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Lot 71
American antique New England Glass Company crown paperweight.
A bright and lively composition, with alternating ribbons of
latticinio in red, blue, green, chartreuse and pink, radiating
from a complex cane center.
Diameter 2 5/16". $1500-2000 |
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Lot 72
American antique New England Glass Company concentric
paperweight containing patterned millefiori, set upon a white
latticinio background. A quatrefoil cut on the top, with crow's-foot
cutting, and unusual merged printies around the side of the paperweight,
all accentuate the complex cog and star canes in rose, white,
blue, and yellow.
Diameter 2 13/16". $1000-1300 |
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Lot 73
American antique Millville glass toothpick holder.
A shot glass-shaped cup, with a lip of white glass, perches above
a rounded base containing a multi-colored crimped umbrella design.
The whole sculpture sits on top of a clear foot. This American
glass factory was best known for its inkwells, frit weights,
and presentation weights depicting scenes. Minor scratches on
surface and base. (See, p 39, All About Paperweights).
Height 5 1/2"; Width of base 2 7/8". $1100-2000 |
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Lot 74
American antique Millville umbrella pedestal paperweight,
with a blue, red, pink, yellow, aqua, gold and white umbrella
design over a clear, footed pedestal.
Height 5 1/4". $900-1800 |
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Lot 75
American antique New England Glass Company patterned complex
millefiori paperweight, including one ring of dark blue and
white running rabbit silhouette canes, over swirling white latticinio.
While the canes have spread out in the pattern, several of the
silhouettes are still very sharp, and exhibit the prolific motif
of the NEGC. (See, p 112, The Art of the Paperweight: The Boston
& Sandwich and New England Glass Companies.)
Diameter 2 7/16". $600-750 |
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Lot 76
American antique New England Glass Company double clematis
paperweight with a double tier of ridged fuschia petals around
a star cane, on a stalk with emerald leaves and a bud atop a
white double-swirl latticinio ground. Minor chips in the base.
"…The language of flowers occupied an important
place in the hearts of that era's high society, …and the
immigrating glassworkers carried its influence on paperweight
design to America.… Clematis weights produced at Baccarat
and Saint Louis undoubtedly inspired the American version."
-The Art of the Paperweight: The Boston & Sandwich and New
England Glass Companies.
Diameter 2 3/4". $800-1100 |
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Lot 77
Edward Rithner candy cane paperweight, c. 1940's,
containing twisted color canes of red, green and blue set on
an opaque white frit background. "Some Rithner weights
contain multistriped candy canes so real in appearance to be
almost 'tasted' when viewed. These canes Ed designed and pulled
himself by a very ingenious method." -American Glass
Paperweights and Their Makers.
Diameter 2 7/8". $300-500 |