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October 13, 2000

Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 18 Clichy trefoil garland paperweight, composed of magenta and grass green floret canes encircling a large central pink and green rose. The looping garland meanders around six complex pastry mold canes, in bold pink, royal blue, turquoise and white, on clear ground. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $2750 - 3500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 19 Clichy bold-faced pansy paperweight. With two crowning purple upper petals, and three lower petals in yellow and purple. A closed purple bud hangs to the right. The middle lower petal displays the indent that was a Clichy trademark, and the realistic green leaves and stem are arranged three-dimensionally on clear ground. In nineteenth-century flower language the pansy symbolized tender thoughts and friendship. Diameter 2 3/4". Estimate: $5500 - 7000
Click on the image to enlarge Click here for another view	Lot 20 Clichy faceted cinquefoil paperweight.The simplicity and airiness of the composition is belied by the complexity of each cane. The garland has lapis blue pastry mold canes alternating with pink and white bull's-eye canes, with cross cane centers. As it winds around the clear ground it frames a central green and white complex cane. The five facets and vertical flutes seem to multiply this arrangement. Diameter 3 1/8" Estimate: $1600 - 1900
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 21 Clichy chequer paperweight with scattered complex millefiori, including a central pink and green rose, divided by strips of white latticinio. "However, usually, the very large florets, including fine Clichy roses in various colors, stand out rich and bold against the white filigree, the ground's opacity reinforced by parallel filigree rods placed beneath it."-The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 2 7/8". Estimate: $3000 - 3750
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 22 Clichy scrambled millefiori paperweight with whole and partial complex canes in pink, moss green, cobalt blue, aqua, yellow, and including one white rose cane. "The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most." -John Ruskin (1819-1900), from The Stones of Venice. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $2000 - 3000
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 23 Clichy faceted spaced concentric millefiori paperweight with a blue, red and white center cane encircled by a ring of eight pink and green roses on clear ground. The geometric faceting creates drama in this small artwork. Diameter 2 5/8". Estimate: $1500 - 2500