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Lot 230
Whitefriars 1976 eagle millefiori paperweight with
a central micro-mosaic eagle cane in green and white, surrounded
by three similar canes on a bed of five concentric green and
white and blue and white canes. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 1/8". $400-600 |
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Lot 231
Whitefriars 1978 millefiori butterfly paperweight
with large millefiori butterfly made entirely of canes, encircled
by a pentafoil garland of blue and white canes on a cobalt blue
ground; five and one faceting. Signature/date cane. (See, p 152,
Old English Paperweights.)
Diameter 3 1/8". $400-600 |
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Lot 232
Whitefriars 1974 close concentric carpet ground paperweight
with a cluster of seven multi-colored central canes in blue,
red, green, yellow, white, and aquamarine. These are surrounded
by a circle cushion of aquamarine green millefiori, and edged
with bundles of red-blue-white (creating the illusion of purple)
canes. Signature/date cane.
Diameter 3 1/8". $350-450 |
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Lot 233
Whitefriars concentric millefiori paperweight in shades
of yellow, green, blue, pink and white, surrounding a central
lobed-star black and white cane; five and one facets.
Diameter 3 1/16". $300-350 |
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Lot 234
Whitefriars/Caithness Glass 1982 Christmas tree paperweight.
A cog cane tree, with pastry mold and floret ornaments, trunk
and pot, is surrounded by a circle of blue and white canes on
a cranberry red ground, with six and one faceting; signature/date
cane on bottom.
Diameter 2 13/16". $400-600 |
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Lot 235
Whitefriars close concentric millefiori paperweight
in green, aqua, pink, teal, purple and white; 1978 signature/date
cane. Five and one facets. "The 1970s, with the designs
of Geoffrey Baxter, brought Whitefriars to the forefront of paperweight
making, and in the following years they produced Christmas and
limited edition paperweights and inkwells that were the match
of any modern paperweight of the day. Many of the designs were
inspired by the craftsmanship of Ray Annenberg. Ray made the
canes and was a paperweight maker with Whitefriars until the
firm closed due to insufficient orders in 1980." -Old
English Paperweights.
Diameter 3 1/16". $325-400 |