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Lot 86
*Antique Saint Louis amber-flashed millefiori nosegay
paperweight, with a floral bouquet made of composite canes
in white, blue and pink, and a lime-green cogwheel cane, encompassed
by five green leaves with deeply serrated edges, surrounded by
a garland of pink and white complex canes, alternating with blue
and white complex canes; strawberry-cut ground with amber flash.
Minor wear to the ground.
Diameter 2 7/8". $500-650 |
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Lot 87
*Antique Saint Louis faceted concentric millefiori mushroom
paperweight, with canes in salmon, white and blue, and a
coral and white spiral torsade around the base. Mushroom has
an coral stem, over a star-cut ground.
Diameter 3 1/4". $3000-4000 |
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Lot 88
*Unusual antique Saint Louis faceted patterned jasper
ground paperweight, with a red and white latticinio spiral
torsade around the side, and complex cutting.
Diameter 3 1/16". $800-1000 |
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Lot 89
Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori paperweight.
"A fruit jello of diced canes, latticinio and colored
twists…" -The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights.
Diameter 2 9/16". $600-800 |
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Lot 90
Antique Saint Louis concentric millefiori mushroom paperweight,
with an outer row of stylized rose canes in a pale salmon color.
The canes are drawn down into a delicate pointed stem. All over
faceting and star-cut base. Scratch on a facet, and minor chip
near base.
Diameter 2 3/16". $2500-3500 |
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Lot 91
Antique Saint Louis faceted upright bouquet paperweight,
the saffron yellow clematis, with a matchhead center, crowns
a bouquet with a Persian blue, a white, and a salmon lampwork
flower, alongside a complex pink and white cog cane, and two
red, white and blue six-pointed star canes. The flowers are nestled
on a bed of green leaves with a short, three-dimensional stem
that extends to the bottom of the piece. The petals of the top
flower have been variegated to add realism-a nice and unusual
touch. Six and one faceting. "A concrete example of Victorian
sensibilities, this exquisite display merges the fineness of
the products of industry and nature." -The Art of the
Paperweight, Challenging Tradition. See Glass Paperweights of
the New-York Historical Society, p. 88, ill. 209; Paperweights,
'Flowers which clothe the meadows', p. 79, p. 81, ill. 181;Paperweights
for Collectors.
Diameter 2 15/16". $2500-3500
-Provenance: The Winters Collection. |