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Lot 15
*Antique Baccarat dated scattered millefiori and silhouette cane paperweight,
with nine silhouettes over lace. Part barnyard, part safari, this Baccarat menagerie sports two roosters, horse, goat, butterfly, grouse, shamrocks, stag, monkey, elephant and a lovely picture cane in the center of a pansy-shaped flower. The tumbled lace includes streamers of color (the yellows and other warm colors come off very well). See The Art of the Paperweight, pp. 72-73; The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, p. 53; Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, plate 15, ill. 406. Signed and dated "B1848".
Diameter 3 1/16". $3250-4000
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Lot 16
Rare antique Baccarat dated scattered Gridel canes on upset muslin paperweight.
Gridel canes, including the faithful dog, horse, goat, stag and cockerel make an appearance; as well as a ghostly white squirrel silhouette, cooing lovebirds, moth, and a white monkey cane facing off with a man with a staff. The canes are all bedded in lovely, clean tufts of latticinio, with some colored filigree here and there. Signed and dated "B1848".
Diameter 2 13/16". $3000-4000
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Lot 17
Very rare antique Baccarat dated scattered millefiori on lace paperweight,
with a central shamrock cane. A superior example of the craft, the cane designs offer very bold, complex millefiori faces, and they are all presented meticulously over the drifts of latticinio. This weight and its distinctive millefiori, may represent an influx of glass workers from Eastern Europe, bringing their sensibilities to the French factories. This design is notable for the absence of silhouette canes and the "1849" red date cane. See The Art of the Paperweight, pp. 72-73; The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, p. 53; Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, plate 15, ill. 406.
Diameter 2 7/8". $3000-4250