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Lot 30
*Antique Baccarat Légion D'Honneur paperweight,
with replica of the French Legion of Honor medal in
colored enamels on gold-foil. Established by Napoleon Bonaparte,
for military and civil service, the Légion D'Honneur
is currently France's premier order. Inscribed, "Bonaparte
1 consul 10 Mai 1802."
Diameter 2 5/8". $1000-1500
--Provenance: Maurice Lindon Coll. Part 1, Sotheby and
Co. London, 26 Feb. 1957, Lot 71; Christie's N. Y. Sale 8728,
9/24/97, The Henry Stern Collection of Antique Glass Paperweights,
Lot 17 |
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Lot 31
*Antique Baccarat looped millefiori garland paperweight.
The clear ground shows off the Baccarat canes like perfectly
behaved doilies, and one can easily identify the arrow-head motif
in the center cluster. The pattern is linked in a reverse number
6 arrangement, to resemble a continuous loop. With its spare
elegance, it is still worthy of a "letter-weight" connoisseur.
Diameter 2 7/8". $650-1000 |
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Lot 32
Antique Baccarat scramble paperweight, with a red
and white bull's-eye cane among segments of latticinio and filigree,
in blue, red, green, yellow, coral and white.
Diameter 3 1/8". $700-1000 |
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Lot 33
Antique Baccarat purple and yellow pansy paperweight,
with a purple and yellow bud, green leaves and stems, over
clear ground.
Diameter 2 3/8". $600-800 |
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Lot 34
Antique Baccarat miniature white clematis paperweight,
with two buds and five green leaves, on a star-cut base.
Diameter 1 7/8". $1200-1600 |
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Lot 35
*Antique Baccarat sand dune paperweight, resembling
termite mounds, with green mica specks. The premise that Baccarat
created these "rock grounds" as proofs, seems logical.
A French cristallerie with a royal reputation could hardly find
this design compelling enough to call finished, yet it most likely
came from the apprentice glassblowers' hands, created to present
as evidence of growing skills.
Diameter 3 3/16". $200-400 |