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Lot 93
Antique New England Glass Company fruit bouquet paperweight,
with a formal arrangement of five pink and white pears, four
red cherries and green leaves, in a double-swirl white latticinio
basket.
Diameter 2 1/2". $450-600 |
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Lot 94
Antique American (likely New England Glass Company) scrambled
millefiori paperweight, with whole and partial complex canes,
including running rabbit silhouettes.
Diameter 2 3/8". $160-200 |
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Lot 95
Antique New England Glass Company patterned complex millefiori
paperweight, including one ring of dark blue and white running
rabbit silhouette canes, over swirling white latticinio.
Diameter 2 7/16". $160-200 |
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Lot 96
Antique Bacchus magnum four-row concentric basket paperweight,
in white, blue, pink and red. This large weight has a formal,
almost decorous look. "Some very unusual colors have
appeared in Bacchus paperweights, including... lilacs and lavenders....
It was very rare for Bacchus to make more than one paperweight
of the same pattern, as only one or two pieces have been found
to be the same as another. Although they used the same canes
in many paperweights, they all tend to show many differences
in design and color."--Old English Paperweights.
Diameter 3 5/8". $8000-10,000 |
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Lot 97
Rare antique Bacchus close packed complex millefiori paperweight,
with a ring of hollow canes in green and white forming a
basket. Along with the predominant green coloration, the arrangement
offers bright coral and blue canes, and offers qualities collectors
look for: well-made, well-placed canes and a generous dome. Its
less-than-formal arrangement gives it a lively, fanciful character.
Unpolished pontil.
Diameter 2 15/16". $3000-5000 |
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Lot 98
*Antique Bacchus concentric millefiori paperweight, with
the outer ring of canes pulled down to the base. Unfinished pontil.
"Bacchus paperweights are notable for their generally
pastel palette, ruffled and cog canes in concentric patterns,
and large size... None were signed or dated, but in 1849 Bacchus
paperweights were shown at the Exhibition of Manufactures and
Arts in Birmingham, England." --Glass Paperweights in
the Art Institute of Chicago.
Diameter 3 5/16". $3000-5000 |