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Lot 57
Antique Saint Louis patterned complex millefiori paperweight,
with a blue, white and red complex center cane, encircled by
a ring of five green, white and red spaced canes, and a border
garland, on clear ground.
Diameter 2 9/16". $500-650 |
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Lot 58
Antique Saint Louis patterned complex millefiori paperweight,
with a green and white center cane, encircled by a ring of
five spaced canes and a border garland, on clear ground.
Diameter 3 1/16". $500-600 |
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Lot 59
Antique Saint Louis bouquet of fruit paperweight, with
an apple, two pears and three cherries on a bed of green leaves,
in a swirling white latticinio basket. "Saint Louis exhibited
in many of the Paris exhibitions, but like Baccarat, decided
not to attend the 1851 Crystal Palace exhibition in London, where
Clichy was awarded top honors. The last recorded exhibit of Saint
Louis weights was at the Paris Exposition in 1867. ...(A) rich
and creative era of paperweight making at Saint Louis was drawing
to a close." --All About Paperweights.
Diameter 3 1/4". $1100-1600 |
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Lot 60
Antique Saint Louis four red cherries on a branch paperweight,
with three green leaves over clear ground; top facet encircled
by seven smaller facets, and six large side facets.
Diameter 2 3/8". $2500-3000 |
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Lot 61
*Antique Saint Louis garlanded sulphide paperweight of
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the alternating millefiori in citron
yellow and cornflower blue, all over clear ground. Sporting thick
hair and a moustache, the portrait seems rugged, fit and exemplar
in every way, as the leader of the Third Empire. After the death
of Napoleon II, he became head of the dynasty, with ill-fated
attempts to seize the French throne. Eventually, with the support
of the Bonapartists, Napoleon III was elected to the presidency
in 1848, assuming the title of emperor soon after.
Diameter 2 3/4". $600-900 |
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Lot 62
Antique Saint Louis miniature patterned complex millefiori
paperweight with a central pink, white and green bundled
cane, encircled by a ring of five spaced canes and a border garland,
on clear ground.
Diameter 1 3/4". $500-600 |