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Lot 162
*Baccarat Couronne open concentric millefiori paperweight.
Circa 1965. A central cluster of cog canes in pink, with
a ring of pale turquoise trefoil canes, center four rings of
pastel canes, in clear glass. Acid-etched insignia.
Diameter 2 5/8". $300-500 |
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Lot 163
Baccarat open concentric millefiori paperweight, with
a central yellow six-pointed star cane, encircled by five rings
of complex canes in shades of pink, yellow, green, blue and white,
on clear ground. Acid-etched insignia on base.
Diameter 2 1/2". $300-500 |
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Lot 164
Baccarat Couronne open concentric millefiori paperweight.
Circa 1965. A central triangular-mold complex cane in white
and blue, is surrounded by four rings of complex pastel-colored
canes in clear glass. Acid-etched insignia.
Diameter 2 1/2". $300-500
"In 1965, to commemorate its bicentennial which took
place in the summer of 1964, Baccarat produced a very limited
edition of special …20 'Couronne' weights marked from #21
to #40. Most of these were given to ... executives and staff
and were not available to the public." -A History of
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Lot 165
*Baccarat 1972 Gridel squirrel paperweight, with a
large squirrel silhouette cane surrounded by five concentric
rings of complex canes. One ring contains the eighteen Gridel
silhouettes, the outer ring contains the signature and date cane.
Acid-etched insignia.
Diameter 3 1/8". $300-600
"...Baccarat had the idea, around 1970, of producing
millefiori weights based on the collection of the eighteen Gridel
animals that had adorned and become the trademark of the Baccarat
millefiori of the nineteenth century." -A History of
Baccarat Modern Paperweights |
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Lot 166
*Baccarat Couronne open concentric millefiori paperweight.
Circa 1965. A central millefiori in white and translucent
yellow, is surrounded by four rings of canes, in pale green,
white florets with blue centers, white stars and red florets,
and an outer ring in cobalt blue, with white cog cane, all in
clear glass. Acid-etched insignia.
Diameter 2 7/16". $300-500 |
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Lot 167
*Baccarat open concentric millefiori paperweight, with
a central complex pastry-mold cane, encircled by four rings of
complex canes, in shades of pink, yellow, pale blue, rose and
white, on clear ground. Acid-etched insignia on base.
Diameter 2 5/8". $300-500 |