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 Lot 27
*Antique Clichy signed concentric millefiori paperweight,
signed with a blue "C" cane, within a basket of
blue and white canes. Internal crack.
Provenance: Collection of Junius T. Langston.
Diameter 2 7/8". $1300-2500
"It is invidious, however, to single out for notice particular
American collectors when there are several score fine collections,
not all of them large, and some of which have not been publicized,
even in collecting circles. The weights belonging to Dr. Junius
T. Langston, (distinguished physician) of Plainfield, New Jersey…
would deserve mention in any complete listing of American paperweight
collections." -A Garland of Weights. |
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 Lot 28
*Antique Clichy millefiori chequer paperweight, with
two roses, one pink and green at center, one white and green
at the periphery. The clear glass is set with assorted millefiori,
divided by short segments of latticinio, set on a bed of lace.
Diameter 2 9/16". $2000-2500 |
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 Lot 29
Very good antique Clichy scattered complex millefiori
paperweight, including one white and pink rose, one white
and green rose, and a small white rose at the center of a blue,
pink and white complex cane, on clear ground.
Diameter 3 1/16". $1400-2500
"The classic period of paperweight manufacture is generally
considered to have extended from 1840 to 1860. The idea of paperweights
as a saleable art form is thought to have been introduced in
1845 at the Austrian Industrial Fair in Vienna, where Pietro
Bigaglia of Venice, one of a long line of Muranese glassworkers,
displayed his wares. Although some weights may have been manufactured
previously in France, it is believed Bigaglia's weights may have
stimulated the development of sophisticated paperweight manufacture
in France." -Collectors' Paperweights Price Guide and
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