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Lot 84
John Degenhart window paperweight, in pale blue, with
red and yellow frit flowers; four side windows, and one top window.
"John Degenhart's glass-factory training included gathering
for the blow-shop and blowing. In 1916 he became a presser and
worked as head of a shop from that time until he left the Cambridge
Glass Company. ...After working (at Cambridge) for forty-six
years, John Degenhart decided to open his own factory... under
the name 'Crystal Art Glass Company.'" -American Glass
Paperweights and Their Makers.
Diameter 2 11/16"; Height 3 1/8". $500-700 |
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Lot 85
John Degenhart window paperweight in blue flash overlay
with yellow and white frit flower. Four side windows, one top
window. "The brothers' experimentation led to the production
of some paperweights incorporating novel techniques and ideas.
...(The) brothers' most spectacular creation-six-sided encased
blocks that became known as window weights." -Paperweight
News, (Vol. XIV, No. 2).
Diameter 2 1/4"; Height 2 13/16". $500-700 |
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Lot 86
Czechoslovakian fantasy flower paperweight containing
four red and white trumpet flowers on clear stems, rising from
a white frit cushion surrounded by a three-stranded white garland.
Multi-faceting creates an egg-shape effect.
Diameter 3 1/8"; Height 3 1/2". $200-300 |
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Lot 87
Unusual Degenhart painted plaque paperweight. A hand-painted
tile of the Liberty Bell, an eagle, and two American flags inscribed,
"Sesqui Centennial, Liberty, 1776, Phila, Pa. 1926";
on a bed of multi-colored chips of glass in orange, pink, aquamarine,
yellow, and lavender, over a second bed of smaller multi-colored
chips of similar colors. This is likely the collaborative work
of John and his brother Charles, who spent time "after-hours"
at Cambridge Glass Company producing glass paperweights. Diameter
3 1/4". $150-350 |
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Lot 88
Milville Friendship frit paperweight, with two hands
shaking over a bow-tied garland of leaves, with the inscription
"To My Friend" on a cobalt blue ground. Chip in base.
Diameter 3 5/16". $400-500 |
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Lot 89
Milville frit paperweight, picturing a white-gabled
farmhouse with a yard and trees, inscribed "Home Sweet Home"
on a dark amber ground.
Diameter 3 1/4". $400-500 |