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Lot 56
Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori paperweight,
including a triple pink rose/shamrock complex cane.
Diameter 3 1/8". $2000-3000 |
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Lot 57
Very rare antique Baccarat dated 1848 stardust carpet
ground paperweight, with complex cog, star, shamrock, arrowhead
and cross canes, in coral, orange, yellow, plum, ruby and turquoise,
in a sea of red and white stardust canes. The piece includes
the Gridel silhouette canes of an elephant, two dogs, two moths,
a deer, a horse, a rooster, a pheasant and a goat. B1848 signature/date
cane. "Carpets formed of sparkling white stardust canes
make brilliant settings in which the colored canes stand out
like gems." -Paperweights: 'Flowers which clothe the
meadows', p. 115.
Diameter 2 7/8". $10,000-14,000 |
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Lot 58
Very rare antique Saint Louis close packed millefiori
paperweight. The distinctive cane designs nearly meet the
top of the low-dome, which was the style before the magnification
properties of crystal gained popularity. The millefiori include
unusual symmetrical clusters ("bleu dentata"canes so-called
for their toothy, grimacing appearance), cross canes, stardust,
hollow canes and, possibly, attempts at silhouette canes. These
close packed paperweights were made by rolling the surface of
the pontil ball of glass in the bed of canes to pick them up,
and because of this technique, some air bubbles appear between
canes. The millefiori are on top of a blue and white jasper ground,
that can only be seen from the bottom. Small chips and bruises
around edge.
Diameter 3 1/8". $4500-6000 |
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Lot 59
*Antique Baccarat dated 1848 scattered millefiori green
carpet ground paperweight, featuring a brightly colored assortment
of millefiori, including Gridel silhouettes of a rooster, dog,
butterfly, pigeon, horse, deer, goat and flower. Signed and dated
B1848. Flaws in two silhouettes. [Sotheby's NY, Sale #7123, April
1998 "Important Paperweights from a Private Collection,"
Lot 212.]
Diameter 3 1/16". $13,000-15,000 |
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Lot 60
Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori paperweight,
with six Gridel silhouettes, including deer, cockerel, horse,
goat, dog and lovebirds, as well as examples of trefoil, quatrefoil,
fortress, honeycomb, whorl, arrow, hollow and rod canes. The
closepack is over a ground of tumbled blue and white latticinio,
which can only be seen from under the paperweight and helps to
enhance the appearance of "opaque solidity." Bruises,
minor chips and scratches. See The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights,
p. 54.
Diameter 3 1/8". $3250-4000 |
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Lot 61
Antique Baccarat dated 1849 close packed millefiori paperweight,
with excellent examples of Gridel silhouettes, including
a dog, deer, love birds and two goats. Other examples include
the honeycomb, shamrock, fortress and arrow canes, and an exquisitely
formed flower picture cane, in a ring of white stars. Signature
and date cane B1849. A bruise near the base, and tiny chips.
[Christies, Catalogue #3606, Lot 373.]
Diameter 3 1/16". $3500-4500 |
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