkey and rooster silhouettes, trefoils, sixpointed stars and arrowheads. The canes rest on a cushion of white upset muslin with bits of colorful filigree. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 1/2"
$700—1,000
46 Rare antique Baccarat yellow wheatflower and millefiori garland faceted paperweight. Two tiers of six pointed black-dotted yellow petals are joined at their nexus by a complex white stardust and green bull’s-eye cane, below a crown of seven green leaves, to form a nice wheatflower that sits atop a thin stem with two
$1,200—1,600
47 Very rare antique Baccarat red and white clematis with millefiori garland faceted paperweight. Six ribbed white petals each cups a smaller smooth red petal as they radiate around a central white star and red bull’s-eye cane to form a rare variation of the clematis flower. The blossom is crowned by five spaced crenulated green leaves and blooms atop a short stem flanked by a pair of green leaves. A garland of blue arrowhead canes, alternating with white stardust and green bull’s-eye canes, encircles the design. Star-cut clear ground. Good condition.
Diameter 2 7/16"
$1,000—1,500
48 Antique Baccarat yellow pompon, red bud and millefiori garland faceted paperweight. Numerous tiers of thin C-shaped canes, in pale yellow graduating to salmon-pink, radiate around a central green arrowhead cane to form a delicate pompon blossom that grows from a green stem, with two opposing leaves, below a crown of five leaves and a contrasting red bud. Alternating white and blue complex millefiori form a border garland around the bloom. Melon-cut clear ground. Six and one facets. Good condition.
Diameter 2 3/8"
$800—1,000
49 Antique Baccarat Type II pansy with bud paperweight. A pansy flower is comprised of two deep purple upper petals and three yellow and purple lower petals around a white stardust and yellow bull’s-eye cane. Four green leaves peak from behind the flower as it blooms from a short stem with a purple bud and additional green leaves. Star-cut clear ground.
Diameter 3"
$700—1,000
50 Unusual antique Baccarat blue clematis and buds faceted paperweight. A charming pale blue double-tiered clematis, with a white stardust center dotted with a tiny red bull’s-eye, grows from a stem and is decorated by two companion buds, two green leaves and two unusual bladed leaves. A lone leaf tips to the right like a cheerful salutation. Star-cut clear ground. Ring of printies around base. Pictured and discussed in Baccarat Paperweights:
Two Centuries of Beauty, page 79. Fair condition.
Diameter 2 11/16"
52 Antique Baccarat buttercup, bud and millefiori garland paperweight. Five white petals are ringed by blue petals and center a yellow and white stardust cane, forming a buttercup. The flower has a crown of five green leaves, a white bud and sits atop a stem with one more green leaf. Alternating red and white complex millefiori border garland. Star-cut clear ground. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 1/2"
$600—800
53 Excellent antique Baccarat red and white primrose paperweight. A primrose flower has six red petals, each striped with white arches, radiating from a central white stardust and red bull’s-eye cane. It is crowned by five crenulated green leaves and grows from a curving stem with a pair of bladed leaves. Star-cut clear ground.
Diameter 2 1/2"
$1,000—1,200
51 Antique Baccarat white pompon, bud and millefiori garland paperweight. A pure white pompon flower, its petals made of C-shaped canes that radiate around a central yellow rod bundle cane, has a crown of five leaves and two more leaves flanking its sinuous stem. A sheathed companion bud emerges to the right with its own green leaf. An alternating green cog and white stardust millefiori garland surrounds the bloom. Star-cut clear ground. Good condition.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$600—800
54 Antique Baccarat wallflower and millefiori garland miniature faceted paperweight. A cobalt blue-rimmed white flower, with its six petals around a tiny honeycomb cane center, has a crown of three leaves, a contrasting sheathed red bud to the right and a short stem. It is perfectly centered by a border garland of alternating red arrowhead canes and white stardust canes. Star-cut clear ground. Two tiers of seven side facets and one top facet.
Diameter 2"
$600—800
$600—800
55 Antique Clichy Napoleon Bonaparte sulphide with millefiori and rose garland faceted paperweight. A white sulphide of a standing Napoleon Bonaparte in full regalia is encircled by a delicate millefiori garland of six iconic pink and green rose canes evenly spaced among five small white and pink florets. Cobalt blue-over-white ground. Five and one facets. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 5/16"
58 Antique Clichy end-of-day scrambled millefiori and roses paperweight. Large whole millefiori, a few on their side, include pastry molds, cogs, two iconic roses, moss and edelweiss, amongst others, in shades of pink, green, purple, blue, red and white. A layer of bits and pieces of canes and filigree can be seen from below.
Diameter 3"
$1,000—1,400
56 Antique Clichy looped millefiori garland on sodden snow paperweight. A large cobalt blue crimp cane centers a border garland of myriad millefiori, looped inward five times, with a lone cane in between each loop. Three complex canes appear to have a signature cane center. Sodden snow-white ground.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$1,200—1,600
57 Antique Clichy close packed millefiori on sodden snow paperweight. Varied millefiori, including a pseudo rose, stardust, cog and bull’s-eye complex canes, are held in a border garland of alternating pink and white rod bundle canes, inside a basket of alternating white staves and green aventurine staves, over a sodden snow white ground. Good condition and internal flaw.
Diameter 2 13/16"
$1,200—1,600
$800—1,000
59 Antique Clichy millefiori and roses chequer paperweight. Two concentric rings of spaced millefiori, including ruffles and pastry molds, are separated by delicate white latticinio tubes to create a chequer pattern. An iconic green and pink rose appears at the apex and a large green and white rose appears in the outer ring. An underlying layer of parallel rows of latticinio supports the design.
Diameter 2 5/8"
$800—1,000
60 Antique Clichy millefiori chequer paperweight. Two concentric rings of spaced millefiori, including a variety of cog and bull’s-eye complex canes, are separated by delicate white latticinio tubes to create a chequer pattern. A large pink, white and green-collared moss cane centers the rings. An underlying layer of parallel rows of latticinio supports the design. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$800—1,000
61 Antique Clichy blue and white swirl miniature paperweight. Alternating rods of blue and white form a pinwheel design, radiating outward in a counter-clockwise motion from a central green pastry mold cane.
Diameter 2 1/16"
$800—1,000
62 Antique Clichy C-scroll millefiori garlands faceted paperweight. A central green cog cane is surrounded by a ring of nine pink and white rose canes and then by a ring of blue and white cog canes, inside a ring of five spaced C-shaped garlands, each made of contrasting cogs and pastry mold canes in a different color. White upset muslin ground. Five panels cut with three horizontal printies each and spaced by four long mitre-cuts, below a top pentagonal facet. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fair condition.
Diameter 2 15/16"
64 Antique Clichy scattered millefiori and roses paperweight. A prominent iconic pink and green rose cane is surrounded by spaced canes, including a moss cane, bull’s-eye complex canes, crimp canes, cog canes and a very rare yellow rose cane. Clear ground. Good condition.
Diameter 2 5/8"
$1,000—1,200
65 Antique Clichy scattered millefiori paperweight. Colorful and varied millefiori, including cog, stardust, star and bull’s-eye complex canes, are evenly spaced, almost in concentric rings, over a cerulean blue ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$600—800
63 Antique Clichy spun millefiori garlands paperweight. A very large white-collared cane centers a ring of red cog canes, from which depart six loop garlands in alternation between pink cogs, white cogs and complex canes, spun at a steep angle like the fins of a pinwheel. Cerulean blue ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$800—1,000
66 Antique Clichy scattered millefiori and roses on upset muslin paperweight. A central iconic pink and green rose cane is surrounded by beautiful millefiori specimens, including three more pink and green rose canes, pastry molds, cogs and white edelweiss flowers, in shades of green, blue, pink, red and purple. White upset muslin ground, above a layer of parallel white latticinio staves. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,000—1,500
$700—1,000
67 Antique Clichy looped millefiori garland with rose faceted paperweight. A garland, made from five assorted cane types, forms five inward loops in white and pink, royal blue, white, green and dark purple. A contrasting cane fills the void between each loop, while an iconic rose cane centers the garland. Star-cut clear ground. Five and one facets. Good condition.
Diameter 3"
$1,200—1,500
68 Antique Clichy interlaced millefiori quatrefoil garlands paperweight. Red cog canes form a garland, with four lobes, which intersects another quatrefoil garland of white and blue floret bundles. Together they create a center void that is filled with two concentric rings of pink, blue and white canes around a central cog complex cane. Opaque emerald green-over white ground.
From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
70 Antique Clichy hexagonal patterned millefiori and rose paperweight. An iconic pink and green rose cane centers spaced rings of millefiori, arranged into a spaced hexagon, including white edelweiss canes, a moss cane, green pastry mold canes, pink complex cog canes and one yellow ruffle cane. Cobalt blue ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 2 7/16"
$700—1,000
71 Antique Clichy trefoil millefiori garland paperweight.
A garland of alternating white stardust canes and pink, blue and white complex canes has three lobes arching around a blue complex cane each and spacing three red and white-striped complex canes. A large white and green cane centers the garland. Transparent green ground.
Diameter 3"
$700—1,000
69 Antique Clichy circlet-patterned millefiori and rose paperweight. A large iconic pink and green rose cane centers five circular garlands of contrasting millefiori, including white stardust canes, white florets, purple cogs, pink cogs and pink bull’s-eye bundles. Each ring is dotted by a contrasting millefiori and spaced by a cobalt blue cog cane. Cerulean blue ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition and internal flaw.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$700—1,000
72 Antique Clichy millefiori trefoil garland paperweight.
A large white crimp-collared flower-like cane is surrounded by a trefoil garland of alternating white crimp canes and green bull’seye and purple florets complex canes, with a white stardust cane inside each lobe and spacing three purple cog canes on the outside. Opaque pink-over-white ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition and internal flaw.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,000—1,200
$600—800
73 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and rose miniature paperweight. A large iconic pink and green rose cane centers five rings of close concentric millefiori, including stardust canes, bull’s-eye complex canes, cog canes, pastry mold canes and crimp canes, in purple, blue, white, pink, green and red. Alternating blue and white stave basket. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 1/4"
$1,200—1,600
76 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. A large purple pastry mold cane is ringed by very small green pastry mold canes, inside a border garland of pairs of blue pastry mold canes spaced by large white stardust and green bull’seye canes. Red ground.
Diameter 1 11/16"
$350—500
77 Antique Clichy end-of-day scrambled millefiori miniature paperweight. An end-of-day gathering of cane remnants includes several whole complex canes and partial canes, among them a rose.
Diameter 2 1/4"
$400—500
74 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori and rose miniature paperweight. A large iconic pink and green rose cane is ringed by white and blue floret bundle canes and by a border garland of large green complex canes, spaced by pairs of small red complex cog canes. Clear ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 1 11/16"
75 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. A large white and pink pastry mold cane is ringed by small purple pastry mold canes, inside a border garland of pairs of green cog canes spaced by large pink cog canes. Clear ground.
Diameter 2 1/8"
$400—500
78 Antique Clichy millefiori and rose miniature paperweight. A large pink complex cog cane is ringed by spaced canes, including an iconic pink and green rose cane. Clear ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition.
Diameter 1 3/8"
$250—300
$400—500
79 Uncommon antique Saint Louis upright bouquet and torsade amber-stained faceted paperweight. A red flower centers a white flower and a blue flower and two goldenrod canes within a well-formed ring of leaves, pulled downward and gathered into a bouquet. A spiral-encased white torsade, with two air ring inclusions, encircles the base of the bouquet. Amber-stained ground. Six side facets.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$1,500—2,000
80 Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori wafer dish. A clear and shallow bowl, with a blue-over-white rim, is shaped with six ruffled lobes and rises from a base filled with scrambled millefiori and latticinio bits, including a complete dog silhouette cane near the center, in the traditional pistachio, chartreuse, coral and light blue colors. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/2", height 3 1/2"
$700—1,000
81 Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet and torsade faceted paperweight. An orange flower crowns the top of an upright bouquet surrounded by two white complex cane flowers and two additional lampwork flowers in red and white, all surrounded by bright green leaves on drawn stems. A cobalt blue and white torsade encircles the base of the bouquet, bordered by an air-ring inclusion. Clear ground. All-over geometric concentric facets. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 3/4"
82 Antique Saint Louis jasper panels paperweight. Seven white radial spokes emanate from a pink and white swirl cushion center to divide alternating panels of blue and white jasper with panels of red and white jasper. Eight complex cane tubes rise upward around the center, spaced by the spokes. The design is bordered by a characteristically hidden green, red and white filigree torsade. One white spoke is missing from the design. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16"
$700—1,000
83 Antique Saint Louis pink pompon and bud paperweight. Tightly-gathered pink C-shaped canes form an opulent pompon, punctuated at its core by a yellow, blue, white and red complex stamen cane. The flower sits atop a thin stem, flanked by two leaves, and is crowned by two spaced leaves and a companion bud. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion ground.
Diameter 2 13/16"
$500—800
84 Antique Saint Louis fruit bouquet on latticinio basket paperweight. A bright green pear, a golden counterpart and a golden apple fan out on a carpet of bright red cherries and serrated green leaves, over a double-swirl white latticinio basket.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$600—800
$800—1,000
85 Antique Saint Louis concentric millefiori paperweight. A central red and yellow complex cane is ringed by spaced green, red and white complex canes and bordered by alternating yellow and blue canes and blue and white canes. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion ground.
Diameter 2 5/8"
$500—800
86 Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom faceted paperweight. A large central complex cane in chartreuse, white and blue launches four cascading rings of millefiori in blue, pink, white and the last containing green and white, including crimp, cog and stardust canes, to form a mushroom cap. The bottom-most ring is pulled downward into the tapered stem of the mushroom. Transparent amber-stained ground. Six and one facets. Good condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
88 Antique Bohemian engraved stags and doe red-stained low-domed paperweight. A pastoral landscape of a grassy clearing in the woods reveals two recumbent stags protecting a doe. The engraved scene is captured against a transparent ruby red-stained base. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 5/16", height 1 1/4"
$800—1,000
89 Antique Bohemian engraved stag green-stained low-domed paperweight. A running stag leaps over a fallen tree as he dashes through a grassy knoll in a wooded scene. The engraved scene is captured against a transparent emerald green-stained base. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 7/16", height 1 5/16"
$500—800
87 Antique Saint Louis spaced concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. A central translucent pistachio-green cog cane is ringed by spaced blue and white complex canes and again by alternating pink canes and green complex canes. White upset muslin ground. Excellent condition. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 3/4"
$800—1,000
90 Post-classic English close concentric millefiori staves paperweight. A pink-lined white hollow ruffle cane is surrounded by a concentric field of similar but larger ruffle canes, including both blue and pink-lined interiors, each of which is pulled towards the center into a radial-patterned stave basket. Clear, pressed ground. Fair condition.
Diameter 3 5/8"
$250—400
$150—200
91 Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company pink dahlia paperweight. Three tiers of seven pointed pink petals, sitting on a fourth ring of ten petals, create a lush cascading dahlia. The flower is centered by a blue, pink and white cross cog complex cane and is haloed by eight green sepals. Dew drops dot the space between each petal. Clear ground.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,200—1,500
92 Antique New England Glass Company close concentric millefiori paperweight. Four rings of pink, white, aqua, yellow and blue complex canes surround a central pink complex cane, creating a concentric design of alternating white rings and aqua rings. Clear ground.
Diameter 2 11/16"
$700—1,000
93 Antique New England Glass Company triple leaf spray garland on swirling latticinio ground paperweight. A central white and green cane is surrounded by three spaced leaf sprays, each consisting of a mixture of pink, maroon, blue and green leaves. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion over clear ground.
Diameter 2 13/16"
94 Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company blushing yellow pears paperweight. Three yellow pears, each blushing red to ripeness, are spaced by serrated green leaves in a radial bouquet held by a slender stem. Clear ground. “The Americans generally shunned the multi-faceting treatment, and instead simply showcased the individual fruits in all their glory. Most of these refreshingly simple designs give the appearance of fruit just plucked from a tree.” —The Art of the Paperweight: The Boston & Sandwich and New England Glass Companies.
Diameter 3"
$800—1,000
95 Antique New England Glass Company patterned looped millefiori garland paperweight. A pink and white-collared complex cane centers a ring of salmon-pink rod canes, inside four loops of various complex millefiori including trios of the salmon rod canes at the tip of each loop. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion over clear ground.
Diameter 2 5/16"
$800—1,000
$700—1,000
96 Antique New England Glass Company leaf spray on jasper ground paperweight. A solo leaf spray, with a trio of variegated green leaves spaced by two blushing yellow leaves, evokes fall colors, and sits on a rust-colored jasper-style mottled ground with a white layer below.
Diameter 2 11/16"
$600—800
97 Rare antique New England Glass Company white poinsettia and bud paperweight. A flower, with a pink swirl center surrounded by two tiers of white petals, blooms alongside a white bud on a stem with three dew-dotted green leaves. Double-swirl white latticinio ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 5/8"
$500—600
98 Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company fantasy pansy-like red, white and blue weedflower paperweight. Based on a typical pansy construct, two red upper petals and three white lower petals, striped in blue, radiate from a central red, white and blue collared rod bundle cane. The flower sits atop a short tapered stem, flanked by two crenulated green leaves, while a third leaf protrudes from behind the bloom. Clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 15/16"
100 Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company blue and red dahlia with aventurine paperweight. A dahlia has two tiers of six cobalt petals, alternating between red and blue, and a central tier of copper aventurine petals, all homing in on a central pink and white center cane. It sits on a short stem flanked by two green leaves. Clear ground. Fair condition.
Diameter 3"
$500—800
99 Antique New England Glass Company concentric millefiori with central running rabbit paperweight. An iconic running rabbit silhouette cane is ringed by assorted blue and white cog canes, inside a border garland of pairs of pink and blue complex canes. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion over clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 7/16"
$500—600
101 Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company fantasy yellow, blue and white weedflower paperweight. Two blue upper petals and three striped yellow, white and blue lower petals radiate from a central pink, white and blue pastry mold cane to create a pansy-like flower that sits atop a short stem, flanked by two contrasting green leaves, while a third leaf protrudes from behind the bloom. Clear ground.
Diameter 3"
$350—500
102 Antique New England Glass Company end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. Whole and partial complex canes, along with bits of torsade and filigree tubes, are pressed into an unusual mottle blue ground. Pontil scar.
Diameter 2 7/16"
$300—400
$250—400
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103 Paul Stankard 2001 honeybee, ants, flowers, pods and mask block paperweight. A fuzzy honeybee hovers over red seed pods, purple bellflowers, yellow coronet flowers, variegated green leaves, A ‘fertile seeds’ word cane and two black ants, on a brown patch of tangled moss. A gold leaf, gray and white ‘pâte-de-verre’ mask is revealed on the underside. Clear ground. Four tapered sides above grooved base. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Dedication etched near base.
Width 2 9/16, height 3 3/4"
106 Paul Stankard (2001) honeybees and tea rose bouquet paperweight. A curious honeybee hovers above five full pink tea roses, with yellow stamens, that bloom among a bouquet of red and orange-speckled sepals and fruit. Camouflaged within the lavish arrangement is a large root person, an ant and the word canes “fertile” and “seeds”. Clear ground.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$3,000—4,000
104 Paul Stankard 2013 goat’s beard and pod spherical bouquet with honeybees orb. Foraging honeybees are drawn to a spherical thicket of moss, tendrils, bits of branches and green leaves that provide a perfect home for blue goat’s beard blossoms and their buds, as well as three warm yellow pods. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 9/16"
$4,500—6,000
105 Paul Stankard 2002 “Morning Glory with Blackberries” bouquet with honeybee, ant and root people paperweight, from the Walt Whitman series. A bee hovers above an ant that strolls through a dense bouquet with a large pink-striped white morning glory, yellow coronet flowers, pale orange bellflowers, blackberries, a “Seeds” word cane and veined green leaves, on a layer of tangled green and brown moss. Five root people attend to the bouquet from the underside of moss. Clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$3,500—5,000
$3,500—5,000
107 Paul Stankard and David Graeber 2023 collaborative flower bouquet with Walt Whitman portrait cane paperweight. Yellow roses and buds, a French lily, a pink flower and two blue flowers are gathered together on a bed of tangled moss with two small lemon halves, leaves and tendrils. A portrait cane of Walt Whitman is nestled at the edge of the bouquet, along with a signature cane and a signature/date cane. Transparent sky blue ground. Made to commemorate Paul Stankard’s 80th birthday. Diameter 3 5/16"
$2,500—4,000
108 Paul Stankard 1993 honeycomb with bee, flowers and raspberries all-over bouquet paperweight. Three large white mountain laurel flowers, two yellow black-eyed Susan flowers, with a companion bud, and two raspberries twist and furl around the edges of a honeycomb, the subject of an intent visit by a fuzzy yellow bumblebee. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/ dated. Dedication etched around base.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$2,500—4,000
109 Paul Stankard 1987 “Lily Pond” lotus flowers with spirit people paperweight. Three multi-tiered pink waterlilies, with delicate orange filament stamens, bloom on curved vines, with three buds and brown-speckled green lily pads, and float above a spirit world with an aqua lotus flower and three green “earth spirits”. Clear ground. Signature cane. Dated.
Diameter 3 5/16"
112 Paul Stankard 1979 experimental rose, lilac and chokeberry bouquet paperweight. A three-dimensional white rose is encircled by lilac sprays, in purple and pink, red chokeberries and stems of green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/ dated.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$1,500—2,000
110 Paul Stankard 1983 “Braided-stem Bouquet” with raspberries and daisies paperweight. Three red raspberries grow from a braided arching stem, with three yellow-centered white daisies, pink blossoms, yellow buds and green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Dated.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$1,500—2,000
111 Paul Stankard 1978 “Nature’s Splendor” wildflower bouquet paperweight. A pink wild rose, red Saint Anthony’s fire flowers, blue forget-me-nots, yellow cluster flowers, bellflowers, violets, buds and assorted green leaves are gathered into a delightful bouquet. Clear ground. Signature cane. Dated.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,200—1,600
$1,800—2,000
113 Paul Stankard 1980 “Apple Blossoms” compound paperweight. Two sprays of white apple blossoms, one superimposed above the other, are delicate studies in the progress of each flower. Some are fully splayed, with pink-tipped white stamens, some shyly emerging pink blossoms and yet others are still tightly wrapped in a cocoon of green sepals. Clear ground. Edition #10 of a limited edition of 25. Signature cane. Dated.
Diameter 3 7/16"
$1,200—1,600
114 Paul Stankard 1986 “Forget-me-nots” paperweight. Blue forget-me-not flowers bloom on a vine, with a stem of closed buds and slender green leaves. Clear ground. Edition #38 of a limited edition of 100, created for the Smithsonian Institution. Signature cane. Dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$1,200—1,600
115 David Graeber 2010 yellow flower bouquet basket-cut paperweight. A lush sheaf of yellow flowers, including sunflowers, bell flowers and small white flowers with yellow centers, radiates variegated leaves in all directions and sits over an opaque cranberry red ground. Fancy, basket-cut surface, by Ed Poore. Signature/ date cane.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$3,000—4,000
116 David Graeber 2009 “Roses and Forget-me-nots” bouquet paperweight. A dense bouquet of roses, with cascading yellow petals, two opening buds, light blue forget-me-nots and companion buds is gathered into a sheaf with striped green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/16"
118 Andrew Byers 2005 lilac, morning glory and daisy allover bouquet paperweight. A lively floral bouquet bursts with summer blooms in all directions and includes white daisies, pink morning glories, blue and purple clusters of lilac, red berries and blue forget-me-nots that grow from a thick branch with tendrils and green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$1,600—2,000
117 David Graeber 2017 red flower bouquet miniature paperweight. Radiating veined and shaded leaves surround a bouquet of two red flowers, with black filament stamens around yellow pistils, and their four companion buds, all gathered on a clump of moss. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 2 5/16"
$800—1,000
$2,000—3,000
119 Andrew Byers 2002 twisted-stem flower bouquet with sunflower paperweight. Two pink roses, blue forget-me-nots, indigo lilac sprays, a golden-yellow sunflower, blueberries and assorted buds are woven into a bouquet with brown-speckled green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$1,400—1,600
120 Andrew Byers 2002 pink, blue and yellow flower bouquet paperweight. Two pale pink blossoms, each with a tuft of yellow filament stamens and a green pistil at the center, are framed by sprays of yellow buttercups and buds, green leaves, green buds and two splayed cobalt blue flowers, each with a halo of sepals, in a triangular bouquet on a common stem. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$800—1,000
121 Rick Ayotte (c.1998) “Country Side Blue” daisy and blueberry bouquet magnum faceted paperweight sculpture, from the Hallucination Series. A trio of multi-tiered yellow-centered daisies, one pink, one blue and one white, is enfolded by clusters of blueberries, which are shaded in the colors of three stages of ripening. Three green and yellow leaves create a fan behind the bouquet, which is held by a forking stem. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Twelve side panel facets flared to a dodecagonal top facet, with beveled edge, reflect the bouquet into a stunning wreath.
From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 7 1/8" *Shipping priced at cost*
$2,500—4,000
122 Rick Ayotte 2011 “Summer Mums” bouquet upright faceted sculpture, from the Illusion series. A profusion of small chrysanthemums, in white, pastel yellows and greens, is arranged into a bouquet, with leaves, tendrils and sprays of tuberoses. White ground. Two tiers of continuous pencil facets to side, front facet and display facet. Signed/dated. Fine condition.
Diameter 4 11/16"
Beveled edge to front facet and mitre-groove to perimeter. Attached footed clear display base. Signed/dated.
Height 6 7/8", depth 2 3/4" *Shipping priced at cost*
$700—1,000
124 Rick Ayotte 2012 “Sunday” flowerpots and wall paperweight faceted paperweight, from the Still Life series. Two purple vases, each with pretty spills of miniature lavender and white roses, balance on adjacent shelves against a muted floral wallpaper. Display facet and front facet. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/ dated. Internal flaws.
Diameter 4"
$1,000—1,200
125 Rick Ayotte 2011 upright flower basket magnum faceted paperweight. A bouquet of shaded-pink and white roses, with a few contrasting green leaves, sprouts from a dimensional upright pink basket. Pink ground. Six and one facets. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 3/4"
$1,400—1,600
123 Rick Ayotte 2008 “Lady Slipper” orchid laminated upright oval plaque on a pedestal paperweight. A three-dimensional pink, red and green cypripedium orchid blooms atop a light green stem, with variegated green leaves, against a black background.
$1,500—2,000
126 Rick Ayotte 2009 red plums and white blossoms paperweight. Three dimensional shaded wine-red plums hang in a tight cluster of off-white blossoms and buds, with perky orange stamens, and velvet green leaves. Translucent emerald green ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 15/16"
$1,000—1,500
127 Rick Ayotte 2009 red velvet poppy bouquet paperweight. A lush bouquet is dominated by two velvety red poppies, surrounded by an array of purple daisies, white blossom clusters and a scattering of green leaves. Clear ground. Edition #2 of a limited edition. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 5/8"
$1,000—1,500
128 Rick Ayotte 1993 “Wind Rush” red and white Japanese anemone bouquet paperweight. Two Japanese anemones, one red and one white, each has a brilliant yellow tuft of stamens. They are clustered into a bouquet with a red companion bud, sprays of small red and white blossoms and variegated leaves. Opaque black ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 3/4"
$1,000—1,500
129 Rick Ayotte 1992 “Pink Peace” rose bouquet paperweight. Two lush pale pink roses bloom next to a partially opened companion, atop a bed of pink and white rosebuds and green leaves. Overall pink hues give an aurora of peace to the bouquet. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/4"
$1,000—1,500
130 Rick Ayotte (2004) two peaches with blossoms paperweight. Two peaches, with exquisitely rendered shaded and fuzzy skin, rest against a bed of variegated green leaves growing from a network of branches along with yellow blossoms, each of them filled with exuberant red stamens. Clear ground. Limited edition. Diameter 3 11/16"
$1,000—1,500
131 Rick Ayotte 1992 “Family of Ducks on a Pond” magnum paperweight, from the Pond Life series. A family of three colorful mallard ducks, including a green aventurine male, swims across a serene green pond toward a mossy shore dotted with blossoms, tall green plants and red toadstools. Limited edition. Signed/dated. “A realistic approach influenced by the antique weight Ducks on the Pond. I felt capable of bringing the design much further than the original.”--Rick Ayotte.
Diameter 4 1/8"
$1,200—1,600
132 Rick Ayotte 1990 “Green Frog on Pond” compound magnum paperweight, from the Pond Life series. A green and black frog rests on a lily pad, adjacent to a blossoming white lily, which floats on a murky green pond. Beneath the surface, tadpoles dive about bunches of eelgrasses that grow from an algae-green ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated.
Diameter 4"
$1,000—1,500
133 Rick Ayotte 1986 “Pyrrhopyge Creon Butterfly” and yellow flowers paperweight. A blue, black and red pyrrhopyge creon butterfly hovers over branches sprinkled with pale yellow blossoms. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$1,200—1,600
134 Rick Ayotte 1985 yellow jacket nest paperweight. Three intimidating yellow and black wasps hover around their gray paper nest, which is attached to the branches of an apple tree, bearing pale pink and white blossoms, buds and green leaves. Pale blue ground. Signed/dated. Edition #20 of a limited edition.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$1,000—1,500
135 Rick Ayotte 1981 red-breasted robin with nest compound paperweight. A red-breasted robin, with black wings and head, dangles a worm from its yellow beak above the gaping mouths of three hungry fledglings ensconced within a mossy treetop nest, concealed in overlapping leafy branches. Clear ground. Edition #22 of a limited edition of 25. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 7/8"
136 Rick Ayotte 2000 purple-crowned lorikeet with tropical flora paperweight. A purple-crowned lorikeet bird, red tail feathers dangling, perches on the bladed foliage of an exotic mass of red, white and yellow jungle blooms. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/4"
$1,000—1,500
137 Rick Ayotte 1993 “Yellow-breasted Chats” and nest paperweight. From within the scattering of purple berries, white blossoms and dark green leaves of a hawthorn tree, a happy couple of yellow-breasted green birds watches over a nest of twigs with three promising eggs resting inside. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 13/16"
$1,200—1,600
138 Rick Ayotte 1986 Baltimore oriole with black-eyed Susan flowers miniature paperweight. A brilliant orange Baltimore oriole perches fetchingly on a stem of black-eyed Susan flowers. Clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 1 7/8"
$650—800
$350—500
139 Debbie Tarsitano, Delmo Tarsitano, Paul Ysart and Ed Poore 2005 collaborative “Diamond Heart” millefiori heart, flowers and ladybugs fancy-cut paperweight. A heart-shaped multi-colored millefiori garland is filled with pretty lampwork flowers in pink, purple and blue, inside a spaced ring of millefiori flowers on stems where two little yellow ladybugs play. Fancy basket-cut clear ground. Scalloped top facet. Tarsitano signature cane. A stunning collaboration between four revered artists.
Diameter 3 7/8"
$3,000—4,000
140 Debbie Tarsitano pansies and millefiori flowers on fiber ground paperweight. A large colorful pansy, sharing a leafy stem with a smaller sister, is visited by ladybugs and encircles an upright pink tulip along with two dahlias and a yellow wheatflower. Pink and blue ground, strewn with filament fibers. Signature cane. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/4"
142 Delmo Tarsitano snake fancy-cut block paperweight. A brown and beige snake, with an intricate pattern on its body, raises its head above its coiled body, atop a sandy earth mound encircled by a few upright succulents and green moss. Four angled sides, with beveled top corners around a concave circular-cut top facet, above a diamond-cut lower design. Signature cane.
Width 2 1/2", height 2 15/16"
$1,200—1,600
143 Delmo Tarsitano spiders and flowers with nests paperweight. Two plump-bodied spiders, in mottled brown and with long thread-like legs, sit atop two of three white nests of webs, which glow red when lit from underneath, and are spaced by a coarse root system that carries various blooming plants. Sandy earth ground. Signature cane. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 5/8"
$1,200—1,600
141 Debbie Tarsitano pink rose bouquet paperweight. Three upright roses, each cupping a tuft of yellow filament stamens, are spaced in a bouquet with companion buds and racemes of blue buds, all gathered on brown stems adorned with green leaves. Star-cut clear ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,500—2,000
144 Delmo Tarsitano single strawberry and white blossoms faceted paperweight. A ripe red strawberry, studded with air bubbles as seeds, shows itself tantalizingly within a pretty nest of candid blossoms and green leaves, gathered on a brown branch. Star-cut clear ground. Six and one facets. Signature canes.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$800—1,000
$600—800
145 Gordon Smith 2000 three wrasse fish and shells paperweight. Three scaly fish, two white and one blue with a yellow head, swim all the way near the surface of their domain, a white sea floor strewn with colorful shells, twisted and round. Signed/ dated.
Diameter 3 7/16"
$2,000—2,500
146 Gordon Smith 1994 strawberries and blossom on straw paperweight. Five dimensional red strawberries, two green ones, each with tiny yellow seeds, are joined on meandering stems by a promising white blossom, a bud and striped green leaves. Straw-covered earth ground. Signature cane. Dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$2,000—3,000
147 Gordon Smith 1991 raspberry bouquet paperweight. Three red raspberries and a young green raspberry prepare for harvest amidst a trio of pale green leaves, while a defiant white blossom and a companion bud attempt to prolong the growing season. Clear ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/4" $700—1,000
148 Gordon Smith 1986 white trumpet flowers paperweight. Three white blossoms, with yellow filament stamens, grow on a vine with spiraling shaded green leaves. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$350—500
149 Gordon Smith 1982 strawberries and white blossoms paperweight. A pair of ripe red strawberries grows from twisted stems with a white blossom, a white bud and green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$800—1,000
150 Gordon Smith 1984 pink and white lady’s-slipper paperweight. A single lady’s-slipper, with three white top petals and a bulbous pink pouch, sits atop a slender stem from whose base springs three long variegated and twisting green leaves. Transparent green ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 9/16"
$350—500
151 Melissa Ayotte 2012 “Wild Posy” flower bouquet paperweight. Colorful buttercups, daisies, violets and lilies, their stems gathered and twisted into an opulent posy, compete vibrantly with one another to catch the viewer’s eye against a dramatic black ground. Limited edition of 5. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/2"
hexagonal aluminum board, with a hanging wire attached to the back. Signed. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Paperweight diameter 3 1/16"
Mount diameter 5 13/16"
$1,200—1,500
152 Melissa Ayotte 2003 “Melissa’s Bouquet” pastel flowers paperweight. A soft-hued arrangement consists of assorted flowers, in lavender, pink, and white, on braided stems, with variegated green leaves and tendrils. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$700—1,000
153 Melissa Ayotte 2013 “Cherokee Basket” flower and berry bouquet fancy-cut faceted paperweight. An intricate bouquet, with a sunflower, yellow dandelions, red berries, purple chicory flowers, pink mountain fringe bells, leaves and tendrils, is suspended within a masterfully carved brown Indian basket sculpture.
Diameter 4 1/8"
$1,400—1,600
154 Melissa Ayotte blue cornflowers paperweight wall mount, from the Hive series. Three bursting blue cornflowers bloom at the center of a bed of variegated green leaves and curling tendrils, over a dusty white ground. Supporting the paperweight is a pink
$500—600
155 Melissa Ayotte 2018 purple cabbage roses paperweight wall mount, from the Hive series. Three beautiful purple roses bloom upon a bed of variegated green leaves, curling tendrils and a scattering of wispy pink and purple blossoms, over a white ground. Supporting the paperweight is a gray hexagonal aluminum board, with a hanging wire attached to the back. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Paperweight diameter 3 1/16"
Mount diameter 5 5/8"
$500—600
156 Melissa Ayotte 2018 yellow and white flower paperweight wall mount, from the Hive series. A tiered flower, with white and yellow-striped petals, blooms at the center of a bed of variegated green leaves, curling tendrils and white blossoms, over a purple ground. Supporting the paperweight is a mauve hexagonal aluminum board, with a hanging wire attached to the back. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Paperweight diameter 3 1/8"
Mount diameter 5 13/16"
$500—600
157 James Kontes strawberries and white buds with torsade paperweight. Three juicy red strawberries grow on a dark green stem, accompanied by two small white buds and six serrated leaves. The arrangement rests on a cushion of white upset muslin, which is ringed by a white chaplet-bead torsade. Clear ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$2,000—2,500
158 Nontas Kontes vegetable bouquet and torsade paperweight. A colorful fall harvest of orange carrots, purple eggplants, yellow squashes and green squashes lies in a bed of upset muslin, which is held in basket a radial latticinio twists and topped by a thick white filament torsade. Clear ground. Signature cane. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$2,000—2,500
159 James Kontes white rose bouquet faceted paperweight. Two dimensional white roses, looking upward with red and yellow stamens, are joined by a companion bud on gathered stems, embellished by green leaves. Transparent cobalt blue ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$1,600—2,000
160 Jim D’Onofrio 1993 Artist Proof fox paperweight. A yellow fox sits next to hollow tree trunk, with a branch of green and rust-red leaves, on a snowy earth ground. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2002 29th Auction as lot 155. Diameter 3 7/16"
$700—1,000
161 Jim D’Onofrio 2002 “Doggie Dreams” winged dog, steak, bone and sock experimental paperweight. In a perfect dog world, a brown-spotted white dog, with white wings, flies above his sleeping self, laying on a grassy knoll next to a steak, a bone and a striped sock. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 7/16"
$600—800
162 Jim D’Onofrio 2003 “Tuxedo Frogs” paperweight. A pair of well-dressed blue and black frogs crawls across fallen stems of pink-tinted brown leaves and a spray of five white buds. Sandy earth ground. Signed/dated. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 7/16"
$600—800
163 Chris Buzzini 1996 upright pink thistle cylindrical faceted sculpture. Three puffy pink flowers of a thorny thistle rise atop forking stems sprouting jagged leaves and emerge from a sandy bed, with speckled gray pebbles, beneath which a trailing root system meanders, tangled between rocks. Clear ground. Hexagonal rectangular facets to cylinder. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 3/8", height 5 7/16"
$2,000—3,000
164 Chris Buzzini 2013 rosehip, azalea and daisy arching bouquet paperweight. Orange-shaded azalea flowers are carefully balanced by speckled red rosehip and a large purple daisy, all gathered into an arching bouquet with yellow lacey flower sprays, leaves and tendrils. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 7/16"
166 Chris Buzzini (2009) “Dendrobium-Primulinum” orchids battuto-cut faceted paperweight. An arching stem carrying three pink orchid blossoms, with yellow labella, emerges above a stem of green leaves from a cluster of spiraling air roots perched on a forking mossy branch. Clear ground. Hammered-cut frosted exterior with top facet for viewing.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$2,000—3,000
165 Chris Buzzini 2008 “Ribbon Bouquet” orange, yellow and blue flower bouquet paperweight. Two large yellow asters, with tufted brown centers, dominate an arching bouquet of four blue-shaded white phlox flowers and three orange azalea blossoms, all with companion buds. Their stems are threaded with a purple ribbon, green leaves and tendrils. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$1,600—2,000
$2,000—3,000
167 Chris Buzzini 2012 Star rose, blueberry and forget-menot spray bouquet paperweight. An arching bouquet includes pink-shaded roses, round blueberries, small blue forget-me-not flowers, attending buds, tendrils and green leaves. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Star paperweights are designated as such by the artist as the epitome of immaculate craftsmanship. Diameter 3 7/16"
$2,000—3,000
168 Chris Buzzini 2009 three white Peregrine thistle paperweight. Lacy and plumb white thistles top thin stems like majestic beacons and contrast sharply with thorny leaves, above trailing roots, tangled through a gold-leaf tuber. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 7/16"
$1,500—2,000
169 Chris Buzzini 1997 “Ribbon Bouquet” apple blossoms with pink ribbon paperweight. Pink blossoms, with perky stamens, and white mountain laurel flowers, with buds, are joined in a bouquet with green leaves and a serpentine pink ribbon. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 7/16"
$1,500—2,000
170 Chris Buzzini 2005 loosestrife, lilac and berry bouquet paperweight. A thick blue lilac spray dominates a bouquet with yellow loosestrife flowers, ripe blueberries, red rosehips, two white bellflowers, tendrils, leaves and gathered stems. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 9/16"
$1,500—2,000
171 Chris Buzzini 2008 Star lilac spray bouquet paperweight. Three lush lilac sprays, each graduated from open blooms at the bottom to tightly sheathed promising buds at the top, create a fan of pink, purple and blue, adorned with sprouting leaves and leafy stalks. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Star paperweights are designated as such by the artist as the epitome of immaculate craftsmanship.
Diameter 3 7/16"
172 Chris Buzzini 1993 Artist Proof lilac and buttercup block paperweight. Four lovely purple lilac sprays and five yellow buttercups are bound together with leaves and tendrils and are set within a rectangular clear encasement, with four wavy sides and two plain beveled windows. Signed/dated.
Width 2 5/8", height 2 1/2", depth 2 1/8" $1,500—2,000
173 Chris Buzzini 2012 pink and yellow orchids paperweight. A deeply arching stem carrying three pink orchid blossoms, with yellow labella, and two sheathed buds emerges from a group of five brown pseudobulbs, with their green leaves and spiraling air roots, belonging to a healthy orchid plant which is perched on a forking mossy branch. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/ dated.
Diameter 3 1/2"
$1,800—2,000
174 Chris Buzzini 1988 cattleya orchids miniature paperweight. A pair of purple-spotted pink cattleya orchids blooms on a slender stem, with long green leaves and trailing roots, over a clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 5/16"
$1,800—2,000
$700—1,000
175 Cathy Richardson 2016 branch with pink blossoms upright magnum faceted paperweight. A coarse tree branch, with tiers of sinuous smaller branches, carries a multitude of shaded pink flowers, with green and yellow central stamens, and companion buds. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Top facet and display facet. Signed/dated. Good condition.
Diameter 4 1/4"
178 Cathy Richardson 2023 pink lotus and lily pads on pond paperweight. Five pink lotus flowers rise from a cool blue pond with buds and green lily pads. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3"
$700—1,000
176 Cathy Richardson 2008 pink and white blooming cactus paperweight. Five pink cactus flowers, with orange and yellow filament stamens, sit atop the ears of a bed of dimensional green and brown cactus plants, along with a few buds and white flowers. Flat pebbles on sandy ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$800—1,000
179 Cathy Richardson 2022 “New Tidepool” sea anemones, shells and starfish paperweight. A secluded tidepool is shared by colorful starfish, brightly colored sea anemones, striped shells and dark seaweeds. Rocky seabed ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$700—1,000
177 Cathy Richardson 2022 chrysanthemum flower bouquet paperweight. Three orange and yellow mum flowers space a bouquet of white flowers, blue and purple asters, companion buds and green leaves. Green ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$700—1,000
180 Cathy Richardson 2021 tropical flora paperweight. A fanning tropical bouquet is packed with veined green croton leaves, red berries, pink flower spikes, orange orchids and small purple flowers with millefiori centers. Green and purple ground. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$800—1,000
$800—1,000
181 Cathy Richardson 2023 thistles paperweight. A bouquet of thistle has seven dimensional fluffy pink thistle flowers in various stages of bloom, long forking stems and serrated green leaves. Graduated blue, green and purple ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$700—1,000
182 Cathy Richardson 2013 Artist Proof crab and fish miniature paperweight. A shimmering rocky seabed was the hunting ground of a lively decapod, now in possession of the iridescent white catch of the day. Sandy ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 1/4"
184 Cathy Richardson 2014 schools of fish over coral compound paperweight. A school of orange fish circles above a school of angelfish, spaced by radial air bubbles, over a pink coral seafloor strewn with barnacles and sea anemones. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$350—500
183 Colin Richardson 2010 iris and lily bouquet with ladybugs cylindrical paperweight. A rising bouquet of purple and yellow irises, intermingling with orange and pink daylilies, is dotted with buds and visiting red ladybugs. A trio of tree stumps gives life to mushrooms on a pebbly ground below the bouquet. A trailing root system grows from acorns below the surface. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 1/2", height 5 7/16"
$600—800
185 Cathy Richardson 2005 school of fish compound orb. Three schools of lively orange fish, one with yellow accents, swim past each other over a dark blue ground, in a clear encasement. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/2"
$600—800
186 Touchstone Glass 2006 yellow school of fish compound marble, made by Colin Richardson. Nine white and yellow angelfish swim in a multi-tiered school over a black ground. Signed/ dated “CPR”.
Diameter 2 1/16"
$1,200—1,600
$300—400
187 Ken Rosenfeld purple clematis and pink flower arching bouquet faceted paperweight. An arching vine of pink flowers and buds is dotted by a splayed purple clematis flower, with an orange and yellow stamen center. Clear ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 3/8"
190 Ken Rosenfeld 2013 gerbera daisy and rose bouquet paperweight. Three pink gerbera daisies, each with a complex right stamen cluster, share a vine with two Clichy-style white roses and a yellow companion. Clear ground. Signature and date canes.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$400—600
188 Ken Rosenfeld blue and red bouquet fancy-cut paperweight. A bouquet with a spray of red bellflowers, a cluster of blue bellflowers, two trios of sheathed buds and two blue clematis flowers, with tufts of perky yellow filament stamens, is gathered by the stems with green leaves. Clear ground. Miter-cuts to side and one top facet. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$400—600
191 Ken Rosenfeld 1992 yellow orchids paperweight. Two dimensional yellow orchids, with magenta labella, hang on thin drooping stems from a plant with cleaved green leaves and dotted stems. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$500—800
189 Ken Rosenfeld 1993 frog, flowers and stones pond paperweight. A green frog rests near a black-dotted yellow wheatflower, a pink flower and flat stones near a cool pool of blue water. Mossy sandy ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$400—500
192 Ken Rosenfeld 2000 Artist Proof “Fall Bouquet” acorn pedestal paperweight. White flowers accent an otherwise fall-colored bouquet with a pinecone, pine branches and fallen leaves. Translucent charcoal footed base. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$400—500
$600—800
193 Johne Parsley 1995 dogwood and flower bouquet miniature faceted paperweight. A white dogwood flower, with red accents, centers a crown of three flowers, in contrasting yellow, pink and blue, and stems of leaves, with red and yellow raceme stems on the left. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Eight and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 5/16"
$1,200—1,600
194 Johne Parsley 1999 golden primrose and knotweed bouquet miniature faceted paperweight. Two rich yellow primrose flowers, with delicate red filament stamens, grow on a symmetrically arching vine with scattered green leaves and yellow buds at each end, separated by a central vine that sports two parallel racemes of yellow and red knotweed. Transparent emerald green ground. Seven and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 1/8"
196 Johne Parsley 1999 peaches, cherries and blossoms with torsade miniature faceted paperweight. A delightful gathering of two pink blooms, two crimson cherries and two blushing peaches is displayed against a fan of four variegated green leaves, inside a pink and white torsade, Clear ground. Seven and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 3/16"
$1,000—1,500
197 Johne Parsley 1987 trio of red roses faceted paperweight. Three dimensional red roses each sits on a star of five sepals at the top of a curving stem. They are joined by a solo companion bud. Cobalt blue ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 1/2"
$1,200—1,600
195 Johne Parsley 1996 pink flowers and berries with torsade miniature faceted paperweight. Two wild pink roses, with bright red stamens, and two wine-red berries share fanning leaf stems in a symmetrical bouquet, inside a blue, pink and white torsade. Clear ground. Seven and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 3/16"
$1,000—1,500
198 Johne Parsley 1985 pink dogrose and bud miniature paperweight. A pink flower, with five notched petals radiating around an orange pistil and a cage of yellow stamens, is haloed by shaded green sepals and sprouts from a branch with more green leaves and a companion bud. Opaque blue ground. Signature cane. Signed/ dated.
Diameter 1 3/4"
$1,200—1,600
$600—800
199 Victor Trabucco 1993 red roses and pink blossoms magnum pedestal paperweight. Two lush red roses grow from stems and are crowned by a pink flower, pink buds, sprays of white bells and green leaves. Clear ground. Footed clear base. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Fine condition.
Diameter 5 1/4", height 6" *Shipping priced at cost*$2,000—3,000
200 Victor Trabucco 1999 blossom and berry bouquet paperweight. Three textured red raspberries and a cluster of purple berries nest amid twisting green and brown leaves together with two pink blossoms having tufts of delicate yellow and brown stamens. White upset muslin ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 7/16"
202 Victor Trabucco 1986 rose bouquet paperweight. A satin pink rose blooms in a trailing bouquet with two yellow bellflowers and a spray of white baby’s-breath, with leaves, tendrils and stems. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$600—800
203 David & Jon Trabucco 1993 camellias and berries paperweight. A bouquet focusing on two large mauve camellias, with yellow stamen centers, is finished with small white blossoms and buds as well as a cluster of scarlet berries, all with attendant greenery, over a clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$700—1,000
201 Victor Trabucco 2000 pair of peaches and blooms paperweight. A multi-tiered pink peach blossom and a companion bud are undeterred by the growing presence of two blushing peaches, as they aspire to also become fruit. They grow on a branch, with twisting leaves, that rests on a white upset muslin ground. Signed/ dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$600—800
204 David & Jon Trabucco 1991 blue, yellow and pink flower bouquet paperweight. Satin cobalt blue flowers, with small pink tufts of stamens, are joined in a bouquet with pink bell flowers, scattered green leaves and a yellow flower and its companion buds. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$800—1,000
$450—600
205 Ray Banford rose garland faceted paperweight. A central pink rose, with a nimbus of eight green leaves and radial stems, is the nexus for eight radially fixed roses, with crowns of three leaves each, alternating between pink and white and creating a spoke-like formation. Two tiers of twelve vertically cut facets meet and flare at the middle, creating a unique shape. Top facet. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,000—1,500
206 Bob Banford lily-of-the-valley bouquet magnum paperweight. Three stems of bell-shaped white lily-of-the-valley flowers, each bell shielding a little yellow stamen clapper, are topped by a few unopened buds and grow in front of several long dark green leaves. Diamond-cut clear ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 11/16"
208 Bob Banford green leaf crucifix and white flower in fancy-cut bible paperweight. A cross, formed from rows of carefully placed green leaves, three to a file, is centered by a large white blossom, with a red core and thin yellow stamens, and is centered within a rectangle fancy-cut clear bible.
Height 2 7/8", width 2", depth 13/16"
$800—1,000
209 Bob Banford red aventurine flower and bud paperweight. A double-tiered flower has ten plump white petals, each with a luxurious red aventurine front that shimmers like a ruby, and is echoed by a companion bud. The flowers share a stem with plenty of green leaves. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$800—1,000
207 Bob Banford snake and flower magnum paperweight. A black snake, with dorsal stripes the length of its body in rust-red, orange and yellow, is interrupting his sinuous slithering to gaze at an upright pink flower, with yellow and black stamens, which has emerged from a fountain of satin green leaves next to several brown twigs. Pebbly earth ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 11/16"
$800—1,000
210 Bobbi Banford braided stems flower bouquet paperweight. A large double-tiered purple clematis flower centers a pair of pink blossoms on the left and a pair of white blossoms on the right, spaced by companion buds, and a pair of light blue knotweed sprays overhead. The flowers are gathered on spun stems with green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 7/16"
$600—800
$500—800
211 Mayauel Ward 1994 “Aquarium” sea life overlay magnum faceted paperweight. A marine scene of four tropical fish swimming amongst coral, kelp and grasses, against a background of iridescent cobalt blue, is revealed through three circular and beveled facets in a thick black overlay. Designed to display best sitting on a lightbox. Signed/dated. Fine condition.
Diameter 4 1/2"
214 Mayauel Ward 1995 lady’s-slipper orchid bouquet pedestal paperweight. A sinuous stem is flush with dainty pink and white lady’s-slipper orchids and emerges from a bouquet of two orange daffodils, two purple sprays, three blue flowers and their respective leaves. Black footed base. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,000—1,500
212 Mayauel Ward 2005 upright pink morning glories plaque paperweight. A thin forking vine is topped by three pretty pink morning glory trumpets, one more fully-bloomed flower below, framed by two buds. The vine sports scattered green leaves and a root system. Transparent blue ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 11/16", depth 1 5/16"
$700—1,000
215 Mayauel Ward 2006 braided flower bouquet paperweight. Three light purple morning glory trumpets and their two companion buds share a network of braided stems and vines with three red rosehips, two small daffodils, two pink cherry blossoms and a lone white rose. Clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$500—800
213 Mayauel Ward 2014 daisy, berry and flower bouquet pedestal paperweight. Three purple-tipped white daisies are spaced in a bouquet with orange lilac sprays, orange flowers, a central pink lilac cluster, two red bud spikes, green berries and tendrils. Mottled blue ground over footed blue, green, yellow and brown base. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$700—1,000
216 Mayauel Ward 2014 tree and full moon compound marble. A tree, with green foliage, rises from green moss, next to a brown split-rail fence, bordered by red, blue and yellow flowers and with wisps of pink flowers. In the background, a white full moon and spaced white stars rest on iridescent cobalt blue ground. Signed/ dated.
Diameter 2 1/2"
$1,000—1,500
$300—500
217 Richard Loesel 2022 white butterfly, ladybug and scrambled flowers paperweight. A white butterfly, with black wing details, shimmering wing spots and a shimmering striped body, hovers over myriad flowers and leaves, including millefiori buds, a pink pompon and rose canes. A plump ladybug crawls on a leaf and hollow red heart canes are strewn about the colorful ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/2"
$800—1,000
218 Richard Loesel 2022 grasshopper in flower bouquet paperweight. Two sprays of white buds, yellow, orange and red flowers, purple bellflowers, buds, tendrils and radiating leaves form a fanshaped bouquet where an orange and yellow grasshopper appears not so inconspicuously. Light green ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 3/8"
220 Richard Loesel 2021 “Mandala” blue dahlia flower paperweight. A splendid flower has a large white stardust center, encircled by seven rings of petals, each different from the next, in blue, yellow and white. The bloom reaches the entire perimeter and completely fills its radiant halo of green leaves with a bright burst of cool blue. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$600—800
219 Richard Loesel 2022 daffodils flower bouquet in a basket paperweight. A basket is outlined by a pink torsade and cleverly filled with a wavy pink ribbon lattice as the woven side. The basket bursts with daffodil flowers in yellow, white and orange. Green leaves and stems complete the design. Yellow ground. Signature/ date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 7/16"
$800—1,000
$600—800
221 Richard Loesel 2022 foxglove flowers and ladybug paperweight. Two lush stems of pendulous clusters of pink foxglove bellflowers are topped by tightly-sheathed green buds and emerge in a fanning bouquet with green leaves, white baby’s-breath and tendrils. A plump red ladybug visits the scene. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$700—1,000
222 Richard Loesel (c.2022) four-colored crown miniature paperweight. A small crown, made of cascading spun ribbons in alternating blues, green, pink and white, has a small millefiori at the apex and a clear interior. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 15/16"
$150—200
223 Randall Grubb “Garden Wall” upright flower all-over column sculpture. A rising magenta foxglove stem, two sprigs of white bells, a cluster of pink and white flowers, various smaller blooms in purple and yellow, three cascading clusters of purple buds and various leaves, have emerged from a wall of stacked stones, atop a mossy green ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 3/4", height 9 1/2" *Shipping priced at cost*
$4,500—6,000
224 Randall Grubb 1997 white daisy bouquet paperweight. Five white daisies, with mottled orange centers, bloom proudly from tall thick stalks along with a single bud and curled green leaves. Opaque black ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 7/8"
$1,500—2,000
225 Eric Hansen 2014 orange daisy flower bouquet paperweight. Three orange daisies, with Clichy-style green millefiori rose centers, are gathered into a dimensional bouquet with stems of striped leaves. Mottled turquoise ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/8"
ground. Rectangular plaque with beveled clear sides. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Width 3", height 4 5/16", depth 1 7/16"
$500—800
227 Mickael Hingant flower bouquet and bow plaque paperweight. A bouquet of pink and blue flowers, with contrasting millefiori cores, is gathered by the stems with bladed leaves and held by a blue and green ribbon bow. Red ground. Rectangular plaque with beveled clear sides and a slightly concave top. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Width 3", height 4 5/16", depth 1 11/16"
$500—600
228 Yaffa & Jeff Todd 1995 “Willow” tree in a meadow paperweight. A willow tree, with green and yellow leaves, grows from grass-covered ground, with scattered blue flowers and rocks. Clear ground, with meandering purple fog. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$400—600
226 Mickael Hingant sunflower bouquet plaque paperweight. A bouquet of yellow sunflowers, with yellow millefiori over brown cores, and one orange clematis flower is joined by emerging buds in various stages of bloom and their attending green leaves. Blue
$400—600
229 Saint Louis 1999 “Tazza” close packed millefiori pedestal vessel. A shallow bowl and a circular base are both composed of close packed complex canes, in an array of color and design, reminiscent of the ancient mosaic vessels. A flared stem, with a double-swirl white latticinio spiral, connects the two colorful designs. Limited edition of 10. Signature/date cane. Signed. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 4 3/4", height 4 9/16"
$1,500—2,000 Image on next page
230 Saint Louis 1992 millefiori nosegay and garland overlay faceted vase. An eight-flower millefiori bouquet, with a crown of dark green leaves and a pointed stem, sits on a lush white upset muslin cushion in the center of a pink and yellow millefiori garland, at the base of a long flared vase with a transparent ruby overlay and a white torsade around the rim, cut with long rectangular clear facets. Limited edition of 75. Signature/date cane. Made in the image of the extraordinary antique Saint Louis vase, exhibited at the “Musée de la Poste” in 1996 and pictured in the exhibition’s catalog as no.144. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter of the rim 6 1/4", diameter of the base 3 15/16", height 12" *Shipping priced at cost*
$2,000—3,000
231 Saint Louis 1980 “Bougeoir miniature à la base de millefiori” close concentric millefiori and latticinio candlestick holder. Atop a millefiori base of five close concentric rings of varied complex canes encircling a red, white and blue central complex cane and cupped by a white stave basket, a hollow spiraling white latticinio column moves upward to a protruding lip and finally a pink and white torsade rim. Clear ground. Edition #153 of a limited edition of 360, of which 150 were reserved for the U.S. market. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 3/8", height 6 3/8"
$600—800
232 Saint Louis 1972 close concentric millefiori penholder. A swirling white latticinio cup, with a pink and white torsade encircling the rim, stands above a paperweight-shaped base containing a concentric design of assorted colorful complex canes. Limited edition of 125. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. A bit of surface crizzling.
Diameter 3 1/8", height 5 1/4"
$700—1,000
233 Saint Louis 1994 “Eclosion” bouquet over leaves magnum piedouche paperweight. Large vivid spaced concentric lampwork flowers in blues, pinks, white and yellows display atop a thick bed of green leaves along with an occasional bud over a double-swirl white latticinio pedestal base, wrapped in an outside layer of light blue ribbon, rimmed at the top and bottom by a blue and white torsade. Edition #134 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 7/8", height 4" $1,600—2,000
234 Saint Louis (1974) close packed millefiori newel post finial. A multitude of complex canes like stars, cogs and bundles, is pressed into a ball in a pink ground, encased in a thin layer of clear glass. Clear foot attached to a flared brass base. Limited edition of 300. Good condition and surface defect.
Diameter 3 1/2", height 6 5/8"
$800—1,000
235 Saint Louis close concentric millefiori piedouche paperweight. A crisscrossed latticinio base, supported and crowned by white torsades, serves as the pedestal to eight concentric rings of complex canes in white, red, green and blue, which surround a central complex star cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 2 7/8", height 2 1/2"
$1,200—1,600
236 Saint Louis 1975 close concentric complex millefiori piedouche paperweight. Seven close concentric rings of contrasting millefiori, some cogs, others star bundles, primarily in red, white and blue, are gathered around a large cross and stars complex cane, atop an outer ring of salmon-colored cog canes which is pulled into an orange stave basket. The design rests atop a double-swirl white latticinio pedestal base with white latticinio torsades at the top and bottom. Produced exclusively for Fleming & Pommerencke, owners of Farfalla Paperweights. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 1/8", height 3 3/16"
$1,200—1,600
237 Saint Louis 1991 close concentric millefiori piedouche miniature paperweight. Six concentric rings of canes in various colors are centered by star canes in white and ochre. The outer ring is drawn into a blue stave basket for the design, which sits atop a double-swirl white latticinio pedestal, enclosed by two white torsades. Edition #12 of a limited edition of 25. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 5/16", height 2 3/8"
$1,000—1,500
238 Saint Louis 1992 spaced concentric millefiori on stardust carpet piedouche paperweight. An assortment of spaced concentric complex millefiori, including a ring of silhouette canes, rests within a white stardust carpet ground. Double-swirl white latticinio pedestal base, bordered by two blue and white torsades. Edition #48 of a limited edition of 50. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$1,200—1,600
239 Saint Louis 1981 “Basket of Flowers” Clichy-inspired patterned millefiori pedestal paperweight. A central complex cane is encircled by several oval concentric rings of assorted complex canes and a border of spaced cane clusters that creates a blooming prairie of millefiori. The field of flowers sits atop a wide pedestal basket of double-swirl white latticinio, bordered by two blue and white torsades, reminiscent of the rare antique Clichy basket. Limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane.
Width 3 3/4", depth 2 7/8", height 1 15/16" $1,000—1,500
240 Saint Louis 1988 “Ruche verte” green honeycomb dahlia paperweight. Eight tiers of green C-shaped canes, with clear centers and white edges, cascade down from a central blue and white signature/date cane. The lowest tier of canes is pulled downward into a green stave basket and a green opaque ground is revealed through the base and in the depth of the hollow canes. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 400.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$1,600—2,000
241 Saint Louis 1970 red dahlia faceted paperweight. A complex signature/date cane sits at the center of a multi-tiered red dahlia, over a clear ground. Six and one facets. Made in red, blue and yellow in a limited edition of 800. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$800—1,000
242 Saint Louis 1981 close concentric millefiori mushroom overlay faceted paperweight. A handsome close concentric millefiori tuft forms a well-executed mushroom, with a green stave stem, in shades of blue, pink, white and yellow. Clear ground. White-over-green double overlay with six and one facets. Edition #290 of a limited edition of 500, 200 reserved for the U.S. market. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$700—1,000
243 Saint Louis 1981 “Hostages” millefiori faceted paperweight. A concentric pattern of 53 white cog canes in three rings, encircled by a twisted yellow ribbon, rests on cobalt blue ground. A large central cog cane, with the number “444", commemorates the number of days that 53 American hostages were held captive in Iran during the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 100, exclusive to the USA. Signature/ date cane.
Diameter 3"
244 Saint Louis 2003 “Under the Stars” patterned millefiori compound paperweight. Six triangles made of rows of blue and white complex canes emerge from a cobalt blue stave basket to create a star-shaped opening in a blue canopy for an inner design of alternating circular and triangular panels of red, yellow and white complex canes, which is outlined by pink garlands. Clear ground. Edition #32 of a limited edition of 75. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$1,000—1,200
245 Saint Louis 1987 patterned millefiori quadrants paperweight. Triangular panels are made of nested chevrons of myriad millefiori, in pink, white, blue, green and yellow, and converge into four quadrants. Blue ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$400—500
$700—1,000
246 Saint Louis 1995 “Rondo” close concentric millefiori paperweight. Eleven concentric rings of assorted canes include two rings of C-shaped tubes, one in green and one in crimped blue, which separate sets of three contrasting rings each. The outermost ring is pulled downward into a shallow stave basket for the cambered design. Lime green ground. Edition #59 of a limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$800—1,000
247 Baccarat 1996 “Étoile de mer” starfish paperweight. A deep red starfish finds itself sharing a patch of ocean floor with the three bladed green and white-striped leaves of a sea fern as well as an anemone in a burst of lavender with pompon tips. White-dusted translucent aqua ground. Edition #54 of a limited edition of 100. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 3/4"
$400—600
248 Baccarat 1987 “Flowering Cherry Branch” paperweight, from the Oriental Collection. Five pink and white striped cherry blossoms and seven small white buds emerge against a forking black branch over an opaque purple ground. Edition #122 of a limited edition of 200. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Good condition.
Diameter 3 3/8"
250 Baccarat 1973 Gridel elephant millefiori on carpet ground paperweight. A large elephant silhouette cane, in black and white, sits at the center of a carpet of yellow hollow cog bundle canes, scattered with various colored canes of the other Gridel silhouettes. Edition #154 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Good condition.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$600—800
249 Baccarat pre-1957 “Church Weight” close packed millefiori paperweight. A limited assortment of pastel complex canes lacks zodiac silhouette canes, customarily found in the post-1957 examples that were fashioned after the antique Baccarat 1853 version, indicating an early trial version from before 1957. Acidetched Baccarat insignia on the base.
Diameter 3"
$500—800
251 Baccarat 1970 blue flower in stave basket faceted paperweight. A blue flower, with four tiers of five pointed blue petals each around a central white complex cog, has a halo of crimped green leaves and floats inside a pink stave basket, with white cores, spaced by four orange complex stave and one date cane stave. Clear ground. Six and one facets. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$1,000—1,200
$350—500
252 Baccarat 1976 Gridel lovebirds and patterned millefiori paperweight. A central complex Gridel silhouette cane of two lovebirds is surrounded by six spaced squares of blue and white complex canes as well as the other seventeen Gridel silhouette canes, scattered on dark green ground. Edition #180 of a limited edition of 350. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$500—800
253 Baccarat 1970 close concentric millefiori paperweight. Nine concentric rings of millefiori, in blue, yellow, pink and white, including latticinio rods with red cores, stars and cogs, enclose a central star cane and rest on a flat stave basket. Edition #276 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Signature/date cane. Dated. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
256 Baccarat (pre-1968) scattered millefiori paperweight. Colorful complex canes of beautiful and intricate designs lie scattered on a white upset muslin ground. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$400—600
$350—500
254 Baccarat 1972 close concentric millefiori paperweight. Eight rings of canes in red, blue and white, including filament bundles, stars and ruffles, converge on a circle of yellow cog canes with a red complex cane at their center. The outer ring is pulled downward into a red stave basket, which gives a pink hue to the design. Edition #289 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Good condition. Diameter 3 3/16"
$400—600
255 Baccarat millefiori carpet ground faceted paperweight. A carpet of pink, white and yellow crimped canes is dotted with green complex canes. Clear ground. Four fancy-cut side facets and one top facet. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$300—400
257 Baccarat 1972 close concentric millefiori mushroom overlay faceted paperweight. Red, white and blue complex canes, in concentric rings, create a mushroom cap which sits atop a tapered stave stem. Clear ground. Sky blue-over-white double overlay with five and one facets. Edition #214 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3 3/16"
$400—500
258 Baccarat 1971 close concentric millefiori mushroom overlay faceted paperweight. A mushroom, with a cobalt complex cog center cane, is composed of eight concentric rings of millefiori alternating in green and pink and ending in white and blue. The outermost ring is pulled downward into a blue and white tapered stem. Green-over-white double overlay with six and one facets. Clear ground with V-groove cuts to edge of base. Edition #9 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3"
$500—800
259 Parabelle Glass 1997 Artist Proof spaced millefiori on moss ground magnum paperweight. A central pink and green rose cane is encircled by two spaced rings of alternating purple, blue and yellow pansy canes. A multi-colored collection of spaced complex millefiori encircles the design. Green moss ground studded with tiny white flower canes. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 3/4"
262 Parabelle Glass 1998 Artist Proof chequer patterned millefiori paperweight. Alternating roses and pansies, in pink, violet, blue, yellow, white and aventurine green, are arranged inside a lattice of pink lattimo strips which form a matrix five rows up and across. Translucent green aventurine ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$1,200—1,600
260 Parabelle Glass 1998 Artist Proof open concentric millefiori, roses and pansies with torsade paperweight. A central pink and green aventurine rose cane is closely encircled by a ring of purple and white pansy canes, then by a spaced ring of colorful pansies, spaced by pairs of pink complex millefiori. A pink and white torsade encircles the design. Opaque blue ground. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter collection.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$1,200—1,600
263 Parabelle Glass 1998 Artist Proof concentric millefiori, roses and pansies on pink ground paperweight. A large pink and green aventurine rose cane centers a ring of alternating roses and pansies, each of a different combination from the next, inside two spaced rings of colorful cog canes. Opaque pink ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$1,000—1,500
261 Parabelle Glass 1995 Artist Proof concentric millefiori and circlets on upset muslin paperweight. A pink and green rose cane rests at the center of a ring of green edelweiss studded moss canes, which is then surrounded by a spaced ring of alternating blue pansy canes and red complex cogs. Eight circular garlands of complex canes in various designs and colors, each centered by a yellow rose, form a final spaced ring at the perimeter. White upset muslin ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 3/4"
$800—1,000
264 Parabelle Glass 1998 Artist Proof open concentric millefiori, roses, hearts and pansies on moss ground paperweight. A pink and green aventurine rose cane centers a ring of alternating red heart canes, each encircled by a garland of tiny white rose canes, and pink roses, inside a border garland of alternating purple pansy canes and pairs of complex cog canes. The design sits in a green moss cane ground, with tiny white roses. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$1,200—1,600
$1,200—1,600
265 Parabelle Glass 1986 close concentric millefiori paperweight. A central pansy cane is encircled by alternating rings of pure white complex canes and rings of assorted colorful canes, with a border ring of green canes. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$500—800
266 Parabelle Glass 1990 six-lobed millefiori garland paperweight. A green, white and red complex cog cane is encircled by a six-lobed garland of alternating white edelweiss canes and pink and white cog canes, dotted by green, white and red cog canes. Opaque blue ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3"
$500—600
267 Parabelle Glass 1987 bird silhouette cane and concentric millefiori with torsade paperweight. A central bird-in-flight silhouette cane is encircled by a ring of small pink flower canes, followed by four concentric rings of orange, purple, white and pink flowers and, finally, held together by a loosely wound pink and white torsade. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$700—1,000
268 Parabelle Glass 1992 pink clematis and concentric millefiori paperweight. A large pink clematis bloom, with six striped petals and a center green moss cane, rests on parallel strips of white latticinio and is encircled first by a ring of alternating pink cogs and green moss canes and then by a border garland of pink cog canes. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 2 5/8"
$400—500
269 Parabelle Glass 1996 rose and spaced pansies paperweight. A large pink and green rose cane centers two spaced rings of pansies, in blue, purple, red and yellow. Upset muslin ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 1/16"
$600—800
270 Parabelle Glass 1997 close concentric millefiori paperweight. A central white rose, with aventurine sepals, is encircled by complex canes in pink, lavender, red and white, on a white upset muslin ground. Signed/dated. Etched “St. John’s Auction 1997". From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 5/16"
$1,000—1,200
271 Mike Hunter 2024 “Pillar” lovebirds murrina, millefiori and Marilyn Monroe portrait canes paperweight. A large pair of lovebirds murrina, with a ring of spaced red hearts, centers rings of complex canes and eighteen Marilyn Monroe portrait canes, atop a cylinder of close packed white complex canes, spaced with circlets of contrasting millefiori. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 1/2", height 2 1/2"
$1,300—1,500
272 Mike Hunter 2021 close concentric millefiori and roses mushroom with torsade paperweight. A central pink and white hollow tube bundle complex cane is ringed by purple roses, then by two rings of very complex canes. The design is held in a bluelined white hollow stave basket, pulled downward into a blue mushroom stem. A blue-encased white torsade encircles the cap of the mushroom. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$600—800
273 Mike Hunter 2018 close packed millefiori, flowers, silhouette and murrini magnum paperweight. A large and breathtaking gathering of many of the Twists studios famous canes, including roses, pansies, birds, moths, a corgi, a cat, a salmon, Belle, owls and more, is scattered and held tightly in a white stave basket. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/4"
274 Mike Hunter 2021 close concentric Gouldian finch murrine and roses paperweight. Five murrine of pairs of Gouldian finches on a branch are spaced with small red rose canes and large white complex canes in a ring flanked by a ring of purple complex canes and a ring of purple roses and purple complex canes. A ring of small purple roses and a lone central red rose sit at the center of the design. White hollow stave basket. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$700—1,000
275 Mike Hunter 2014 pansies, roses and daisies close concentric millefiori paperweight. A ring of small blue and yellow pansies is surrounded by four close concentric rings of eight large yellow roses, small red roses, white daisy canes and various complex canes in pink and in blue. Stave basket of white ruffle canes. Translucent green ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 13/16"
$600—800
276 Mike Hunter 2005 “Lizard” blue and white latticinio sculptural paperweight. A three-dimensional lizard, made of fine transparent blue threads spinning around an encased white latticinio core, scales the clear surface of a translucent blue cushion which is covered with layers of silver and gold leaf. Five spaced bubbles accent the top and side of the cushion. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$800—1,000
$400—500
277 Jim Brown 2003 white close packed millefiori paperweight. Large and small complex millefiori canes, all completely white, form a dense arrangement held within a white stave basket. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/2"
$600—800
278 Damon MacNaught 2022 close concentric millefiori and torsade paperweight. A complex daisy flower cane is ringed by white and yellow hollow cogs, inside a ring of neon yellow complex cogs and an outer ring of alternating pink dogwood flower canes and more complex daisy flower canes. The design is ringed by a white filament torsade, closed by a small pink and white heart, inside a border garland of alternating white-cored cobalt blue rods and more complex daisy flower canes. Alternating green and white cog stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 13/16"
$500—800
279 Damon MacNaught 2015 close packed millefiori, silhouettes and cherries paperweight. Myriad complex canes include iconic examples like cherry picture canes, a few cats, a George Washington profile, a pine tree, a turkey silhouette, a rose, filament rod bundles and stars, in blue, pink, green and yellow. The outer ring is pulled downward into a colorful stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 5/8"
$500—800
280 Damon MacNaught 2022 close concentric millefiori, roses and torsade paperweight. A green torsade, with a white spiraling edge, rings a concentric design of pink rose canes, pistachio-green cogs, white stardust and a central pink dogwood cane. The design is encircled by a border garland of dogwood canes and cogs, inside a stave basket of alternating purple and white cogs. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 5/8"
$500—800
281 Damon MacNaught 2022 close concentric millefiori, honeycomb and torsade paperweight. A white latticinio torsade, closed by a pink heart, rings a concentric design of honeycomb canes, blue tubes, white cogs, blue dogwood and central complex cane. The design is encircled by a double border garland of pink cogs, which alternate with white cogs, inside a basket of white and pistachio-green cog staves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/2"
$500—800
282 Damon MacNaught 2022 close concentric millefiori, roses and torsade paperweight. A spectacular black aventurine and pink torsade rings a concentric design of pink rose canes, alternating green and white cogs and a central complex cane. The design is encircled by a border garland of rose canes and white cogs, inside a stave basket of pistachio-green cogs and white cogs. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 3/8"
$500—800
283 Lundberg Studios 2003 “Hawaiian Reef” tropical fish and coral reef compound magnum paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. An assorted school of tropical fish, including yellow tangs and turquoise angels, swims past dense layers of coral, kelp, sea grass and sea anemones. Clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 15/16"
$700—1,000
284 Lundberg Studios 2002 “Moth Orchids” compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Pink-centered white moth orchids bloom on a curved green stem, which grows from several broad green leaves, with exposed roots, over a dark green ground. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2010 46th Auction as lot 342.
Diameter 3 3/4"
286 Lundberg Studios 1997 “Monarch’s Migration” butterflies compound paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. Three orange and black millefiori butterflies frolic in two tiers of overlapping eucalyptus branches. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4"
$1,200—1,500
287 Lundberg Studios 2004 bachelor buttons and buds with millefiori garland magnum paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A dimensional pretty blue bachelor button flower sits atop a slender stem with five-pointed green leaves, below a tightly sheathed bud and next to a partially opened bud. A spaced garland of blue and green complex millefiori sits on a white upset muslin cushion, over a clear ground. Signed/dated.
$600—800
285 Lundberg Studios 1989 pink rose marble, by Daniel Salazar. A three-dimensional rose, its undulating petals shaded in pink and white, blooms on a slender green stem, with three trios of veined green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 5/8"
$400—600
Diameter 4"
$400—600
288 Lundberg Studios 2001 “White Opium Poppies” compound magnum paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Two graceful opium poppies, with silken white petals, share an arching network of stems with two crenulated green leaves and a plump bud. Transparent purple ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 9/16"
$600—800
289 Lundberg Studios 2014 pink sweet peas with buds and butterflies compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A pretty layered cluster of shaded pink sweet peas, three open blooms and six drooping buds, thrusts itself upwards along a network of leaves, delicate vines and spiraling tendrils, above three fancy-free blue butterflies painted on a milk white ground. Signed/dated. Fine condition.
Diameter 3"
292 Lundberg Studios 2007 “Golden Rose with Buds” compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A three-dimensional multi-tiered golden-yellow rose blooms over three radial golden-yellow buds, which alternate with trios of striped green leaves, over an opaque pink ground. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2010 46th Auction as lot 347.
Diameter 3 13/16"
$500—800
290 Lundberg Studios 1983 white daffodil paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. A white daffodil flower, with a traditional yellow center, rises from five-bladed leaves, over a clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$350—500
291 Lundberg Studios 1993 “Worldweight” planet Earth paperweight. Green and brown continents, some with deserts and some with snow, rest within deep cobalt blue oceans to create a world globe, encased within a layer of clear glass. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 11/16"
$250—300
$800—1,000
293 Lundberg Studios 1999 rose over lace paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A dimensional shaded-pink rose rises on an upright green stem shared by three symmetrically placed trios of ribbed green leaves, over a delicate white lace ground, ringed by six spaced rose canes. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$400—500
294 Lundberg Studios 1992 underwater scene with Siamese fighting fish compound paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. An orange betta fish, with trailing ribbons of pink fin, adds color to an already colorful underwater world of a blue jellyfish, red dotted sea fern, bladed green sea grass and meandering millefiori, against a translucent dark blue iridescent cushion. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$400—600
295 Correia Art Glass 1983 pink orchid over a cobalt blue orb frosted paperweight. A single orchid, with five crimped pink and white petals and three furled green and white leaves, floats above a frosted cobalt blue orb within a frosted clear glass encasement. Front facet. Edition #60 of a limited edition of 100. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$250—400
296 Correia Art Glass 1983 orchid frosted compound faceted paperweight. A pink orchid, with a bud and green leaves, displays over a mottled pink transparent cushion ground. Display facet to frosted surface. Edition #53 of a limited edition of 200. Signed/ dated.
Diameter 2 7/8"
298 Alison Ruzsa 2013 weeping cherry Spring with couple compound paperweight. A silhouette of a couple walks through a park below a willow tree weeping beautiful branches of pink and white blossoms, amidst shrubs and flowers. Frosted base. Signed/ dated.
Diameter 3 9/16"
$250—300
297 Denali Crystal 1997 “Okeanos” upright circular faceted paperweight. A flared upright thin cylinder, wide at the base and tapering in its ascent, has cut fans of triangular facets below its textured top, reflecting hues of aqua blue from its opaque base. Signed/dated.
Height 3 1/8", depth 1 13/16"
$500—800
299 Alison Ruzsa 2014 blooming trees and couple compound paperweight. A couple in silhouette walks through a blooming park, including a pink cherry blossom tree, a magenta prune blossom tree, bright yellow forsythia bushes and daffodils. Frosted base. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/8"
$500—800
300 Alison Ruzsa 2014 couple and pine trees frosted compound paperweight. A couple in silhouette walks through a garden with assorted flowers, tall pine trees and shrubs. Frosted exterior and base, with a front clear window. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/2"
$450—600
$400—600
301 Orient & Flume fish and three anemones magnum paperweight, by Scott Beyers. A black and white pennant fish, with diaphanous yellow tail and fins, swims near red sea anemones with purple and blue tentacles. Edition #119 of a limited edition of 250. Signed.
Diameter 3 13/16"
$400—500
302 Orient & Flume horned owl, tree and full moon overlay ovoid faceted paperweight, by Ed Seaira. A gray and brown millefiori owl, with a complex millefiori breast, perches in a leafless tree under a white full moon over a translucent silvery sky. Iridescent purple overlay. Front facet. Edition #3 of a limited edition of 250. Signed.
Diameter 3", height 4 5/16"
$400—600
303 Orient & Flume 1989 pink rosebuds ovoid paperweight, by Bruce Sillars. Three pink rosebuds grow on thorny stems, with a closed bud and several dark green leaves, over an iridescent white ground. Edition #31 of a limited edition of 250. Signed/dated. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 5/8", height 3 15/16"
$250—300
304 Josh Simpson 2004 abstract pink planet paperweight. Two torsade spaceships explore the strange surface of a mysterious new planet, leaving behind a trail of small bubbles. Among the planet’s features are areas of filament millefiori, colorful boulders, iridescent stones and air bubbles, all sprouting from a mottled salmon-pink continent. Translucent blue core. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 3/4"
$350—500
305 Satava Art Glass 2008 jellyfish and anemones magnum paperweight. A translucent ochre and magenta jellyfish, with thin tendrils trailing behind, floats above a mottled seabed filled with colorful pink or blue-striped sea anemones. Signed/dated.
Diameter 4 5/16"
$700—1,000
306 Due Vetro 1994 abstract spire, blue millefiori and copper inlay paperweight. A field of red-cored blue canes flanks the top and bottom of a blue and yellow funnel, encircled by a cloud of large dichroic patches, inside a copper inlayed design of stars and circles. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 11/16"
$900—1,200
307 Charles Kaziun III clematis and buds paperweight. A pretty and fanciful clematis flower has five purple petals alternating with a tier of larger cobalt blue petals, flanked by a central burst of yellow stamens and a tier of green sepals. It sits atop a twisting vine, shared by two tightly furled companion buds. Blue jasper ground. Signature silver-foil “K”s on the underside.
Diameter 2 1/2"
$400—600
308 Charles Kaziun Junior pansy and garland paperweight. A pretty pansy flower, with two pink notched upper petals and three cobalt blue and white cog arrow cane lower petals, sports a yellow stardust center and blooms atop a green stem with leaves and a bud, over a blue ground. A gold-foil bee rests on one of the leaves. A pink and white torsade borders the bloom and is tied-off by a blue and white cog signature cane. Signature gold-foil “K” on the underside.
Diameter 2 5/16"
310 Charles Kaziun Junior millefiori and torsade miniature paperweight. A red, green and white complex pastry mold cane is encircled by a spaced ring of alternating complex millefiori, in pink, green white and blue, inside a border torsade of pink and white ribbon. Aventurine-speckled blue ground. Signature goldfoil “K” on the underside.
Diameter 1 15/16"
$350—500
311 Charles Kaziun Junior four roses and torsade faceted paperweight. Four rose-colored rope roses, each with three pointed green leaves, are encircled by a white twist torsade, closed with a signature cane. Translucent cobalt blue ground, sprinkled with goldstones. Six and one facets. Signature gold-foil “K” on the underside. Good condition.
Diameter 2 3/8"
$550—800
309 Charles Kaziun Junior convolvulus and trellis miniature paperweight. A pink and white convolvulus, with a bud, green leaves and vine, grows on a fanning white trellis, over a vibrant yellow ground. A gold-foil bee sits on one of the leaves. Signature gold-foil “K” on the underside.
Diameter 2 1/4"
$250—400
312 Charles Kaziun Junior yellow crimp roses perfume bottle. A clear glass bottle houses a yellow crimp rose, cupped by four green aventurine sepals, and is topped by a rounded clear stopper containing another yellow crimp rose, nestled in a cup of four green aventurine sepals. Signature canes.
Diameter 1 15/16", height 3 13/16"
$1,500—2,250
$400—600
313 Janet Kelman 1980 rockfish compound paperweight. A gray-spotted orange fish, with black-accented tail fins, whooshes through tall green sea grass and scattered anemones. Clear ground. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 13/16"
$250—400
314 Peter Raos 2000 “Spring” millefiori flowers low-domed millefiori paperweight. Flower canes, in a vivid assortment of colors, fill the surface of a low dome, over a black-threaded green ground, speckled with aventurine. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 7/8"
$400—600
315 Maude and Bob Saint Clair city mouse high-domed paperweight. An adorable three-dimensional gray mouse, dressed in a red and white overcoat and cravat, a top hat, brown shoes and a little black cane, makes his way, with his tail wrapped around his feet, on a green, pink, blue and white pebbly road. Spaced air bubbles surround the mouse like raindrops. Excellent condition and internal flaw.
Diameter 3 1/4", height 3 9/16"
$120—150
316 Francis Whittemore lady’s-slipper orchid and bud paperweight. A delicate pink and white lady’s-slipper orchid bows from a thin green stem alongside a tiny pink bud. Two green leaves flank the base of the stem and one more leaf peers from behind the bloom. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #44 of a limited edition. Signature cane.
Diameter 2 7/16"
$300—400
317 Francis Whittemore red rose on white miniature faceted paperweight. A lovely red rose, its petals unfurling, sits atop a slender green stem flanked by two clusters of three green leaves, on an opaque white ground. Seven spaced side thumbprint facets and one top facet. Signature cane.
Diameter 1 13/16"
$250—400
318 Clinton Smith 2019 Commemorative strawberry and blossom miniature paperweight. A bright red ripe strawberry, with tiny air bubbles as seeds, is joined by a promising blossom, on a stem with a green leaf. Black ground. Signature cane. Dated. For the Paperweight Collectors Association 2019 Convention. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 7/16"
$120—200
319 William Manson 2009 seals paperweight. A dark blue aventurine seal slips along a floe of white ice with his progeny. Translucent snow-speckled ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$250—400
320 William Manson 2008 orange and black-striped snake paperweight. A short snake, striped in orange and black bands, lifts its little freckled head to look over an upright purple-blooming succulent plant. Sandy earth ground, strewn with copper and green aventurine pebbles and speckled stones. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 11/16"
$200—300
321 William Manson 1981 blue aventurine shark paperweight. A shimmering blue shark, with a white belly, circles a sandy ocean floor in search of prey. Edition #40 of a limited edition of 150. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 15/16"
322 William Manson 2000 green stingray magnum paperweight. A green aventurine stingray, with orange and black dorsal dots and an intimidating black tail, glides across an ocean floor, between shells and coral. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Edition #1 of 1, later produced in a limited edition of 20.
Diameter 3 13/16"
$400—500
323 William Manson 1992 yellow flower and red ladybug paperweight. A bright red and black ladybug makes its way up a brown stem adorned with striped green leaves, a splayed yellow blossom and an emerging companion bud. Translucent turquoise ground. Edition #8 of a limited edition of 150. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$300—400
$250—400
324 William Manson 2008 “1st Hammerhead Shark” paperweight. A blue aventurine hammerhead shark patrols in clear waters, over a sandy seabed strewn with an orange starfish, a blue sea anemone, seashells and pebbles. Signature/cane. Signed/dated.
Inscribed “1st hammerhead shark new studio Perth Oct 2008”.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$300—400
325 William Manson 2010 aventurine frog and lotus flowers paperweight. A dimensional green frog, with aventurine legs and yellow dorsal dots, hops near three upright striped lotus blossoms, in pink, yellow, mauve, blue and white, with a few scattered green leaves. Translucent mottled blue pond ground. Edition #6 of a limited edition of 10. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$300—400
326 William Manson 2011 cave paintings textured overlay faceted paperweight. Elk, bird, sun, fish, yin-yang, mammoth and a spear-carrying hunter are clearly recognizable designs pressed into a sandy stone ground, viewed through a front display facet, inside a textured and pebble-laden iridescent gray overlay. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$400—500
327 William Manson 2009 “Tree Snake” on a branch upright faceted paperweight. A red aventurine python snake, with a yellow dorsal stripe and dots, wraps around a sturdy tree limb and dangles in the air over a patch of sandy earth. Textured transparent mottled green and yellow flash ground. Front viewing facet. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$250—400
328 Caithness Glass 1988 “Lobster” on seabed with shells faceted paperweight. A red aventurine lobster rests on a sandy seabed strewn with seashells. Translucent dark purple ground. Six and one facets. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/8"
$250—400
329 William Manson 2008 crab on seabed paperweight. A dimensional robust red and black crab, with a spotted shell, scurries across an ocean floor between colorful seashells, an orange starfish and bright blue sea anemones. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$250—400
330 William Manson 2009 spider paperweight. A large black spider, with a striped abdomen and red dorsal dots, is resting on a rust-red desert floor with its eight brown legs splayed, amidst strewn pebbles. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$250—400
331 John Deacons octopus and seashells paperweight, by William Manson. A three-dimensional green aventurine octopus, with little yellow eyes, slithers with curled arms across a rock-strewn sandy sea floor, and rests in a halo of colorful seashells. Translucent sandy ground. Signature cane. Signed. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$250—400
332 John Deacons 2002 pink pompon encased overlay faceted paperweight. A multi-tiered pink pompon, with green leaves and a stem, rests on a white latticinio crown cushion, inside a pink-over-white double overlay, encased in a thick layer of clear glass carefully faceted with two tiers of six side facets and one top facet, in a cohesive manner with facets to the overlay. Signature/ date cane.
Diameter 3 9/16"
334 John Deacons 2013 Scottish wild rose on ruby and white swirl paperweight. A pretty Scottish wild rose, with five deeply-scooped magenta petals and an intricate yellow and red millefiori cane at their nexus, sits atop a gently swaying stem shared by three finely veined green leaves, another four leaves symmetrically framing the blossom, and resting upon a swirl of ruby and white ribbons. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$400—600
333 John Deacons 2006 flower bouquet and bow encased overlay faceted paperweight. Three striped flowers, in yellow, aqua and coral, grow on stems gathered and tied with a blue and green torsade bow. The bouquet rests on a white crown cushion, within a light blue-over-white double overlay, with two tiers of five side facets and one top facet, further encased in a layer of clear glass and cut with perfect alignment with two tiers of five facets and one top facet. Cutting by Gordon Taylor. Signature/date cane. Signed.
Diameter 3 9/16"
$400—500
335 John Deacons 2013 commemorative marbrie paperweight. Purple, green and honey amber ribbons fan outward in radiating quadrants from a matching-colored complex cane at the apex, over a white ground. Edition #7 of a limited edition of 25. Signature/ date cane. Commemorative Paperweight Collectors Association date cane.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$250—300
336 John Deacons 1996 three-colored crown paperweight. White latticinio twist ribbons alternate between spun blue and red ribbons and red and yellow ribbons, emanating from a central star complex cane in red, white and blue. Signature/date.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$400—600
$250—400
337 John Deacons concentric rose canes in latticinio basket paperweight. A large white rose cane, with a yellow stamen and pink sepals, blooms at the center of a spaced ring of eight more rose canes inside a stave basket of alternating white and pink latticinio staves. Clear ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 2 13/16"
stems of leaves and green branches of leaves that belong to small blossoms and buds in pink, blue and purple. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion over clear ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$150—200
338 John Deacons 2000 blue, red and white swirl paperweight. Blue, white and red ribbons spin outward in an alternating clockwise motion from a central blue, pink and white complex cane. Clear ground. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$120—200
339 John Deacons trio of cherries faceted paperweight. Three bright red cherries hang on yellow stems from a brown branch with pairs of green leaves at each end. Clear ground. All-over geometric faceting. Signature cane. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$150—200
340 Peter McDougall flower bouquet on latticinio paperweight. A bouquet of scalloped clematis blooms, all with complex cane stamens, has at its center a large amber blossom that launches pink
$300—400
341 Caithness Glass 2001 “Late Summer Sunflower” crimped sunflower faceted paperweight, by Helen MacDonald, from the Van Gogh Inspirations series. A large yellow sunflower, its two tiers of crimped petals rising and cupping a central translucent brown seed cluster, displays below a spiraling green stem and a few falling petals, below two slanted facets. Clear ground. Iridescent amber overlay. Edition #14 of a limited edition of 350; 226 made. Signed.
Diameter 3 3/16", height 4 1/16"
$250—400
342 Caithness Glass 1998 “Busy Bee” etched and engraved flower paperweight, by Helen MacDonald, from the Modern Design series. Fluttering honeybees are etched on the surface of a clear dome and head towards their home, an engraved beehive, carefully placed in a colorful millefiori garden that has sprouted from a speckled aqua prairie with a clear wispy cloud at the center. Clear ground. Edition #120 of a limited edition of 350; 234 made. Signed.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$300—400
343 Perthshire Paperweights 1990 close packed millefiori pedestal magnum paperweight, by Peter McDougall. Assorted colorful complex millefiori, including a central signature/date cane and an artist signature cane, are packed tightly into a cambered cap above a tapered pedestal, containing vertical white latticinio rods, over a footed clear base with ten facets. Translucent green ground. Edition #104 of a limited edition of 200; 163 made. Scratched “116” in the base.
Diameter 3 7/8", height 4 1/8"
347 Perthshire Paperweights (1986) golden dahlia faceted paperweight. An upright golden dahlia, with four tiers of narrow petals that fade from dark to light, is centered by a signature cane and floats above a clear ground. Five and one facets. Edition #71 of a limited edition of 300; 279 made.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$1,200—1,500
344 Perthshire Paperweights (1981) “Bees” swarm magnum honeycomb-faceted paperweight. An intimidating swarm of bees is revealed as a simple trio of yellow and black-striped honeybees, with clear wings folded in, amplified aptly through all-over honeycomb faceting. Grid-cut clear ground. Limited edition of 200.
Diameter 3 1/2"
$700—1,000
348 Perthshire Paperweights 1991 patterned millefiori and twists faceted paperweight. A large complex cane is encircled by a ring of canes, surrounded by eight radiating twists, separating panels of assorted canes, on a translucent blue ground and framed by a blue and green millefiori border garland. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 300. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$1,000—1,200
345 Perthshire Paperweights 1992 “Giant Panda” hollow overlay faceted paperweight. A black and white lampwork panda sits atop a speckled green cushion, with bamboo snack in hand, inside a hollow dome. Transparent cobalt blue overlay. Two tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Edition #84 of a limited edition of 300; 126 made. Signature/date cane. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2001 26th Auction as lot 262.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$350—500
349 Perthshire Paperweights 1974 close packed millefiori overlay faceted paperweight. Multi-colored millefiori are closely packed into a cambered cushion and rest within a purple-over-white double overlay. Opaque amethyst cushion ground. Two tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 300. Perthshire’s first double overlay. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$350—500
346 Perthshire Paperweights 1998 “Circus Clown” hollow overlay faceted paperweight. A three-dimensional smiling clown, with a red bow tie and red nose, a colorful suit, blue gloves and matching black buttons, shoes and bowler hat, stands on a mottled cream cushion, inside a hollowed dome. Transparent mauve overlay, with two tiers of eight side facets. Edition #112 of a limited edition of 175. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$350—500
350 Perthshire Paperweights 1976 close concentric millefiori moss ground paperweight. A central flower in a red cog complex cane is encircled by three concentric rings of green moss canes, alternating with rings of red and white cog canes. Edition #29 of a limited edition of 300; 168 made. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$400—500
$350—500
351 Perthshire Paperweights (1994) overlay flower bouquet faceted paperweight. Two small violas, one blue and white and the other orange and yellow, are joined by four companion buds splayed between the jagged edges of three ribbed green leaves. Grid-cut clear ground. Transparent ruby overlay, with geometric side faceting and one top facet. Edition #55 of a limited edition of 300; 214 made. Signed.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$500—800
352 Perthshire Paperweights (1984) pink wild rose flower overlay faceted paperweight. A pink wild rose, with five gently ribbed and notched petals and a yellow cane core, shares a curved stem with two dark red rosehip and pale green leaves. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion. Red-over-white double overlay with two tiers of twelve elongated facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 300; 288 made. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$350—500
353 Perthshire Paperweights (1979) five-flower bouquet faceted paperweight. A bouquet, reminiscent of the patriotic French tri-colored antique Baccarat design, is composed of a blue double clematis, an amber and white primrose and three pink forget-menots that bloom on green leafy stems. Star-cut clear ground. Two tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 450; 332 made. Signature cane.
Diameter 3 1/4"
355 Perthshire Paperweights (1982) “Double Overlay” bouquet fancy-cut paperweight. A bouquet, with a large pink flower, two aqua flowers, two opening buds and bright green leaves, floats over a star-cut clear ground within a dark blue-over-white double overlay. Six vertical side flutes with fancy cutting and one top facet. Limited edition of 300; 205 made. Signature cane. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$250—400
356 Perthshire Paperweights 1980 “Transportation Garland” millefiori and picture canes paperweight. A central cluster of complex canes is encircled by a spaced ring of five different picture canes, each representing a mode of transportation. Five looped millefiori garlands, in various colors, surround the picture canes. White upset muslin ground. Limited edition of 400; 285 made. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 5/16"
$250—400
$500—800
357 Perthshire Paperweights (1978) interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands and picture canes overlay magnum faceted paperweight, by John Deacons. A central signature cane is encircled by a pair of interlaced trefoil garlands, one of white stardust and the other of red-centered white cog bundles, which loop around six spaced picture canes, pressed into a blue cushion. Blue-overwhite double overlay, with two tiers of six side facets and one top facet. Limited edition of 250; 119 made.
Diameter 3 5/8"
$250—400
354 Perthshire Paperweights (1989) “Cherries” cluster faceted paperweight. A cluster of five red cherries is suspended beneath two green leaves. Grid-cut clear ground. All-over honeycomb facets. Edition #147 of a limited edition of 300; 154 made. Signed. Diameter 2 5/16"
$500—800
358 Perthshire Paperweights 1973 “Closepacked Millefiori” on purple cushion paperweight. A multitude of assorted colorful complex canes, including a signature/date cane, rests on an opaque purple ground. Limited edition of 400; 378 made. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 11/16"
$350—500
359 Perthshire Paperweights 1976 “Magnum Cushion Weight” millefiori porthole faceted paperweight. A hexagon pattern of latticinio-encased twists rests on a raised blue cushion ground and is bordered by a ring of pink and green alternating blue complex canes on the outside and spaced blue complex canes in its corners. It borders an inner ring of pink cogs which gives way to a porthole opening that reveals an underlying cushion of close packed multi-colored millefiori. Top facet. Edition #159 of a limited edition of 300; 295 made. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 7/16"
363 Perthshire Paperweights 1978 patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. A central pink and white millefiori cane is surrounded by eight green, pink and white petal-shaped cog canes and encircled by two border garlands of complex canes, first purple and white, then in green and white. Transparent green ground. Top facet. Edition #45 of a limited edition of 350; 292 made. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3"
$500—800
360 Perthshire Paperweights 1991 “Chequerboard” millefiori and picture canes paperweight. Assorted spaced complex canes, including nine picture canes and silhouettes, are divided by crisscrossed light blue cables, which form a chequerboard pattern, over a white upset muslin ground. Edition #162 of a limited edition of 350. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$250—400
364 Perthshire Paperweights 1980 three-colored swirl paperweight. Ten sets of cobalt blue, black and starkly-contrasting white ribbons swirl outward clockwise from a central complex millefiori cane in a mesmerizing vortex. Limited edition of 300; 244 made. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$400—500
361 Perthshire Paperweights (1988) millefiori butterfly in a stave basket miniature paperweight. A butterfly, its upper wings in pink and its lower wings yellow, floats at the center of a striped green stave basket. Clear ground. A signature cane centers each of the two upper wings. Edition #162 of a limited edition of 400; 352 made.
Diameter 1 15/16"
$250—400
365 Perthshire Paperweights (1976) “Miniature Faceted Flower” and millefiori garland faceted paperweight. A flower, with six blue and white striped petals, four green leaves and a stem, is encircled by a garland of pale pink complex canes. Clear ground. Eight and one facets. Edition #56 of a limited edition of 400; 369 made. Signature cane.
Diameter 2 3/8"
$200—300
362 Perthshire Paperweights 1975 red and pink millefiori butterfly paperweight. A large butterfly, with a pink body and millefiori fore wings, red millefiori hind wings and antennae, rests on a ribbed opaque blue ground and is encircled by a border garland of alternating complex canes. Edition #91 of a limited edition of 450; 372 made. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$300—400
$200—300
366 Perthshire Paperweights (1977) “Triple Overlay” white anemone flower faceted paperweight. A purple-rimmed white anemone blossom, with a signature cane center, four green leaves and a stem, floats over a v-groove clear ground. Yellow-over-whiteover-pink triple overlay. Two tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Edition #257 of a limited edition of 400; 347 made. The first triple overlay by Perthshire.
Diameter 3"
$250—300
367 Whitefriars 1980 millefiori bee faceted paperweight. A bee has a blue rod bundle cane body and head, white complex cane wings and a yellow millefiori abdomen. It is encircled by a complex millefiori garland, which includes a large yellow flower right in its sight. Translucent blue ground. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$500—600
368 Whitefriars 1979 millefiori butterfly and garland faceted paperweight. A pink millefiori butterfly, with a cane body and head, and a yellow cluster of complex canes at each wings’ tip, is closely encircled by a penta-foil garland, composed of blue and yellow canes. Transparent green ground. Five and one facets, in line with the penta-foil garland. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$300—400
369 Whitefriars 1980 millefiori swirl faceted paperweight. A mauve complex cane dots a central ring of pink complex canes and sits within sixteen radial spokes of complex canes, in a sequence of pink, yellow and blue canes, each spaced by a yellow millefiori at the tip, creating a spiraling design. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Six and one facets. Acid-etched Farfalla Munchen butterfly mark on the underside. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Diameter 3 1/4"
$350—500
371 Whitefriars 1978 spaced circle garlands faceted paperweight. A pink complex cane is ringed by eight pink canes at the center of a garland of five spaced green millefiori circles, each dotted by a white complex cane and spaced at the perimeter by a pink complex cane. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$300—400
372 Whitefriars 1978 patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. A quartet of large complex canes is spaced by cobalt blue tube canes, small ochre canes and small pink canes, inside a ring of alternating pink and blue bundle canes, followed by a ring of blue bundle canes and an outer ring of cobalt blue tube canes. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Five and one facets. Signature/ date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.
Diameter 3"
$300—400
370 Whitefriars 1980 star-patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. A close concentric millefiori, with very small details, is ringed by white complex canes, pink complex canes and a third ring of alternating pink and mauve canes. Eight equally-spaced pink stacked millefiori triangles radiate around the central rings to create an eight-point star pattern, encircled by spaced pink and white canes. Translucent blue ground. Five and one facets.
$300—400
373 Whitefriars 1978 close concentric millefiori faceted paperweight. A carpet of pink bundle canes surrounds a ring of purple, yellow and blue complex canes and a blue center cane. A double garland or white and green complex canes borders the design and completely covers a clear ground. Five and one facets. Signature/ date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$300—400
374 Whitefriars 1978 multi-colored millefiori garland paperweight. A doily-patterned garland is packed with colorful contrasting millefiori and edge on a border of ochre rod bundle canes. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$300—400
375 Paul Ysart parrot on a branch paperweight. A parrot bird, with a blue body, striped green wings and a red beak, perches on a green branch that belongs to a forking flower stalk adorned with green leaves and two red-centered white flowers. Ruby red and white jasper ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$1,200—1,600
376 Paul Ysart millefiori butterfly and garlands paperweight. A butterfly, with a gold aventurine body, flanked by two golden cog upper wings studded with yellow and white centers and by two blue cog lower wings studded with white and a dark complex cane, has two red-dotted blue antennae. Pink and green double border garland. Black ground. Signature cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$500—800
377 Paul Ysart millefiori butterfly in a latticinio stave basket paperweight. A butterfly, with a red aventurine body, an orange head, yellow antennae, pink complex cane fore wings and purple cog cane hind wings, floats at the center of a stave basket made of white latticinio rods. Signature cane.
Diameter 2 13/16"
Paul Ysart trio of aventurine fish paperweight. Three dimensional aventurine fish, two red and one green, each has yellow eyes, aventurine fins and a row of spaced dorsal dots on each side. The fish swim through tranquil waters above a sandy ground strewn with colorful rocks. Signature cane. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 5/8"
$1,000—1,500
380 Paul Ysart butterfly and millefiori garland paperweight. A pink-winged butterfly, with a green body, red-tipped yellow antennae and colorful wing spots, is ringed by a border garland of alternating blue complex canes and green complex canes, all with orange and yellow central details. Transparent mottled orange ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition and internal flaw, with rough pontil scar.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$600—800
378 Paul Ysart patterned circlet garland millefiori paperweight. A large pink complex cane is encircled by five spaced circlets, each of different style and color and centered by a contrasting complex cane, and further encircled by a spaced border ring of blue complex canes. Green ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$500—800
$300—400
381 Paul Ysart two ducks on a pond paperweight. Two three-dimensional ducks, one pink with copper aventurine wings and one green with blue wings, float atop a very fine translucent blue pond alongside a pink water lily, beneath which a scattering of sparkling white pebbles is layered over a sandy ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$600—800
382 Paul Ysart pink flower in yellow and white stave basket paperweight. Two tiers of variegated rounded pink petals have a pink and white cog cane at their center and perch atop a curved stem shared by three green leaves, to create a pretty flower, floating within a yellow and white stave basket. Signature cane. Fine condition.
Diameter 3"
$350—500
379
383 Ysart flower and millefiori garland paperweight. A pink flower, with an orange center and a halo of five green leaves spacing its petals, sits on a short stem at the center of a border garland of alternating orange and blue complex canes. Mottled blue ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Fine condition and rough pontil scar.
Diameter 2 15/16"
387 Paul Ysart patterned garland of millefiori circlets paperweight. A large white, purple and yellow complex millefiori is ringed by five contrasting circlets, each dotted by a different complex cane and spaced by a green cog complex cane. Black ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3"
$400—500
384 Paul Ysart concentric millefiori on green ground paperweight. A complex pink and orange cog bundle cane centers pink-collared complex canes, all sitting at the center of a green circle, bordered by alternating white bundle canes and colorful complex canes. Clear ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Excellent condition, with rough pontil scar.
Diameter 3"
$400—500
388 Ysart close concentric millefiori and radial staves paperweight. Six short orange and yellow cog staves are spaced, on their side, in a radial pattern around a central purple and orange complex cane. They space blue complex canes and are encircled by two rings of alternating complex canes in pink, green, orange, yellow and blue. Clear ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Good condition and rough pontil scar.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$400—600
$400—500
389 Paul Ysart close concentric millefiori and twists paperweight. A sunny design consists of a large pink complex cane ringed by spaced yellow and white cogs, inside a ring of contrasting cobalt blue and white cogs. The central design is ringed by radial orange and white twists, spaced by green or red cogs and pink complex canes. Yellow ground. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
$300—500
385 Paul Ysart pink clematis and millefiori garland paperweight. A double-tiered pink clematis, with striped petals radiating around a complex cog cane center, blooms on a stem flanked by four leaves. A yellow complex cane garland surrounds the flower. Translucent dark blue ground. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8"
386 Paul Ysart aventurine leaf cruciform and flower paperweight. A white flower, with striped petals and a complex cane center, blooms at the joint of a cruciform constructed with green aventurine leaves. Mottle purple ground. Signature cane.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$800—1,000
Diameter 2 7/8"
$500—800
390 Paul Ysart clematis and millefiori garland paperweight. A purple flower has two tiers of aventurine-cleaved petals that radiate around a central orange and white cane, and blooms atop a short stem with four green leaves. The bloom is surrounded by a garland of alternating green and blue complex canes and centers a white and purple latticinio crown cushion. Translucent cobalt ground. Signature cane. Fine condition.
Diameter 3"
$450—600
391 Yoshinori Kondo 2024 “TSM-Jaded” red and blue stacked dots marble and stand. A pale blue core is ringed by eight redringed shimmering blue dots near one of its poles while eight white-rimmed shimmering blue dots encircle the opposing pole on a different depth. Each ring of dots is spaced by an intricate pattern of open and closed cores and layers in white and blue. A signature dichroic “K” is revealed in the opening of the red dots pole. Signed/dated. Accompanying blue and shimmering green display stand.
Diameter 1"
$1,200—1,600
392 Tomomi Handa (2014) mandala-style patterned flowers and butterfly marble. Carefully placed thin petals create two stunning, complex and lush mandala-style lacey flowers, in pink, red, purple, yellow and white, at opposing poles of an equator band of small millefiori flowers, larger pink flowers, leaves, tendrils and a small white butterfly. Transparent blue central ground. Exhibited March 20-22, 2014, at the Mike Shelbo Chicago “How Glass Is...” exhibition. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 3/4"
design. The opposing pole has fumed and cane coral with a central white-striped orange anemone. A band of interlocking red vortex swirls, with gold aventurine cores, surrounds the perimeter and separates the polar designs. Black ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 2 3/8"
$600—800
394 Richard Hollingshead 2011 torsade swirl and flower hollow fumed marble. A flower, made of dimensional linked pink segments, spaced by green segments and dots, is ringed by fumed bubbles, tiny green dots and pink dots, before a swirling crown of alternating blue and white twisted staves and blue and white latticinio staves descends and culminates at the opposing pole. Hollow fumed interior. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 13/16"
$1,600—2,000
393 Trey Cormette 2015 “Sea Coral” and flower marble. A fountain flower, with eight arching fumed petals striped with aventurine around eight white and red-striped stamens and a central cage of red filament stamens, blooms at one pole of a two-sided
$500—800
395 Richard Hollingshead 2016 Proof striped yellow, orange, red, blue and green concentric staves marble. Striped staves, in combinations of orange, blue, yellow, green, red and white, are stacked in concentric rings, occasionally interrupted by seashell-like swirls, and connect two striped looped stave flowers at opposing poles. Blue dots space some rings. Hollow clear interior. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 7/8"
$400—600
396 Trey Cormette 2014 “Double Fantasy Floral” triple hurricane marble. A fountain flower, with six arching fumed petals striped with aventurine around eleven red splayed stamens and a central cage of red filament stamens around a white core, blooms at one pole of a two-sided design. The opposing pole has a similar red and blue flower. A triple band of interlocking red and black aventurine vortex swirls surrounds the equator. Black ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection. Internal flaw.
Diameter 2 1/16"
$350—500
397 Joshua Sable 2007 “Autumn Gold” spike double swirl golf ball marble. White pentagonal depressions create a golf ball effect on the underside of a clockwise swirl made of triple ribbons of tiny spikes, alternating between the fall colors of yellow, orange and brown, and spaced by single lines of white dots. The swirl appears to rotate in the opposing direction as differences in the height of the spikes create counter-clockwise swirling arms. A ring of interlocking red hurricanes surrounds the equator. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 3/4"
399 Mike Gong 2010 pulsar wind nebula marble. An interstellar spiraling mass launches a fumed pulse outwards from its vortex center, cupped by a veil of double-swirl gaseous cloud, below a clear dome. Signed/dated.
Diameter 1 1/16"
$700—1,000
400 Steven McCarthy 2014 mandala flower marble. A green mandala flower, its petals ogee-tipped and meticulously spaced by blue dots, sits in a halo of pink tubes and fine white stripes, and emerges from a black ground on the opposing side of a green flower, ringed by alternating pink flowers and white treble-clef ribbons, above a halo of pink, mauve and yellow petals. A ring of looped red and black hurricanes encircles the equator. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 1/2"
$500—800
398 Joshua Sable 2013 spaced millefiori and hurricanes marble. Three spaced rings of bundled millefiori are topped at opposing poles by larger examples of the same canes. The rings are spaced by looped red and beige hurricanes, over a purple ground. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 9/16"
$400—600
401 Daria Grigoreva flower wreath compound marble. A wreath of dimensional flowers, in pink, purple, red, yellow and white, surrounds a core of green, wrapped in wisps of white latticinio and cascading vines and leaves. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 2 1/8"
$500—800
402 Mike Gong 2006 blue dots marble. A mass of blue dots is pushed up through a swirling mottled blue pole, creating a dome of shaded blue dots in graduated size, above a honeycomb below. Signed/dated.
Diameter 1 3/16"
$400—500
$600—800
403 Whit Baylis 2014 “White Wag” stacked dots, flower and spiral marble. A conical flower of eight stretched red-over-white stacked dots ends in a green and white dot and is bordered by quartets of overlapping green-over-white stacked dots. The flower supports a white vortex at the opposing pole, garlanded by a double ring of alternating blue-over-white stacked dots and green, white and brown stacked dots. Clear ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 7/16"
406 Lost Coast Art Glass 2003 “Monarch Butterfly” marble, by Jesse Taj. A butterfly portrait cane, on an iridescent aqua blue ground, sits at the opposing pole to a spiraling white and green torsade, connected by a spiraling garland of alternating blue and white flower canes, various torsades and colored stripes. Signed/ dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 5/8"
$600—800
404 Joshuah Justice 2015 “Red Sun Rising” red and white stacked dots and staircase with opal marble. A shimmering square Gilson opal sits in a large red and white stacked dots center, at the heart of three floating spaced rings of red and white stacked dots, superimposed in two tiers. A striped white and black conical tent descends from the opal and pushes through a red and white spiral, creating a “colimaçon” staircase at the opposing pole. Signed/ dated. from the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 13/16"
$500—800
405 Jesse Taj 2002 “Butterfly” monarch murrina marble. A monarch butterfly murrina cane appears over a white disc, surrounded by a blue and white torsade and a ring of looped hurricanes, alternating between yellow and blue, a ring of blue daisy flowers and a spiraling vortex of green stripes. Red ground. Signed/dated. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 7/16"
$400—600
407 Greg Chase 2011 “Butterfly Fields” murrine with sunflowers marble. Detailed butterfly murrine of different styles and shapes flutter over a prairie of sunflowers and daisies in orange, yellow, red, green and blue aventurine. Light blue core. Signature/ date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 13/16"
$500—800
408 Mike Edmondson 2004 “Dragon Eye” red and white swirl aventurine eyeball marble. A cloud of shimmering gold aventurine is topped by a black dot, like a pupil over an iris, viewed through an opening in an aqua core, wrapped in fine, swirling and closely stacked white and red threads. Signature/date cane. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 5/16"
$300—400
$400—500
409 Ayako Hattori honeybees with flowers marble. Silver-foil shimmers amidst green leaves and stems below blue and beige flowers that have attracted several murrini fuzzy honeybees. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 5/16"
$300—400
410 Ayako Hattori “Tri-lilies and Butterflies” marble. Three dark murrini butterflies explore a patch of pink, orange and white murrini French lilies that bloom on stems with bladed leaves. Translucent pale blue-over white core, with air bubbles. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 9/16"
412 Ayako Hattori swallowtail butterflies and pink flowers marble. Pink flowers, each with a yellow tuft of stamens at the center, are scattered in a dense sphere, with leaves and stems, where three swallowtail murrini butterflies play. Translucent blue-overwhite core, with air bubbles. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 7/16"
$300—400
411 Ayako Hattori butterfly garden with flowers marble. Different types of butterflies, including blue morpho and swallowtail, flit about a garden of blooming pink and yellow flowers. Translucent turquoise-over white core, with air bubbles. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 3/8"
$300—400
$300—400
413 John Kobuki pink rose marble. An upright rose is a perfect flower specimen with spiraling crenulated shaded-pink petals descending delicately to a cup of five variegated green sepals. Clear ground. Signed. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 1 11/16"
$400—600
414 James Alloway iridescent green, blue, pink and orange swirl marble. Pink, green, blue and orange shimmering stripes spiral into pinwheels at opposing poles and arch in an S-shape in the center, filling a clear orb. Signed. From the Carl E. Carter Collection.
Diameter 2 5/16"
$300—400
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