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Fine Paperweights From the Private Collection of a Gentleman
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Auction Number 92
1 Spectacular and extremely rare antique Pantin fuchsia on silver-foil ground paperweight. A stunning dimensional fuchsia flower has a bell of three flared pink sepals cupping a cobalt blue inner layer, with a cluster of trailing pink stamens, as it connects to a short brown branch by a thin yellow stem, along with two companion pink buds and five contrasting leaves in different hues of green. A blanket of fine air bubble dew glistens over the flora, which rests on a shimmering silver-foil-over-clear ground, adding a scintillating effect to this already spectacular design. Pictured and discussed in “Presse papier de cristal: panorama des collections françaises”, plate 36. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8"
$20,000—30,000
2
Extremely rare antique Clichy moss carpet ground with roses miniature paperweight. Two rings of spaced millefiori represent the finest canes from the factory, including an iconic pink and green rose at the center, a very rare completely pink rose at the periphery, three different edelweiss canes, pastry molds, cogs and a stardust cane, decorating a green moss carpet ground with tiny red and white floret centers. “Clichy utilized its moss ground in this weight to create the illusion of vibrant wildflowers on a green lawn. It is an extraordinary example of the factory’s color vocabulary...” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. “The most sought after, and undoubtedly the most striking, spaced millefiori are the moss green carpet grounds. The prize possessions of a few advanced collectors, these weights feature a ground of many small green canes contrasting jubilantly with the colorful spaced florets.” —Paperweights for Collectors Fine condition.
Diameter 2 1/8"
$10,000—12,000
3
Extremely rare and possibly unique antique Saint Louis silhouettes on red carpet ground paperweight. Spaced silhouette canes of dancing ladies, a dancing devil and dancing dogs, each in a ring of green hollow cog canes, give chase to each other in a frenzy around a pink complex cane at the apex, encircled by a ring of green hollow cog canes and an outer ring of yellow cog floret canes. They contrast nicely with a bold blue-cored red-lined white cog carpet ground in which they sit. A previously unrecorded example.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$10,000—12,000
4 Exceptionally rare antique Baccarat blue intaglio prancing horse faceted paperweight. One of only nine known horse plaque examples and just one of just three that are of this image, a blue intaglio carved horse stands with a lifted foreleg and hind leg on a patch of ground that shows atop a white plaque, rimmed in blue. The plaque floats within a clear ground with six round side facets and one top facet. “Roughly a dozen classic period paperweights exist which use the cameo carving technique made famous by Bohemian, English, and later, French glassworks. Ten of these were made by Baccarat.” —Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty, page 64.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$15,000—18,000
5 Very rare antique Clichy millefiori carpet ground in a stave basket with signature cane paperweight. Delicate white stardust canes, with red bull’s-eye centers, create a prairie where varied and colorful millefiori canes are laid in spaced concentric rings, including a signature cane. The field of flowers is held in a green and white stave basket. “Ten stardust grounds have been documented from Clichy.” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights . Fine condition.
Diameter 2 5/8"
$15,000—20,000
6 Extremely rare antique Baccarat interlaced trefoil millefiori garlands stardust carpet ground paperweight. A central red, white and blue star complex cane is ringed by star and bull’s-eye complex canes, at the center of two interlaced trefoil garlands, one of red complex canes and one of green stardust. Each resulting loop is dotted in alternation with an arrowhead cane or a red, white and blue star complex cane as found at the apex of the design. The exquisite arrangement has been set into a soft bed of dense white stardust canes. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$10,000—12,000
7 Extremely rare antique Saint Louis Maltese Cross eight-paneled millefiori carpet ground paperweight. A large blue, green and white complex cane, made of tubes, cogs and florets, centers eight white cog canes, with red six-point star centers, each of which is the start of radial rows of the same cane, dividing eight panels filled with a thick carpet of hollow cog canes, alternating between pink and green. One of only two known examples, its twin sold in Sotheby’s February 1980 auction as lot 159A for the then remarkable sum of 5,000 pounds sterling, the price of a substantial London home at the time. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2014 58th Auction as lot 6. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$12,000—14,000
8 Very rare antique Saint Louis six-paneled close packed millefiori and radial twists paperweight. Six triangular panels of varied tightly-packed millefiori, including the silhouette cane of a dancing devil and a dancing man, are divided by six radial white latticinio staves that radiate from a large central pink, blue and white complex floret cane, to form a colorful cambered cushion. The outermost canes are pulled towards the center into a stave basket.
Diameter 2 13/16"
$8,000—12,000
9 Extremely rare antique Bohemian Friedrich Egermann close packed millefiori paperweight. Star composite-cane cluster canes and a sprinkling of a few more complex canes, in bold red, blue, green and white, are gathered into a dense carpet over a clear ground. “There are no...soft-hued shades in these millefiori canes. This might be a further indication that these paperweights–which are extremely rare–were, most likely, trial examples, of which only a few were made...” —Classic Paperweights from Silesia/Bohemia, page 215.
Diameter 2 11/16"
$5,000—6,000
10 Very rare antique Clichy white and red convolvulus flower paperweight. An undulated trumpet-shaped white convolvulus flower has a magenta rim and a thin curved green stem from which a single shaded-green leaf sprouts. Derived from the Latin convolvere, to roll together or roll up, the convolvulus is an interchangeable term for morning glory. There are twenty-three documented examples of this type of design by Clichy. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $12,000—15,000
11 Very rare antique Baccarat four-leaf clover paperweight. A large four-leaf clover, each of its four emerald green leaves notched at the tip and delicately veined, rests solo atop a stem, over a clear ground. One fine example of this rare Baccarat design resides in the Arthur Rubloff collection housed in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$6,000—8,000
12 Antique Millville tilted pink crimp rose pedestal paperweight, by Ralph Barber. A large dimensional pink crimp rose, with eleven smooth petals, is flanked by two arching branches of smooth green leaves that form a protective cage around it as it tilts forward for an impeccable display, atop a curved stem. Footed clear base. “One of the most famous and desirable of all the American antique paperweights is the Jersey rose, which was the product of the Whitall, Tatum Company at Millville, New Jersey... it was really Ralph Barber whose workmanship brought this subject to the highest point of distinction... It took Barber six years to bring the weight to its final perfection.” —Old Glass Paperweights . Fine condition.
Diameter 3 3/4", height 4"
$4,000—5,000
13 Extremely rare antique Saint Louis rose and bud paperweight. In the style of the iconic Baccarat “thousand petal” rose, a beautiful dimensional flower is enhanced by a yellow match-head center, which is revealed through tiers of furled shaded-pink petals that are gradually unfurling toward a splayed outer layer. The spectacularly rendered specimen is nestled in copious serrated bright green leaves, some raised towards the bloom, all gathered by the stems, while a companion bud, with a cage of thin green sepals, hangs to the right. Star-cut clear ground. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 7/8" $8,000—12,000
14 Rare antique Mount Washington pink rose and buds magnum paperweight. A large pink-shaded rose, with tiers of cascading petals, is flanked by two companion buds, each cupped by green sepals and emerging from a sturdy stem, and is crowned by a halo of five dew-studded green leaves. Clear ground. Good condition and internal flaws, with rough pontil mark.
Diameter 4 3/8" $12,000—16,000
15
Extremely rare antique Pantin yellow rose and bud paperweight. A sumptuous rose has several layers of overlapping yellow petals, carefully sheathing a yellow center and haloed by bright green sepals that peer shyly from behind. A companion bud sprouts next to the rose, still cradled by a cage of mint-green sepals, amidst a crown of three large green leaves. Gathered mint-green and red stems support the delightful blooms, flanked by two more leaves. Opaque white ground. “Wherever they were made they are Victorian workmanship at its best.” —Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$10,000—15,000
16 Very rare antique Baccarat “thousand petal” rose and millefiori garland faceted paperweight. A deep red “thousand petal” rose sits atop a short pert stem flanked by a single leaf on one side and a two-leafed sprig with a bud on the other. Six spaced leaves crown the bloom. A millefiori garland of alternating green and white canes borders the design. The rose is very rarely seen with such a garland. Star-cut clear ground. Six and one facets. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$4,500—6,000
17 Outstanding antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and roses mushroom faceted paperweight. A mushroom cap has a large iconic pink and green rose cane at the apex, encircled by four concentric rings of pastry mold canes in pink, purple, blue and white, featuring one spaced ring with eleven very rare yellow roses. A basket of alternating pale blue and white staves is pulled downward to create a stem for the mushroom. Star-cut clear ground. Six and one facets. “Mushroom bouquets are among the most beautiful and technically challenging weights produced during the classic period.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 15/16" $10,000—14,000
18 Antique Baccarat “Bouquet de marriage” close concentric millefiori mushroom and torsade paperweight. A stunning complex cane, composed of red six-pointed star canes that encircle a red, white and blue arrowhead cane, is at the apex of a wedding bouquet-inspired carpet ground mushroom, composed of four concentric rings of white stardust canes, each with a red fortress cane center, tapered downward into a white stem. A cobalt blue spiral-encased white latticinio tube torsade encircles the base of the mushroom’s stem. Star-cut clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/8" $8,000—12,000
19 Antique Saint Louis concentric millefiori mushroom and torsade paperweight. A blue, green and white complex cane is ringed by white stardust, hollow cogs and complex cross canes, in red, white and blue, to form a cambered mushroom cap. The outer ring is pulled downward into a tapered stem, encircled by a cobalt blue spiral-encased white chaplet bead torsade. Top mercury ring. Star-cut clear ground.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$2,000—2,500
20 Uncommon antique Baccarat close concentric millefiori mushroom paperweight. White stardust staves are arranged into a stem below a cambered mushroom cap, composed of concentric rings of shamrock complex canes, white stardust and collared-cog canes. The design is centered by a fortress and stars arrowhead complex cane, imprinted by lone white star. A cobalt blue and white torsade frames the mushroom, over a star-cut clear ground. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 7/8"
21 Rare antique Bohemian Harrach Glassworks spaced millefiori and silhouette overlay faceted paperweight. Cogs and rod bundle canes, in bold red, green, blue, white and yellow, are joined by a monkey silhouette cane and are spaced in concentric rings on an upset white cushion, with segments of colorful twists throughout. Clear ground. Translucent cobalt blue overlay. Six and one facets. Good condition.
Diameter 2 11/16"
$2,500—3,000
$2,000—3,000
22 Outstanding antique Clichy cinquefoil millefiori garland with roses paperweight. A central blue pastry mold cane is surrounded by a ring of eleven iconic pink and green canes, encircled by a ring of green and yellow pastry molds. A cinquefoil garland of purple and yellow pastry mold surrounds the central design and is dotted with a large pink pastry mold in each of its lobes, in alternation with green pastry molds on the outside. White upset muslin ground, over parallel latticinio rods.
“Whether woven to celebrate love, victory or merely beauty, the millefiori garlands found in patterned spacing schemes are among the most graceful and delicate ornaments found in paperweights.” —Paperweights for Collectors . Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2011 49th Auction as lot 15.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$9,000—12,000
23 Excellent antique Clichy cinquefoil millefiori garland and roses faceted paperweight. An iconic pink and green rose cane appears tightly nestled in each empty lobe of a cinquefoil garland of blue cog canes, while a maroon cog spaces each lobe on the outside. Two close concentric rings of pastry mold in red and green hone in on a larger cobalt blue pastry mold cane, perfectly centered and nestled in the center of the garland. White upset muslin cushion over parallel latticinio rods. Five large side facets, perfectly aligned to reveal each of the rose canes, alternate with vertical flutes, below a top facet. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$6,000—8,000
24 Rare antique Baccarat cinquefoil millefiori garland with Gridel canes paperweight. A central red, blue and white arrowhead cane is encircled by a ring of red and white star and bull’s-eye canes, which in turn is surrounded by a five-loop garland, each one a unique loop of complex canes, including cogs, stars, whorls, arrowheads, quatrefoils and trefoils, in white, red, green and blue. A single Gridel cane of a goat, a moth, a rooster, a dog and a pheasant punctuate each of the garland’s inner loops. Clear ground.
Diameter 3 1/2"
$6,000—8,000
25 Antique Clichy cinquefoil millefiori garland and central rose paperweight. A very large iconic pink and green rose cane dots the center of a blue cog cinquefoil garland, with each lobe spaced by a red cog complex cane on the outside. White upset muslin over parallel latticinio rods on the underside. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$3,000—4,000
26 Rare antique Saint Louis looped millefiori garlands on cerulean blue ground paperweight. A yellow, red and white complex cane centers six looped garlands in alternation between white stardust canes and salmon complex canes, on an opaque cerulean blue ground. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,200—1,600
27 Antique Baccarat interlaced trefoil millefiori garlands paperweight. An arrowhead cane is centered by a ring of orange, white and blue complex star canes, at the heart of two interlaced trefoil garlands, one of green and white star bundles and the other of pink and white bull’s-eye rings around a central blue six-point star each. Each empty loop is dotted with a red, white and blue star complex cane. White upset muslin cushion ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$3,500—5,000
28 Antique Clichy interlaced quatrefoil millefiori garland faceted paperweight. Two interlaced quatrefoil garlands, one composed of red ruffle canes and the other of bright blue cogs, frame two concentric rings of green and pink ruffle canes and a large purple cog center. White upset muslin over parallel latticinio rods. Five side facets, spaced by flutes, and one top facet. Fair condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$2,000—3,000
29 Antique Clichy interlaced quatrefoil millefiori garlands and rose paperweight. Two quatrefoil garlands, one of red and white pastry mold canes and the other of white cog canes, form eight loops as they wind and entwine around a central motif with a single white and green rose cane center, followed by a ring of red cog canes and a ring of white stardust canes. Opaque cobalt blue ground. Good condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$1,200—1,600
30 Antique Baccarat patterned millefiori and pseudo roses circlet garland paperweight. A central garland of white stardust and red bull’s-eye complex canes is dotted by a central red, white and blue complex cane and is encircled by a garland of six circlets that alternated between white stardust and green bull’s-eye complex canes and red, white and green star complex canes. Each circlet is filled with a white star-collared pink pseudo rose. Transparent red ground. Good condition.
Diameters 2 7/8"
$5,000—6,000
31 Unusual and spectacular antique Clichy patterned millefiori and pseudo roses cushion paperweight. Seven hexagonal bundles of seven canes, each of a different millefiori style in blue, red, green and white, including one bundle of pink and green pseudo rose canes, are gathered into a hexagonal close pack sitting atop a carpet of green complex cane, encircled by a double garland of pink complex canes, then a single garland of white canes and a stave basket of green canes, raised into a cambered cushion, akin to a millefiori mushroom cap, over a clear ground.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$2,500—4,000
32 Very rare antique Baccarat commemorative enameled pansy and flower bouquet engraved faceted paperweight. A pansy bouquet is acid-etched and enameled with delightful colors on the base of a clear crystal dome, which has been not only faceted with six and one facets but also engraved with “Tour Eiffel 12 Aout 1889" and the initials “F.A.”. “...there are a few very rare weights from Baccarat which were etched with a bouquet on the base, then enameled.” —Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty, page 119. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/4"
$4,000—5,000
33 Antique Grenelle and English 1851 commemorative Crystal Palace sulphide and millefiori garland paperweight. A detailed circular coin-shaped sulphide of the Crystal Palace, above the bust of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in profile, commemorates the London Exhibition of 1851 and is inscribed “THE BUILDING AT LONDON FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1851", “PAXTON ESQ. ARCHITECT”, the architect of the structure, and “ALLEN & MOORE” for the makers of the commemorative metal on which the sulphide was made. A ring of contrasting millefiori, in pink, blue, green and white, encircles the plaque, including notable concentric complex canes and two pink and white rose canes. Clear ground. Good condition.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$1,500—2,000
34 Rare antique European, possibly Pantin or Clichy, monogram and patterned millefiori paperweight. Eight garland loops, each with ten or more contrasting millefiori in pink, white, green, blue and black, have one of four contrasting canes in their void, radiating around a central cut-out monogram of the letters M and M in a blue-painted cog over an opaque white plaque. Parallel white latticinio rod cushion over clear ground. For a similar example, see “La Cristallerie de Clichy”, page 374.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$3,500—5,000
36 Antique Bohemian engraved stags and doe red-stained low-domed paperweight. A pastoral landscape of a grassy clearing with a fence is the playground of a leaping athletic young stag. The engraved scene is captured against a transparent ruby red-stained base.
Diameter 3 7/8", height 1 1/4"
35 Antique Baccarat Joan of Arc sulphide on green faceted paperweight. A white sulphide depicting the Maid of Orleans shows the maiden holding a sword across her heart, framed by oak and laurel branches. Transparent green ground. Geometric side facets, one top facet. A similar example is pictured and discussed in Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty, page 122. “This finely-crafted, nicely detailed sulphide is on of Baccarat’s best.” Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 7/16"
$800—1,000
$2,000—3,000
37 Unidentified, possibly 19th Century French, Napoleon Bonaparte sulphide paperweight. A shimmering white sulphide of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, in profile with a laurel wreath, floats over a transparent ruby red star-cut ground. Good condition.
Diameter 3 7/8"
$100—200
38 Rare antique Clichy rose, pansy and thistle bouquet paperweight. A large yellow-centered pink millefiori rose, cupped by sepals and crowned by three leaves, tops a bouquet along with a sheathed companion bud. A purple and pale yellow pansy appears to its left, also with a companion bud and a set of thin leaves, and a pair of rarely seen thistles appear on the right, each fashioned from a long purple, pink and white complex cane and cupped by thick green rings of spurs, which also cascades down their stems, flanked by wide serrated leaves. The blooms are gathered by the stems and tied with a striped pink ribbon. Clear ground. Similar arrangements of flowers are known, perhaps suggesting a commemoration of the alliance between England, Scotland and France during the 1853-1856 Crimea War. “A thought-provoking assembly of blossoms and buds by Clichy, simple at first glance, expresses unrequited love...The minute detail of buds with green sepals and stems, loosely tied with pink ribbon, make this an artful interpretation of a symbolic bouquet.” —Glass Paperweights in the Art Institute of Chicago. A similar example was sold in LH Selmans Auction 43 as lot 3.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$15,000—20,000
39 Rare antique Clichy seven millefiori and flower bouquet paperweight. A pink flower, with a star, yellow rod and bull’s-eye complex cane cupped by beige stamens at the center, is topped by a spaced arch of five white millefiori, three with green cores and two with blue cores, around a pink pastry mold cane, to create a unique bouquet that appears to burst with blooms, gathered by the stems inside a halo of twelve radial green leaves, each crimped with a grid pattern and dotted with tiny dew-like air bubbles. Clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$6,000—8,000
40 Extremely rare, possibly unique, antique Baccarat two-flower bouquet and millefiori garland paperweight. A small blue forgetme-not blossom, with white notched edges to the petals and a white complex cog center, extends away from an incredible Type I pansy. The pansy has two notched dark purple upper petals, with fascinating white crow’s-foot decorations, and three extremely dark green lower arrowhead petals, with white notched edges, around a central white stardust cane, with a central blue bull’s-eye. The pansy is crowned by four spaced green leaves and grows from a stem that supports the other bloom and four more green leaves. The bouquet is encircled by a millefiori border garland of alternating arrowhead canes, with cross cane centers, and stardust/bull’s-eye canes, in the image of the pansy stamen. Star-cut clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$4,500—6,000
41 Rare antique Baccarat Type I pansy bouquet and millefiori garland faceted paperweight. Two dark aubergine purple petals, with three green leaves peering from behind, top a honeycomb cane center and three white-rimmed translucent cobalt blue cog petals flanked by two leaves, each with white arrow markings, to create the rarest of all three pansy types. The flower shares a sinuous stem, flanked by two leaves, with a small white clematis blossom, also with a honeycomb center. A border garland of alternating pink pseudo-rose canes in white star rings and green cog canes encircles the bouquet. Clear ground. Five and one facets.
Diameter 3"
$3,500—4,000
42 Antique European, attributed to Pantin, pink and blue flower bouquet paperweight. A large pink camellia-like flower is flanked by a spaced pair of emerging magenta pink companion buds to one side and a pair of smaller blue buds on the other, with an additional tightly-sheathed pink bud between them. All of the blooming flowers have a coarse yellow stamen center with a ruffled texture. A 24-strand double-swirl white latticinio cushion supports the bouquet, over a clear ground. Another 24-strand swirl design is pictured on page 79, figure 288, of Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows . Fine condition. Diameter 3 5/8"
$3,000—4,000
43 Rare antique Clichy dimensional flower and berry sheaf bouquet paperweight. A striking triangular bouquet has a dimensional bellflower pointing upward at the apex, made of an elongated dark purple cog cane, a distinct color made by the Clichy factory, above three tiers of stacked bellflowers, alternating between white ruffle canes, pink ruffle canes and one more purple cog, with each flower having a shimmering dew drop in its center. The flowers are nestled in copious crenulated green leaves that form a lush pyramid-shaped bouquet, flanked by two small red berries, atop a lone short stem. Clear ground. Good condition.
Diameter 3"
$10,000—12,000
44 Extremely rare antique Clichy purple dahlia paperweight. A purple dahlia, with six tiers of purple and white-striped petals and three spaced pairs of crenulated green leaves peering from behind, is centered by a complex millefiori with a red and white bull’s-eye center, a ring of yellow rod stamens and a ring of white stars. The petals and millefiori are drawn so that the flower is rendered to life with dimension and depth. Clear ground.
Diameter 2 5/8"
$5,000—6,000
45 Rare antique Clichy flower and buds paperweight. A poised flower, with seven pink-striped white petals around a complex cane center with small green stamens, leans to the right atop a thin stem shared by two sheathed companion buds and five crenulated green leaves. Star-cut clear ground.
Diameter 2 13/16"
$3,500—5,000
46 Antique Clichy bold-face pansy and bud paperweight. A charming pansy flower, crowned by two dark purple petals atop three lower petals with yellow centers, shares diverging stems that sprout from a cluster of dimensional crenulated leaves, in different shades of green, with a tightly-shut companion bud, cupped by curling sepals. Clear ground. In nineteenth-century flower language, the pansy symbolized tender thoughts and friendship. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3"
$4,000—5,000
47 Very rare antique Baccarat blue and white clematis two-flower bouquet with millefiori garland paperweight. A very rare clematis blossom has five ribbed white petals alternating with a tier of five ribbed blue petals, around a central honeycomb cane core, and is joined by a blue-rimmed white clematis bud with a blue and white cog complex cane center. The rare two-flower bouquet is gathered below a crown of six radiating leaves, atop a forked curving stem, with two additional leaves, all of which sparkle with green aventurine, and is framed by a garland of alternating red and white complex canes. Star-cut clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 3"
$2,500—3,000
48 Antique Baccarat two-flower clematis bouquet with millefiori garland paperweight. A double-tiered purple 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 white stardust canes and red cog canes encircles the design. Star-cut clear ground. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$2,000—3,000
49 Rare antique Pantin black cherries on a branch paperweight. Five dark purple cherries hang in a scrumptious cluster on thin yellow stems from a blushing yellow branch adorned with five dark green leaves, all shimmering with air bubble dew. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $7,000—10,000
50 Very rare antique Saint Louis plums on a branch paperweight. Three dimensional purple plums ripen on green stems hanging from a slender golden branch adorned with five green leaves. Clear ground.
Diameter 3"
$2,500—3,000
51 Rare antique Saint Louis red grape cluster miniature faceted paperweight. A cluster of red grapes, with one light green vine leaf and one serrated leaf, grows from a spun beige branch. Clear ground. Three tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Fine condition.
Diameter 2"
$2,000—3,000
52 Antique Saint Louis cherries on a branch geometric faceted paperweight. Two outstanding plump crimson cherries hang from a bit of twig from which sprout three green leaves. Diamond-cut clear ground. Eight side facets and geometric faceting to the top multiplies the design into a bountiful fruit cluster. Good condition.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$1,000—1,500
53 Rare antique European millefiori butterfly paperweight. A butterfly, with large teardrop-shaped upper wings made of pink, white, yellow and green stardust canes and two smaller teardrop-shaped lower wings pink crimp-collared white stardust canes, has a translucent dark purple body and head, with a pair of yellow eyes and cobalt blue filament antennae and legs. Star-cut clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$2,500—3,000
54 Antique Saint Louis pear miniature paperweight. An amber-colored dimensional pear, with a green calyx and a short yellow stem, is draped in two green serrated leaves, over a clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 1 13/16"
$1,200—1,600
55 Antique Saint Louis fruit bouquet on latticinio basket paperweight. A bright green pear, a golden counterpart, three bright red cherries and a golden apple fan out on a carpet of serrated green leaves, over a double-swirl white latticinio basket. Good condition.
Diameter 2 3/8"
56 Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay with garland on upset muslin paperweight. A nosegay, with four millefiori flowers in white, blue, coral and apricot, grows nestled in four bright green leaves and stems. A millefiori garland composed of alternating cadmium yellow and blue complex canes surrounds the bouquet. White upset muslin.
Diameter 2 7/16"
$1,000—1,500
$500—800
57 Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay and garland over amber ground paperweight. Four contrasting millefiori, in red, white and blue, are packed tightly below three crenulated green leaves, flanked by two more green leaves and gathered stems. An alternating pink and green complex cane garland encircles the bouquet. Diamond-cut amber-stained ground. Good condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$450—600
58 Antique Clichy millefiori, rose and berry nosegay with garland paperweight. Two delicate pale pink and white rose canes flank a white stardust cane above a cluster of black berries and below a fan of pink petals and one yellow leaf. The resulting bouquet is gathered on stems with seven radial green leaves and encircled by a garland of bright blue cog canes, spaced by trios of red cogs, on a bed of white upset muslin over a layer of parallel latticinio rods. Clear ground. Internal flaws.
Diameter 2 13/16" $7,000—10,000
59 Attributed to antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay and holly leaves with torsade on sodden snow faceted paperweight. A carpet of textured white sodden snow, part of a series attributed to Saint Louis, is the resting place of gathered amber yellow branches of serrated dark green holly leaves that radiate around a blue and pink complex cane with a crown of four white complex canes. A tightly-coiled torsade in green and white ribbon, edged in amber yellow, surrounds the design. Six side facets, a ring of six top facets and one central top facet. Pictured on page 61 and discussed on page 148, figure 192, of Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows . Fair condition.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$1,500—2,000
60 Antique Clichy millefiori nosegay with rose miniature paperweight. A large white rose cane, with tiers of delicate petals sheathing a central green stamen cane, belongs to a fragrant bouquet, topped by a pair of pastry mold canes, one cobalt blue and the other white, spaced by ribbed leaves and perched on a thin stem with two more leaves. Clear ground.
Diameter 2 1/8"
$1,500—2,000
61 Uncommon antique New England Glass Company upright flower bouquet paperweight. A double-tiered purple flower, with a yellow swirling center, sits atop a bouquet of five radiating flowers in contrasting colors of cobalt blue, red, yellow, white and salmon pink, spaced by crenulated green leaves and pulled slightly downward into a shallow basket. A dew drop air bubble has fallen at the center of each flower and a few more are scattered about the bouquet. Double-swirl white latticinio basket over clear ground. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 11/16"
$1,200—1,600
62 Antique Saint Louis upright flower bouquet and white torsade faceted paperweight. A blue lampwork flower centers a triangular bouquet of three emerging flowers, in red, white and ochre, spaced by three millefiori buds and radial crenulated green leaves, all pulled down into a coarse stem, surrounded by a white spiral-encased white torsade, with two air ring inclusions. Eight side facets and all-over geometric faceting to top. Good condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$600—800
63 Unusual antique Baccarat upright bouquet miniature paperweight. An upright three dimensional bouquet has a dark red and white double wallflower at the center, with an air bubble core, cupped by five green leaves, above a tier of three spaced contrasting three-leaf pied flowers that space three contrasting millefiori buds in the lowest tier, all spaced by lush greenery. Clear ground. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 1/8"
$5,000—8,000
64 Antique Baccarat red and white upright bouquet and torsade paperweight. Two uncommon red furled flowers, each with a plethora of thin petals, sit at opposing sides of a sepal-sheathed yellow star cane bud and are spaced by white clematis blooms, each with a red bull’s-eye and white stardust cane center. The bouquet sits on a tuft of crenulated green leaves, pulled into stems that reach the center of a star-cut clear ground. A blue-encased white torsade encircles the base with two mercury rings.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$4,000—6,000
65 Rare antique Clichy pink, purple and white three-colored swirl paperweight. Moving inward in a counter-clockwise motion, ribbons of alternating white, purple and pink swirl toward a very large green-over-white crimp cane with a red, white and green-dotted white flower cog center. Clear ground. Excellent condition.
Diameter 2 7/8"
$2,500—3,000
66 Antique Clichy blue and white swirl miniature paperweight. Twenty-two cobalt blue ribbons alternate with twenty-two white ribbons and swirl outward in a counter-clockwise motion from a very large pink, green and white complex cane at the apex.
Diameter 1 11/16"
$2,000—3,000
67 Antique Silesian/Bohemian, attributed to Riesengebirge Josephinenhutte, pink and white swirl with spaced millefiori miniature paperweight. A large complex cane, in red, white and green, centers a spaced ring of contrasting complex canes, two of which are alike, all of which is pressed into a pink and white swirl cushion, over a clear ground.
Diameter 2 1/16"
$2,000—3,000
68 Antique Baccarat 1847 close packed millefiori, picture cane and Gridel silhouettes miniature paperweight. Gridel silhouette canes of a dog, monkey, rooster, horse and goat are joined by small daisy flower picture cane and are scattered among an assortment of colorful complex millefiori, including stars, shamrocks, leaves, honeycombs, trefoils, quatrefoils, rod bundles and whorls. White and colored upset muslin visible between the canes. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 2"
$2,000—3,000
70 Antique Silesian/Bohemian, attributed to Riesengebirge Josephinenhutte, spaced millefiori and silhouette crown paperweight. Boldly-colored millefiori canes, including two contrasting monkey silhouettes, form a circumpunct at the top of cascading radial ribbons that alternate in color combination between red and white, blue and white and plain white, to form a hollow crown cushion. Clear ground. Internal flaw.
Diameter 2 1/2"
69 Antique Clichy close packed millefiori and roses stave basket miniature paperweight. A prairie of pastry mold, stardust, truffle and moss canes, amongst others, is gathered into a charming burst of pink, blue, green, purple, yellow and white. Several rose canes, including rare green, yellow, red and white and iconic pink and green specimens, are sprinkled here and there. White and pink stave basket. Excellent condition.
Diameter 1 7/8"
$1,500—2,000
71 Antique Saint Louis two-colored crown miniature paperweight. Twisted ribbons of red and blue alternate with white latticinio ribbons and cascade into a cambered crown from a very large blue, white and yellow floret and cog complex cane at the apex. Hollow clear interior. “A Saint Louis specialty.” —The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights .
Diameter 2 1/8"
$1,800—2,000
$1,200—1,600
72 Rare antique Venetian 1845 scrambled millefiori and Franchini murrine paperweight. A fanciful assortment of brightly colored latticinio and aventurine ribbons, as well as some of the earliest examples of Franchini canes, including the portrait of a woman with roses in her hair, a gondola, a draughtsboard, a rose within a ribbon-tied wreath, an anthropomorphic sun, a long-stemmed rose, an 1845 date cane, a GBF (Giovanni Battista Franchini) signature cane and a FA initials cane, contribute to the intrigue of this exceptional and historical example of Italian paperweight design. Fine condition and typical internal flaws.
Diameter 3" $18,000—22,000
73 Antique Venetian scrambled end-of-day millefiori and aventurine paperweight. Segments of blue, red and white torsade canes are strewn in between bits of complex canes with pink filament collars, over a cushion of pink and white filigree, augmented by patches of copper-colored aventurine. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 9/16"
$700—1,000
74 Antique Clichy end-of-day scrambled millefiori and roses paperweight. Whole and partial millefiori, a few on their side, include bull’s-eyes, crosses, cogs, an iconic pink and green rose, a very rare green rose, an uncommon white and pink rose, 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 2 7/8"
75 Antique Saint Louis end-of-day scrambled millefiori with silhouettes paperweight. A vibrant array of whole and partial canes, filigree and latticinio segments are scrambled together to form a rich cushion. A dog silhouette cane near the center of the design is on the hunt for a furtive turkey silhouette cane on the run in the opposite direction.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$600—800
$800—1,000
76 Rare antique Clichy patterned close concentric millefiori and roses in a stave basket miniature paperweight. No less than forty individual roses are spaced into a concentric millefiori pattern with four rings of various white star bundle canes, all homing in on an aggregate central red, white, blue and green star complex cane, derived from the colors of its other star bundle counterparts. The roses are in three different styles of pink petals, with green sepals, and one style of white petals, alternating between red and blue cores, creating a stunning, impressive and mesmerizing design. Clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 1 3/4"
$7,000—10,000
77 Antique Bohemian Harrach Glassworks spaced millefiori and silhouettes miniature faceted paperweight. Assorted colorful complex canes and silhouettes, including an eagle cane and a monkey and horse combination cane, are scattered in a spaced concentric pattern across a cushion of white upset muslin, which contains a few embedded pieces of colorful twists. Five and one facets. Good condition.
Diameter 2"
$4,000—5,000
78 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and roses stave basket miniature paperweight. A ring of ten iconic pink and green rose canes in alternation with ten white rose canes, with green centers, sits atop a ring of green moss canes at the periphery of a cambered concentric design of cogs in red, green, purple and white. White stave basket.
Diameter 1 13/16"
$3,500—5,000
80 Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. A green, red and white cross cane is ringed by red and white hollow rods, blue and red cogs, two rings of complex canes, a ring of white sawmill cogs and an outer ring of red complex cogs, pulled downward into a pink stave basket.
Diameter 2 1/16"
79 Antique Baccarat concentric millefiori and rose miniature paperweight. A delicate and lush central rose cane is encircled by a ring of green complex cogs and a border garland of white edelweiss canes spaced by two pink complex cogs. Rare opaque cobalt blue ground. A rare “Clichy-look-alike” design, see pages 40 and 45 of Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty for more details. Excellent condition.
Diameter 1 7/8"
$1,000—1,500
$1,500—2,000
81 Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. Three concentric rings of white floret-centered cog canes, in green, white and blue, form the outer tiers around two more inner rings of complex canes and a large red, white, green and blue complex cane at the apex. The outer ring is pulled down into a blue stave basket. Fine condition.
Diameter 2"
$1,000—1,500
82 Antique Clichy spaced millefiori and roses miniature paperweight. A very large iconic pink and green rose cane is surrounded by a spaced ring of assorted complex millefiori, including a white and red rose cane. Clear ground.
Diameter 1 11/16"
$1,000—1,500
83 Antique Clichy spaced millefiori and roses miniature paperweight. A very large white and green rose cane is surrounded by a spaced ring of assorted complex millefiori, including an iconic pink and white rose cane. Clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 1 3/4"
84 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori and roses miniature paperweight. A light blue and white pastry mold cane centers a ring of red and white pastry molds, inside a border garland of very rare purple and white rose canes, spaced by pairs of green pastry molds. Clear ground. Good condition.
Diameter 1 3/4"
$500—800
$700—1,000
85 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori and roses miniature paperweight. Pairs of green-centered white roses are linked by red and white pastry molds to form a border garland around a ring of pink complex cogs and a central moss and floret cane. Clear ground.
Diameter 1 3/4"
$500—800
86 Excellent antique Clichy purple and white millefiori chequer with roses and signature cane paperweight. Twenty-two complex canes of various types, including an iconic pink and green rose, a white and green rose, a complex cane of eight miniature Clichy roses and a signature cane, are divided by short segments of unusual white and purple latticinio, resting on concentric segments of white latticinio, over a faint white swirl latticinio base. Clear ground. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2011 49th Auction as lot 28. Internal flaw.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$5,000—8,000
87 Rare antique Clichy barber pole millefiori chequer with roses paperweight. A beautiful trademark pink and green rose rests at the center of two concentric rings of diverse millefiori bundles, pastry molds, ruffles and cogs, including an uncommon pink and white rose. Cables of cobalt blue and white latticinio, over parallel strips of white latticinio, divide the millefiori rings. This design departs from the traditional white chequer pattern with colorful blue and white filament twist for a bolder and richer effect. A similar example is pictured in Antique French Paperweights, page 112, figure C209.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$4,000—6,000
88 Antique Clichy millefiori and rose chequer faceted paperweight. Two immaculately spaced rings of assorted millefiori canes surround a large central iconic pink and green Clichy rose cane. Each of the canes is defined by segments of latticinio in the traditional chequer style. The design is enhanced by a complex faceting, unique to Clichy, with five side facets, alternating with five vertical flutes, and a top facet. Good condition.
Diameter 3 1/4"
$2,500—4,000
89 Antique Russian close concentric millefiori stave basket paperweight. Four close concentric rings of millefiori, alternating between white and pink canes and green and white canes, home in on a ring of white-rimmed cog bundle canes, an inner ring of dark red-lined cog bundle canes, around a lone white-rimmed cog bundle cane at the apex. The outermost ring is pulled inward into a stave basket. Star-cut clear ground. For a similar example, see image 120 on page 94 of A Symphony of Glass: Paperweights From The Ellis Collection Book
Diameter 3 3/16"
$2,500—4,000
90 Antique Gillinder close concentric millefiori in stave basket faceted paperweight. A hollow white tube and cog cane is surrounded by a ring of hollow pink cogs with wispy filament centers, followed by rings of hollow ruffle canes in various colors, then a ring of hollow white cogs with yellow filaments and a final ring of hollow pink cogs, pulled downward into a stave basket. Six and one facets. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$1,600—2,000
91 Rare antique Saint-Mandé pair of endof-day scrambled millefiori blue vases. Whole and partial canes, including a pink rose with a yellow core, are gathered together into colorful cushions, over a clear ground, at the base of two transparent blue vases, each with a flared neck that gives way to a thin white latticinio torsade. Good condition and internal flaw.
Diameters 2 3/16 - 5/16"
Heights 5 - 5 1/8"
$3,500—5,000
92 Rare antique Silesian/Bohemian Josephinenhutte scattered millefiori and silhouette overlay faceted vessel. A horse silhouette cane rests among other assorted complex canes, all of which are scattered on a cushion of white upset muslin with bits of colorful filigree, within a paperweight base for a cobalt blue-over-white double overlay flared vessel, with eight elongated round facets. Internal flaws.
Diameter 2 11/16"
Height 4 1/4"
$2,500—3,000
93 Spectacular, fine and extremely rare antique Karlsthal millefiori chequer scent bottle and vermeil stopper. Spaced millefiori, including distinct floret bundle canes and arrowhead flower canes in red, white, blue and green, fill the voids of a chequered pattern of fine green, yellow and white latticinio segments, which is supported by an underlayer of twisted green, yellow and white ribbons. The design extends the entirety of a flared rectangular scent bottle, with concave front and back sides and with a pointed neck leading to a decorated hinged gilded silver, vermeil, stopper. For more information about the Karlsthal glassworks, see Classic Paperweights from Silesia/Bohemia, page 42. Fine condition.
Height 3 3/4", depth 3/4", width 1 5/16" $3,000—4,000
94 Rare antique Clichy rose, pansy and cherub sulphide fancy-cut scent bottle and stopper. A white sulphide of a chubby cherub nestled in a bouquet with a pansy stem and a rose stem, possibly representing sentiment between France and England, is pressed in a clear disc on the surface of a clear vessel, shaped in the “fleur de lys”. Diamond-cutting to the side, back and foot, below a similarly-cut stopper. Engraved “47” on the foot. Fine condition.
Height 5 1/8", width 2 3/8", depth 1 9/16"
$2,000—2,500
95 Antique Venetian “Vichy” and portrait canes scent bottle. A notable “Vichy” word cane joins the six portrait canes of Pope Pius IX, Garibaldi, Macini, Cavour and Victor Emanuel, amidst swirls of gold aventurine and colored glass, in green, blue, magenta and white. Black ridged top, accented with gold aventurine. Unknown Venetian manufacturer, mid-to-late 19th century. A similar example sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Spring 2003 30th Auction as lot 88. Diameter 1", height 2 7/8"
$1,600—2,000
96 Antique Saint Louis 1847 close concentric millefiori with dancing ladies silhouette paperweight. A white cog has a pair of dancing ladies in white over translucent cobalt blue at the center, which is then ringed by six close concentric rings of contrasting complex canes, including florets, crosses, swirls, cogs and squares, in pink, white, green and blue. The outer ring is pulled downward into a pistachio green stave basket. Backwards signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 3/16"
$5,000—6,000
97 Rare antique Saint Louis 1848 dancing couple silhouette, devils and close concentric millefiori paperweight. A central silhouette cog cane of a dancing couple, is encircled by a concentric ring of seven yellow, pink and white dancing devil canes, followed by four concentric rings of cane bundles, sawmill cogs and floret bundles in pink, white, blue and yellow. The animated design sits in a staves basket of cobalt blue-lined white rods. Signature/date cane. “Silhouette canes are those whose cross-sections bear the likeness of minute animals, plants or human figures in profile. These canes, simplistic renderings of reality, are whimsical reminders of childhood, and they boldly stand out among the other close packed and abstractly designed millefiori canes.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Saint Louis. Excellent condition.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$3,500—5,000
98 Rare antique Saint Louis dancing devil silhouette and close concentric millefiori with signature cane paperweight. Five concentric rings of detailed and complex canes, including florets, fortresses and cogs in pink, yellow, green, red, white and blue, encircle a large white and purple silhouette cane, depicting a single dancing devil. The outermost ring is pulled down into a red stave basket. The enigmatic devil silhouette canes are found only in the paperweights of Saint Louis and Bohemian factories. Signature cane. Good condition.
Diameter 3 1/8"
$2,500—4,000
99 Extremely rare New England Glass Company close concentric millefiori and silhouettes paperweight. A seldom seen silhouette of a horse and rider appears not only in a large complex black and white cane at the center of a pink and blue concentric design, but also three more times in alternation with four eagle silhouettes in the outer ring, spaced by green complex cog canes. Clear ground. Polished pontil scar.
Diameter 2 1/2"
100 Antique Saint-Mandé concentric millefiori and roses paperweight. Six large pink, white and green rose canes form a ring around a white and blue star bundle cane, and are encircled by blue and white star bundle canes spaced by transparent green-collared white star canes. Clear ground.
Diameter 2 3/8"
$1,200—1,600
$1,200—1,600
101 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and roses stave basket paperweight. An iconic pink and green rose cane centers a concentric design with six rings of contrasting canes, one of eight pink and green rose canes in alternation with cobalt blue complex canes, two of green, white and red pastry mold canes, one of white floret canes and the outer two rings of alternating contrasting complex canes. A white and cerulean blue stave basket holds the cambered design. Clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 13/16"
$3,000—4,000
102 Unusual antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori stave basket paperweight. A very large complex collared ogee-tipped cane is encircled by three rings of large canes, including 28-point cogs and cadmium yellow, blue and white fortress pastry mold combo cogs, sitting as a cambered cushion in a pink and white fortress cane stave basket. Clear ground. Fine condition and internal flaws.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$1,400—1,800
103 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 a moss cane, in shades of green, blue, pink, red and yellow. White upset muslin ground, above a layer of parallel white latticinio staves. Internal flaw.
Diameter 2 13/16"
$1,500—2,000
104 Rare antique Baccarat four-flower bouquet with “thousand petal” pink rose paperweight. A lush pink “thousand petal” rose blooms at the heart of a formal bouquet and is haloed by a blue and white primrose, a Type III pansy and an uncommon spotted yellow wheatflower, each of which is centered by a white stardust and red bull’s-eye cane. Two intertwined stems, a blue bud, a red bud and a scattering of green leaves complete the bouquet. Clear ground. “Large multifloral bouquets were a specialty of Baccarat and displayed the highest degree of skill in lampwork, and millefiori techniques.” —Baccarat Paperweights and Related Glass: 1820-1860. For similar examples, see Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows, page 75, figure 64, and Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty, page 104, figure 338.
Diameter 3"
$7,000—10,000
105 Rare antique Saint Louis flat floral and berry bouquet paperweight. A large triple-tiered cobalt blue dahlia, with a cadmium yellow, blue and white cog complex cane center, is surrounded by several assorted lampwork flowers, including a small fuchsia and berries, in shades of blue, red, amber and white, which forms an elegant radial bouquet with gathered stems and green leaves. Clear ground.
Diameter 3 1/16"
$6,000—8,000
106 Unusual Baccarat three-colored pink, amethyst and blue pompon with millefiori garland paperweight. A beautiful pompon flower, with tiers of C-shaped petals in a surprising and unusual combination of salmon-pink, cobalt blue and pale purple, has a yellow and white stardust cane center and a halo of five crenulated green leaves. It is joined by a lovely blue companion bud below, sharing a curving stem with three more leaves. A garland of alternating white and green canes borders the design. Star-cut clear ground. A similar example sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 1996 15th Auction as lot 66.
Diameter 3"
$2,000—3,000
107 Rare antique New England Glass Company millefiori pompon faceted paperweight. A pretty and lush pompon flower radiates like the sun with two tiers of concentric orange-cored yellow cog canes, spun around a central red-cored yellow cog, haloed by five green leaves and sitting atop short stems. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion over clear ground. Four side facets, spaced by pairs of stacked facets, and quatrefoil facet to top. Good condition.
Diameter 2 3/4"
$1,400—1,600
108 Antique Saint Louis pompon and bud miniature paperweight. A pretty white pompon, with diaphanous outer petals and a golden rod cane center, is framed by a companion bud and two spaced leaves, an additional two leaves flanking a slightly bending stem. Double-swirl pink latticinio cushion over clear ground. Good condition.
Diameter 1 7/8"
$700—1,000
Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company blue poinsettia and Lutz rose paperweight. A fine white and green rose cane from Nicholas Lutz, with a translucent pink core, sits at the center of two tiers of six cobalt blue petals each to create a dew-dotted poinsettia blossom, crowned by three serrated leaves and sitting atop a stem flanked by two more leaves. Clear ground.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$800—1,000
Rare antique New England Glass Company pair of yellow poinsettia flowers paperweight. Two double-tiered yellow poinsettia, rare in color and as a pair, sit atop crossed stems shared by three green leaves, studded with rows of tiny bubbles between crimped veins. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion over clear ground. Fine condition.
Diameter 2 15/16"
$700—1,000
111 Antique Boston & Sandwich Company two-colored double poinsettia paperweight. Five light blue pointed petals radiate around a central white grid cane, encircled by tiny pink star canes, and are spaced by a second tier of red petals, each dotted with an air bubble dew drop, to form a stunning poinsettia bloom, supported by a tapered stem and two serrated green leaves. Clear ground.
Diameter 3"
$600—800
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112 Antique Saint Louis pansy on latticinio faceted paperweight. A navy blue and amber pansy, with a blue cog cane center, perches on a stem flanked by two crenulated green leaves with one more leaf peering from behind, atop a double-swirl white latticinio cushion. Clear ground. Six and one facets. Good condition.
Diameter 3 3/16"
113 Antique Saint Louis pink pelargonium miniature paperweight. Five rounded pink petals, alternating with pointed green sepals, surround a yellow and black center to form a lovely pelargonium bloom that grows on a thin stem with two opposing striped bladed leaves. Clear ground.
Diameter 1 15/16"
$1,800—2,000
114 Antique Saint Louis blue clematis amber ground miniature faceted paperweight. A double-tiered cobalt blue clematis has a yellow match head center, a trailing green stem and two serrated green leaves. Transparent amber ground. Five and one facets. Fine condition.
Diameter 1 3/4"
$1,000—1,500
$1,500—2,000
115 Antique Baccarat red and white clematis buds paperweight. Five symmetrically spaced clematis buds, with variegated petals, grow from crossed stems with four long green leaves. Notably, the two lower buds are red and partially open, the upper two white and also in the process of blooming and, remarkably, the central one at the apex of the design, is tightly shut and red. Star-cut clear ground.
Diameter 3"
$600—800
Detail of Lots 1, 4, 7, 12, 38, 43 & 93
Lot 1 – page 2
Lot 12 – page 9
Lot 38 – page 20
Lot 4 – page 4
Lot 38 – page 20
Lot 43 – page 23
Lot 7 – page 6
Lot 38 – page 20
Lot 93 – page 42
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Internal flaws, including annealing cracks, will be mentioned separately.
Payment
Successful bidders will be invoiced at the auction’s close. Unsuccessful bidders will not be contacted. Successful bidders must pay, in U.S. dollars, the full amount of the hammer price, the Buyer’s Premium calculated on the hammer price, all shipping fees and all applicable taxes. Payment is due upon receipt of the invoice and a 2% per month penalty on monies owed will be charged after 15 days. Split payments and payment plans are not accepted without prior approval, at the sole discretion L.H. Selman Ltd. A Buyer’s Premium of 20% will be applied to all forms of payment and an additional 3% will be applied to the total invoice as a processing fee for debit and credit card payments. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards, checks, cash, Zelle QuickPay and bank wire transfer payments. Bank wire transfer fees are the responsibility of the buyer. No other forms of payment are accepted. All checks must be drawn from a U.S. bank and mailed to PO Box 1732, North Riverside, IL 60546. Purchases will not be shipped to the buyer until full payment is received.
Shipping
Orders are shipped using USPS Priority Mail, with Signature Confirmation required for delivery, once full payment is received. Alternate shipping methods are available and will be billed at cost, if requested by the buyer. Tracking information will be provided. Domestic items are shipped at a charge of $15 for the first paperweight and $5 for each additional paperweight in the same shipment. For shipments to Canada, the cost will be $45 plus $5 for each additional paperweight. For shipments to other international destinations, the cost will be $75 plus $5 for each additional paperweight. Price of shipping and insurance for over-sized items will vary according to size and weight. Buyers are responsible for providing a correct shipping address to L.H. Selman Ltd. and assume responsibility for undeliverable packages. Buyers are responsible for any additional fees required to take possession of the package.
Return Policy
Upon the close of each lot, purchase is understood to be final. The buyer must notify L.H. Selman Ltd. of any discrepancy within 48 hours of receipt. All items have been carefully selected and described, but if you feel that a lot has been misrepresented, requests for return will be handled on an individual basis. Returned merchandise will not be accepted without prior approval. In no event will L.H. Selman Ltd. incur liability beyond the purchase price of an individual lot.
Guarantee
All lots are sold on an “as is” basis. L.H. Selman Ltd. makes every effort to describe each lot with complete accuracy and accepts responsibility for the authenticity of the items offered for auction. Photographs are provided for the guidance of the buyer. If you have any questions, please call L.H. Selman Ltd.
