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Lot 40
Antique Saint Louis pink pelargonium paperweight, with
pale green leaves and stem, on double-swirl white latticinio.
Diameter 2 5/8". $3250-4000 |
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Lot 41
Antique Saint Louis blue double clematis paperweight,
the flower, with ridged petals around a yellow and ruby stave
cane center, on a stem with five crimped green leaves, all over
a white double-swirl latticinio ground. With oval printies all
around the side. See The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights,
p. 104; Glass Paperweights in the Art Institute of Chicago, p.
60. Cullet under the dome and in the ground.
Diameter 3 1/16". $900-1500 |
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Lot 42
*Antique Saint Louis faceted upright bouquet paperweight,
with two air rings. Wreathing the dimensional bouquet (looking
as if it were drawn out of a magic top-hat) is a torsade with
a broad ribbon of cobalt blue, wrapping filaments of white glass.
The air rings were created as the glassblower placed the torsade.
The light refracts inside these hollow spaces, imitating bright,
liquid mercury. This is also the phenomenon with incrusted sulphides,
and further contributes to the mystique of these crystal domes.
Pieces of cullet inside, and minor chips and scratches around
the facets.
Diameter 3 1/4". $2250-3000
--Exhibited: Collection of the Corning Museum of Glass
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Lot 43
Antique Saint Louis handcooler, with upright multi-colored
bouquet; all over faceting. "According to tradition,
these were originally devised for fair ladies in the days when
hand-kissing was in fashion. The lady simply held the glass in
the palm of her hand until the time came for the ceremony, whereupon
the gallant was pleasantly surprised to find the hand cool and
comfortable to the lips." --Old Glass Paperweights.
Height 2 3/4"; Diameter 2". $2000-3000 |
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Lot 44
Antique Saint Louis nosegay paperweight with four
millefiori flowers and five bright green leaves, encircled by
a complex millefiori garland on white upset muslin.
Diameter 2 5/8". $2000-2750 |