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Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 24 Clichy open concentric colorground millefiori paperweight. Composed of a central pastry mold cane in white and green with a pink flounce, encircled by a chain of complex floret canes in green, pink and white. The center is framed by a border garland containing six sets of pink and green roses; set on an opaque turquoise ground. "Coloring is warmer and richer than Baccarat and more decisive than Saint Louis. Clichy rose canes are numerous and may appear in variety and quantity in a single weight."-The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 2 1/4". Estimate: $2000 - 3000
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 25 Clichy spaced complex millefiori paperweight, with nineteen individual styles of typical Clichy canes in vibrant hues, set on clear ground. The colors include pale to salmon pink, moss green, turquoise, cobalt blue, purple, maroon and white, on clear ground. Includes one symmetrical white and green rose. Diameter 2 1/2". Estimate: $1300 - 1800
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 26 Clichy colorground paperweight. At the center, a snow white pastry mold cane anchors the four clusters of millefiori garlands in green, turquoise, pink, claret and white. Studded at points between the blooms of canes, is a smaller pastry mold cane in claret that seems to be just breaking through the surface of a luxurious purple opaque ground. Diameter 2 5/8" Estimate: $1500 - 2500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 27 Clichy miniature open concentric millefiori paperweight with a pomegranate, green and white cog cane center, encircled by two rings of complex canes on clear ground. Diameter 1 3/4". Estimate: $600 - 800
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 28 Clichy miniature scattered complex millefiori paperweight with a central pink and green rose, encircled by spaced pastry mold and cog canes on clear ground. "...(In) 1851, as the only French factory to show at the Crystal Palace in London, (Clichy) received international acclaim. It is suggested that Clichy glassworkers were hired by English firms to set up similar production lines because its glass was so highly regarded." -All About Paperweights. Diameter 1 3/4". Estimate: $1100 - 1500
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 29 Clichy scattered complex millefiori paperweight, including three pink and green roses, on clear ground. "Clichy presumably produced the greatest numbers of all French paperweights. A total of about 10,000 pieces seems realistic... After 1870 (and the Franco-Prussian War) no further paperweight production is known."-Paperweights of the World. Diameter 2 3/16". Estimate: $1400 - 1800
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 30 Clichy spaced concentric complex millefiori paperweight with a central green pastry mold cane, encircled by a ring of eight white and pink roses, on clear ground. Diameter 2 1/16". Estimate: $1000 - 1200