2 8 6 . Saint Louis 19 9 2 Sarah carpet ground weight with a sea o f complex pink and white complex star/cog canes arranged to form a curved cushion that gradually magnifies the canes so they appear larger at the periphery of the design. Signature/date cane. Limited edition o f 300. (See The Art o f the Paperweight— Saint Louis [revised editio n], A n nu al Limited Editions section) Diameter 3 V16". $ 8 0 0 -12 0 0 287. Saint Louis 19 9 6 Serpentine millefiori weight. Wavy stripes of complex cog, star and quatrefoil canes, in pink, cerulean blue, lime and white decorate an opaque white ground in this layered compound design. Signature/date cane. Limited edition o f 200. (See The Art o f the Paper weight— Saint Louis [revised edition], Annual Limited Editions section) Diameter 3 3/i6M. $ 110 0 -13 0 0 288. Saint Louis 19 7 3 white millefiori fantasy flower weight, the flower, with yellow, ruby and white ruffled m illefiori petals, around a signature/date cane center, on a stalk with a white bud and green leaves, over an opaque chartreuse ground. Limited edition o f 800. (See The Art of the Paperweight— Saint Louis, p. 85; The Art o f the Paperweight— Saint Louis [revised edition], Annual Limited Editions section) Diameter 3 5/i6v. $ 2 7 5 -4 0 0 289. Early Saint Louis cherries on latticinio weight containing six ruby cherries, on stems with green leaves, nestled on a white double-swirl latti cinio ground. “ The first attempts were difficult and often disappointing, but the glassmakers became enthusiastic about this strange q u est.5 One o f them, Paul Gossman, demonstrated particular zeal. He never stopped trying. Due to his youth and his persistence, he was clever enough to make an old retired glassm aker speak. The man was Louis Lutz, known for his
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high degree o f confidence, maybe even a relative o f Nicholas Lutz. At the end o f a day when he had almost been successful m aking a wonderful piece, he went to see the old man and told him about his difficulties. Little by little the miracle took place: the young glassworker’s problems kindled the old m ans m em ory and day after day he divulged secrets that he, him self, had all but forgotten. What a charming thought, that the rebirth o f the exacting work should come from the friendship an old man had for a young one!” — The Art of the Paperweight— Saint Louis [revised edition]. From the Winters collection. Diameter 3 Vs". $ 8 0 0 -12 0 0 290. Saint Louis 19 8 4 plums weight with four dark blue fruits, on stems attached to a branch with emerald green leaves, over an opaque white ground. Limited edition o f 250. (See The Art o f the Paperweight— Saint Louis [revised edition], Annual Limited Editions section) From the W in ters collection. Diameter 3". $ 4 0 0 -6 0 0 2 9 1. Saint Louis 19 7 7 upright bouquet weight with seven lampwork flowers, in turquoise, chartreuse, ruby, orange, cobalt blue and white, with complex millefiori trefoil centers, arranged on a bed o f green leaves inside a white double-swirl latticinio basket, with a pink and white spiral filigree torsade. Signature/date cane in the center o f one o f the flowers. Limited edition o f 450. (See The Art o f the Paperweight— Saint Louis [revised edi tion], Annual Limited Editions section) Diameter 3". $ 3 5 0 -5 0 0 292. Saint Louis 19 7 0 ruby clematis weight, the flower, with a double tier o f petals surrounding a yellow and white signature/date cane, on a stalk with a ruby bud and green leaves over a dark translucent royal blue ground. Six and one faceting. Limited edition o f 800. This design was pro duced in the first year that Saint Louis began to make annual limited edi-
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