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Lot 48
*Antique Saint Louis three-dimensional blown apple on
clear pillow base paperweight. Realistically colored and
formed. Rough pontil mark on top. See Flowers Which Clothe the
Meadows, p. 99.
Height 3 1/2"; Width of base 4 7/8". $2500-4000 |
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Lot 49
*Antique Saint Louis three-dimensional blown pear on clear
pillow base paperweight. Realistically colored and formed.
Rough pontil mark on top. Stem has been broken. Height 2 5/8";
Width of base 4". $1400-2500 |
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Lot 50
*Antique Saint Louis faceted pear paperweight, in
a swirling latticinio basket. The large pear, in shades of yellow-green
with ochre, is embellished with an assortment of serrated-edge
leaves and red cherries. Painted in red enamel with accession
number 1965.185. See Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical
Society, p. 79, color plate 61.
Diameter 3". $3000-4000 |
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Lot 51
*Antique Saint Louis miniature pink and white jasper paperweight,
with a large central green, pink and white cane. Provenance:
Collection of Warren Abrams.
Diameter 1 7/8". $450-600 |
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Lot 52
Very good antique Baccarat dated close packed millefiori
paperweight, containing four Gridel silhouettes (stag, rooster,
squirrel and goat) interspersed with complex cog, arrowhead,
trefoil, quatrefoil, fortress, choufleur, shamrock, honeycomb,
whorl and six-point star canes, in cobalt blue, turquoise, amethyst,
ruby, pink, yellow, green and white. B1848 signature/date cane.
Diameter 2 3/4". $3250-4000
"This Baccarat staple is one of the most consistently
interesting weights ever made, always revealing something new."
-The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. |
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Lot 53
Antique Baccarat central yellow pompon paperweight,
with two red buds, green leaves and stem, encircled by a complex
millefiori garland, over clear, star-cut ground; five and one
facets.
Diameter 2 3/4". $4000-5000 |