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Lot 69
Antique Clichy blue and white swirl paperweight, with
a starburst cane center. "Colorful and dramatic, they
have an energy and appeal quite different from those of delicate,
millefiori gardens."--Old Glass Paperweights.
Diameter 3 1/8". $1800-2500 |
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Lot 70
*Antique Clichy scattered millefiori paperweight,
on an opaque pink colorground, with thirty-seven large canes.
This big, blousy design offers some of the loveliest of the Clichy
colors, albeit the "settled skirt(s)" of the ruffled
canes are more flattened skirts in this work. Also features the
"slightly depressed ring" which one's fingers may trace
around the base.
Diameter 3 1/4". $2500-3500 |
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Lot 71
*Antique Clichy sodden snow interlaced garlands millefiori
paperweight, with interlocking quatrefoils, of pink and white,
and turquoise and white canes, set into the cream-white opaque
ground. This oversize piece has a soothing effect, as if it were
made to literally "cool" one down by looking at the
snow-bound dome. Milk-glass and opaline glass were exceptionally
popular at this time, so the use in a Clichy design of this creamy
coloration was certainly met by an approving clientele. "Whether
woven to celebrate love, victory or merely beauty, the millefiori
garlands found in patterned spacing schemes are among the most
graceful and delicate ornaments found in paperweights."
--Paperweights for Collectors. See The Art of the Paperweight,
pp. 87-88; The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, pp. 131-132;
Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, plate 17,
ill. 95, plate 18, ill. 54; Paperweights for Collectors, pp.
63-64.
Diameter 3 9/16". $3500-4500 |
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Lot 72
*Antique Clichy millefiori star garlands, over a translucent
cranberry ground paperweight. With the red separated, the
weight's white opaque slip is showing. Yet, appearing unfinished
does not detract from the pretty lines of canes (the center star
looks like bits of fresh rosemary), surrounding a large floret
cane with bright yellow stave accents. The star's undulating
pattern rather resembles the outline of a plump starfish.
Diameter 3 1/16". $2000-3000 |
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Lot 73
Antique Clichy close packed complex millefiori paperweight,
in shades of pink, green, blue, red, yellow and white, in a green
and white stave basket.
Diameter 3 1/16". $3000-3500 |
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Lot 74
*Antique Clichy signed close packed millefiori paperweight
within a white stave basket. Green, pink and white cane containing
a "C" signature. Very likely an early weight judging
from the coloring (which is paler overall, compared to the celebrated
bright and rich tones usually achieved); and an unusual cane,
comprised of pink whorls around a bundle of yellow rods. With
the addition of four green staves, this cane seems to be a prototype
for the rose, of which there are three among a crowd of other
interesting canes.
Diameter 3 1/4". $5500-7000 |
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