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Lot 74
*Antique Saint Louis faceted garlanded bouquet paperweight,
with six five-petaled flowers, in white, pink, blue and ochre,
with green leaves joining them in a garland, all surrounding
a central white flower. The complex faceting adds visually to
the number of flowers, in a bit of French trompe l'oeil. Diameter
2 15/16". $5000-7000 |
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Lot 75
*Antique Saint Louis fuchsia paperweight over white
latticinio, the flower dangles from a sturdy orange stem, complete
with serrated green leaves and two buds. The swirling latticinio
is delicately made and well-placed, and the fuchsia's petal colors
are particularly vibrant in this paperweight.
Diameter 2 15/16". $2750-3500 |
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Lot 76
*Antique Saint Louis pelargonium flower on latticinio
ground paperweight, composed of a vibrant flower with five
heart-shaped petals in magenta, each with black accents, which
frame an orange and black stamen. The blossom grows from a slightly
curved green stem, balanced by two long leaves and five slender
sepals set between the fleshy petals, on a double-swirl white
latticinio ground. Painted in red enamel with the accession number
1965.108. [Sotheby's New York Jan. 1995 auction #6656, "Important
Paperweights Property of the New-York Historical Society,"
Lot 142.] See Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society,
p. 61. Diameter 2 5/8". $3000-4000
-Provenance: The Sinclair Collection, New Hampshire
-Exhibited at The Albany Institute of History and Art, Dec. 1972-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. to
Dec. 1973; The Arnot Art Museum, Dec. 1973 to Feb. 1974. |
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Lot 77
*Excellent antique Saint Louis dahlia paperweight, the
clear glass set with a multi-petaled pink flower encompassed
by five serrated leaf tips, over a star-cut base. A very well-centered
flower with bright petals in perfect harmony. [Sotheby's New
York Dec. 1993, Sale #6512 "Faberge, Russian Works of Art,
Objects of Vertu and Paperweights," Lot 97.]
Diameter 2 15/16". $8000-9000 |
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Lot 78
*Antique Saint Louis dahlia paperweight, with six
tiers of overlapping lilac petals around a stamen, comprised
of a blue star in a yellow cog cane, with five dark green leaves
and star-cut base. [Sotheby's NY, Sale 5936, Dec. 18, 1989, Lot
73. Property from the collection of Mike Belkin.]
Diameter 2 5/8". $3500-5000 |
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Lot 79
*Antique Saint Louis fruit paperweight over swirling
latticinio, with four pink-to-orange pears and four red cherries.
Diameter 2 3/4". $1400-1800 |
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