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Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 196 Saint Louis currants paperweight with a cluster of red currants and green leaves growing from a slender branch, on opaque white ground; circular top facet. The cut of the facet suggests an elegant bowl, filled with the harvest of plump trompe l'oeil berries. 1992 signature/date cane. Diameter 2 1/2". Estimate: $200 - 250
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 197 Saint Louis red cherries with green leaves paperweight, informally arranged on a swirling white latticinio cushion; faceted. 1975 signature/date cane. The faceting again is employed to multiply the "freshly picked" fruits, and the latticinio adds delicacy to the composition. Limited edition of 450. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $450 - 600
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 198 Saint Louis blue topaz double clematis paperweight with central signature/date cane and green leaves on swirling white latticinio; six and one facets. The transparent quality of the petals, and laciness of the ground emphasizes delicacy. The clematis in all its reserved "mental beauty." Limited edition of 400. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $450 - 600
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 199 Saint Louis millefiori garlands paperweight, with alternating loops of white and blue canes around a complex center cane, on red ground. The loops swing around the central cane in a teardrop shape. The two colors stand out strongly on the tomato red of the ground, and appear to be spinning, as if they were a pinwheel prompted by a burst of air. 1973 signature/date cane. Limited edition of 400. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $450 - 550
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 200 Saint Louis Bicentennial commemorative American eagle sulphide paperweight, on cobalt blue ground; red-over-white double overlay with five and one facets. A dramatic composition: the eagle with fasces in its talons, alert and independent in its cobalt blue enclosure. The stately elegance of the paperweight suggests the richness of Federal-style design. Limited edition of 400 in 1976. Diameter 3 1/8". Estimate: $350 - 450
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 201 Saint Louis icy-pink carpet ground paperweight with six spaced clusters of complex millefiori and a 1972 signature/date cane; limited edition of 400. Diameter 3". Estimate: $350 - 450