perhaps this work represents a crossover between the two fac tories. See Identifying Antique Paperweights: M ille f o r i , p. 14. Diameter 3". $1700-2500 • 30. Antique Baccarat Légion D ’Honneur paperweight, with replica of the French Legion o f Honor medal in colored enamels on gold-foil. Established by Napoleon Bonaparte, for military and civil service, the Légion D H onneur is currently France’s premier order. Inscribed, “Bonaparte 1 consul 10 Mai 1802.” Diameter 2 5/8". $1000-1500 — Provenance: M aurice Lindon Coll. Part 1, Sotheby and Co.
London, 2 6 Feb. 1957, Lot 71; Christie’s N. Y. Sale 8728, 9/24/97, The Henry Stern Collection o f Antique Glass Paperweights, Lot 17 • 31. Antique Baccarat looped millefiori garland paper weight. The clear ground shows off the Baccarat canes like per fectly behaved doilies, and one can easily identify the arrow head motif in the center cluster. The pattern is linked in a reverse number 6 arrangement, to resemble a continuous loop. With its spare elegance, it is still worthy of a “letter-weight” connoisseur. Diameter 2 7/8". $650-1000
32. Antique Baccarat scramble paperweight, with a red and white bull’s-eye cane among segments of latticinio and filigree, in blue, red, green, yellow, coral and white. Diameter 3 1/8". $700-1000 33. Antique Baccarat purple and yellow pansy paperweight, with a purple and yellow bud, green leaves and stems, over clear ground. Diameter 2 3/8". $600-800 34. Antique Baccarat miniature white clematis paper weight, with two buds and five green leaves, on a star-cut base. Diameter 1 7/8". $1200-1600 • 35. Antique Baccarat sand dune paperweight, resembling termite mounds, with green mica specks. The premise that Baccarat created these “rock grounds” as proofs, seems logical. A French cristallerie with a royal reputation could hardly find this design compelling enough to call finished, yet it most like ly came from the apprentice glassblowers’ hands, created to present as evidence of growing skills. Diameter 3 3/16". $200-400
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