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102. Whitefriars-type tricolor
close concentric millefiori weight with alternating circlets
of red and white, and blue and white ruffle canes, around a large
central ruffle. Cullet in the dome. (See Old English Paperweights,p.
176) Diameter 3 5/16". $400-600
103. Very nice English
close concentric millefiori weight, possibly Bacchus,
with circlets of complex cog, quatrefoil and ruffle canes, in
pale sky blue, cobalt blue, pink, ruby and white, around a central
quatrefoil cane. The central cane in this design is often found
in Bacchus weights. (See Old English Paperweights,pp.
174, 179) Diameter 3 1/4". $900-1200
104. Whitefriars/H.
G. Richardson Ltd. footed concentric millefiori weight containing
circlets of complex lime, lake red, pink, cobalt blue, yellow
and white cog and quatrefoil canes, around a central cobalt blue
and white cog cane. This piece is identified as a product of
H. G. Richardson because of its very fine cane work. The footed
dome is also a characteristic of many Richardson weights. "The
skills in cane sizing and dexterity demonstrated by the cane
sizers are quite remarkable. The use of small canes is similar
to the modern styles of Baccarat and Saint Louis."—Old
English Paperweights.(See Old English Paperweights,pp.
84-92) Diameter 3 7/16". $700-1000
105. English
close packed millefiori weight with 21 Queen Victoria silhouettes,
origin unknown. A large central turquoise, Persian blue,
white and ruby cog cane is encircled by a chain of 14 Queen Victoria
silhouettes inside a close packed arrangement of cog canes, ruffle
canes, Victoria silhouettes and trefoil canes, in pink, turquoise,
cobalt blue, ruby and white. The exterior of the design is decorated
with a border of white cogs. Other designs of this type have
been attributed to Bacchus. Diameter 3 9/16". $600-900
106. Whitefriars
type/Walsh-Walsh concentric millefiori weight with
circlets of complex cog and quatrefoil canes, in pink, blue and
white, around a central complex cog cane. (See Old English
Paperweights,pp. 108-122) Diameter 3". $300-400
107. English
concentric millefiori weight, origin unknown, with complex
cog, star and ruffle canes, in pink, white and cobalt blue, around
a central ruffle. The design is decorated with a border garland
of turquoise rods. "This example, with the powder blue outer
row of canes, has open and ruffle canes that suggest it is from
the Bacchus factory; it may be an early weight from this glassworks.
It has a perfectly flat base with a rough pontil mark."—Old
English Paperweights.(See Old English Paperweights,p.
177) Diameter 2 7/8". $700-1000
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