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October 13, 2000

Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 12 Saint Louis green carpet ground paperweight with a central cane cluster encircled by five silhouette canes, including a dog, dancing couple, dancing devil, a man and a woman. "Incorporation of these canes may also have occurred more or less simultaneously with that of their rival (Baccarat)... Whenever they first appeared... St. Louis silhouettes are home-grown designs with no indication of any outside influence."-The Glass Menagerie, John D. Hawley (1995). Diameter 2 15/16". Estimate: $10,000 - 12,000
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 13 Rare Baccarat red and white stardust carpet ground paperweight. A formal array of complex cog canes pop out of the ground in cobalt blue, salmon and lettuce green. Sharply detailed silhouettes include a butterfly, deer, horse, dog, rooster, elephant, pigeon and goat. "Carpets formed of sparkling white stardust canes make brilliant settings in which the colored canes stand out like gems."-Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows. Diameter 3". Estimate: $10,000 - 12,000
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 14 Baccarat scattered millefiori paperweight with a central complex shamrock cane, flower portrait canes, nine Gridel canes and an 1847 signature/date cane on upset muslin with twists. Diameter 3". Estimate: $3000 - 3500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 15 Baccarat interlaced trefoil garlands paperweight, with a complex center cane, encircled by a ring of canes, and two interlaced garlands on clear, star-cut ground, in an emerald green flash overlay, with top and side facets. Minor chips to overlay and facets. Diameter 2 3/4". Estimate: $2250 - 3500
Click on the image to enlarge Click here for another view	Lot 16 Baccarat interlaced trefoil garlands paperweight, held aloft in the crystal on a bed of muslin. The center cane has six-point white stars with red centers, divided by sections of arrow canes, encircled by a complex garland, and two interlaced trefoil garlands. Six and one facets. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $4500 - 5500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 17 Saint Louis dated concentric millefiori mushroom paperweight, the tuft composed of five rows of complex canes, around a central cane in ruby, salmon, chartreuse, royal blue, white and pale green. The stem extends downward to a star-cut ground, inside a blue and white lace filigree torsade. SL1848 signature/date cane. Provenance: from the Charles Gaylord collection. Diameter 3 1/16". Estimate: $3500 - 4500