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 Lot
9
Antique Bacchus close packed millefiori mushroom paperweight,
including star, flower and ruffle canes, encircled by a red and
white torsade. "The colors of Bacchus canes have been
described as 'pallid' and 'muted' pastels, but occasionally one
will be seen with deep blues and reds. The variety and complexity
of the canes and the arrangements more than make up for the lack
of color depth of the canes. Some very unusual colors have appeared
in several Bacchus paperweights, including pale fluorescent green,
lilacs and lavenders, pistachio green, and pale yellow. The blending
of the pastel colors has been arranged very sympathetically in
most cases, with the colors gently drifting into and not contrasting
with their neighbors." -Old English Paperweights. [Sotheby's
New York, Jan. 1995, Sale #6656, "Important Paperweights
Property of the New-York Historical Society," Lot 200.]
Diameter 3 1/8". $6000-8000 |
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10
*Antique Bacchus concentric millefiori paperweight, the
clear glass set with three rows of large millefiori canes within
a stave basket of elongated white cogwheel canes lined in green;painted
in red enamel with accession number 1965.303. Chips and holes
in center of base. -See Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical
Society, p. 108, color plate 90.
Diameter 3 3/8". $5000-6500
-Provenance: The Sinclair Collection, New Hampshire
-Exhibited at The Albany Institute of History and Art, Dec. 1972
to March 1973; The Everson Museum of Art, April to June 1973,
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum, July to Sept. 1973; The Hudson
River Museum, Sept. 1972 to Dec. 1973; The Arnot Art Museum,
Dec. 1973 to Feb. 1974. |
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11
Antique Bacchus patterned millefiori paperweight, with
scattered pale green and white hollow canes, around six clusters
of pale green and white hollow canes, spaced on "sodden-snow"
ground, inside a blue-centered hollow white stave basket, in
another fine example of Bacchus' unique interpretation of a "thousand
flowers."
Diameter 3 1/4". $5000-8000 |
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