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256. D’Albret Jenny
Lind sulphide weight with a front-view cameo of the famous
soprano on a star-cut caramel ground. Eight and one faceting.
Acid etched with the factory’s insignia. Limited edition
of 410. "As with Baccarat and Saint Louis, Paul Jokelson
also encouraged Cristalleries et Verreries de Vianne of France
to begin producing paperweights. The glass factory, which was
founded in 1918 by Roger Witkind, began producing sulphide weights
under the name Cristalleries d’Albret."—All
About Paperweights.(See All About Paperweights,p.
49) Diameter 3 1/8". $80-120
257. Baccarat 1953 coronation
sulphide weight with a side-view cameo of Queen Elizabeth
II and Prince Philip, as sculpted by Gilbert Poillerat, on a
ruby ground in a crystal dome with six and one faceting. Signed
and dated. Limited edition of 1492. "Gilbert Poillerat was
an engraver, painter, sculptor and jewelry designer (for the
clothes designer Jacques Heim), known above all for his metalwork.
A graduate of the Ecole Boulle in Paris, he made iron and bronze
into mirrors, furniture and chandeliers, often using the theme
of the sun as his point of departure. His profoundly classical
art revived the tradition of baroque metalwork in the style of
grilles of Place Stanislas in Nancy… He was the first sculptor
to be taken on in 1952-1953 when Baccarat decided to relaunch
its paperweights. By 1955, Poillerat had designed twelve prototypes,
including portraits of the Marquis de La Feyette and Queen Elizabeth
II, as well as the twelve signs of the zodiac based on drawings
by Raphael."—Baccarat.(See The Art of the
Paperweight,pp. 122-123, 125-126; Baccarat,p. 291;
Collectors’ Paperweights Price Guide and Catalogue(1986),
p. 71) Diameter 2 13/16". $300-400
258. Baccarat 1959 Pope
Pius XII sulphide weight with a side-view cameo of the
Catholic leader praying, as sculpted by Albert David, on a translucent
garnet ground. Six and one faceting. Dated. Limited edition of
2157. Acid etched with the Baccarat insignia. (See Collectors’
Paperweights Price Guide and Catalogue(1978), p. 16) Diameter
2 3/4". $120-200
259. Baccarat
1954 Winston Churchill sulphide weight with a side-view
cameo of the English prime minister on a ruby ground inside a
crystal dome with six and one faceting. The sculptor Dora Maar,
well known as Picasso’s mistress, designed this piece. The
cameo mold was accidentally destroyed before the normal run was
completed and only 558 of these weights were produced. Signed
and dated. Diameter 2 3/4". $900-1200
260. Baccarat/Franklin
Mint 1975 Baron de Montesquieu sulphide weight containing
a front-view cameo of the French philosophical writer (1689-1755),
on a sunburst-cut, translucent garnet ground. Six and one faceting.
Acid etched with a special Baccarat/Franklin Mint insignia. Diameter
2 15/16". $80-100
261. Baccarat/Franklin
Mint 1975 Marquis de Lafayette sulphide weight containing
a front-view cameo of the French general and statesman (1757-1834);
who fought for the United States during the American Revolution,
on a sunburst-cut, translucent garnet ground. Six and one faceting.
Acid etched with a special Baccarat/Franklin Mint insignia. Diameter
2 15/16". $80-100
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