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Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 119 Antique Baccarat crystal tumbler, with enamel-on-gold foil inclusion of a messenger pigeon, carrying a letter. Presumably made at the height of the epistolary era, the letter was a love note or poem, and the tumbler inspired passionate correspondence. "The art of cameo incrustation, that is, encasing an object within glass, has been in existence to some extent since ancient times, although the earliest examples involved only a partial enclosure of the ornament. It was not until 1750 that the technique of completely encasing an object was attempted by a Bohemian manufacturer. …These tumblers were produced as gifts for special events: when a child was born he received a tumbler with a sulphide or enamel medallion of the Saint he or she was named after. The tumblers with medals were given to persons who had received these same decorations, and quite often their initials were engraved in the back of the glass. The tumblers were often placed in leather presentation boxes. Most of the cameo incrustations are closely related to historical events and famous persons, which give them a special appeal to collectors. They were also used as objects of political propaganda by Monarchy, Royalty and the French Republic." -Paul Jokelson, foreword from The Paul Jokelson Collection of Baccarat Antique Tumblers 1810-1860, Baccarat brochure. Height 3". $700-900
Click on the image to enlarge Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 120 American souvenir photo paperweight, with a portrait of 25th U. S. President William McKinley, and a portrait of Mrs. William McKinley (neé, Ida Saxton), wife of President McKinley, developed on a ceramic plate, in a star-shaped presentation with gold-gilt, likely made for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. "The Pan-American Exposition, staged in Buffalo, New York, presented in microcosm all of the trends, developments, innovations, and attitudes of the McKinley years." -Library of Congress website. Diameter 5 7/8"(a), and 5 1/2"(b). $425-550
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 121 Antique, possibly Val St. Lambert, engraved paperweight, of etched and faceted topaz glass, with amber flash, featuring etched monograms of 'F' on a side facet and 'GD' on the top, and inscribed on another panel T´emoignage de reconnaissance infinie, which translates as "a mark of my infinite gratitude." With elaborate cutting and star-cut ground. Diameter 3 3/4". $550-700
Click on the image to enlarge	Lot 122 *Antique painted Pinchbeck "Pastoral Scene" paperweight, featuring a couple dancing. Eleven people in scene. Red enamel accession number 1939.63. Some scratches. Diameter 3". $2000-3000