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 Lot 3
Antique Saint Louis signed concentric millefiori paperweight,
composed of five rows of assorted complex canes, surrounding
a large central periwinkle and white silhouette cane of a dog,
with a dancing figure above its back. Large "SL" signature
cane. Extremely rare "dog and rider" silhouette cane.
"Silhouette canes are those whose cross-sections bear
the likeness of minute animals, plants or human figures in profile.
These canes, simplistic renderings of reality, are whimsical
reminders of childhood, and they boldly stand out among the other
close packed and abstractly designed millefiori canes. Some of
the modern Saint Louis silhouettes are a dancing man, a dog,
and a horse." -The Art of the Paperweight: Saint Louis,
p. 58.
Diameter 3". $6500-8000 |
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 Lot 4
Antique Baccarat dated choufleur carpet-ground paperweight,
with scattered complex millefiori, including a "B 1848"
signature/date cane, a flower portrait cane, and Gridel silhouettes
of a goat, rooster, horse, elephant, deer, two dogs and two butterflies,
on a white carpet ground. "Carpets formed of sparkling
white stardust canes make brilliant settings in which the colored
canes stand out like gems." -Paperweights: Flowers which
clothe the meadows.
Diameter 3 1/8". $12,000-16,000 |
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 Lot 5
Antique Baccarat dated scattered millefiori choufleur
carpet-ground paperweight, with a "B 1848" signature/date
cane and assorted complex canes, including Gridel silhouettes
of a deer, horse, goat, butterfly, rooster, pelican, pigeon and
dog, on a carpet of green, red and white complex star canes,
over white upset muslin, with bits of filigree. "Silhouette
canes, because of technical limitations and size are necessarily
simplistic and childlike. Another reason for the naive charm
of Baccarat silhouettes is that they were actually based on designs
created by a child. Joseph Emile Gridel, the nine-year-old nephew
of Baccarat manager Jean-Baptiste Toussaint, set out in 1847
on a simple project - he cut out eighteen different animals he
had drawn and was pasting them onto paper when his uncle spotted
them. The cut-out designs eventually became models for silhouette
cane molds and, in 1848, M. Toussaint was able to give his budding
young artist a paperweight containing 15 of the animals as a
reward for supplying the drawings." -Paperweights for
Collectors, p.44.
Diameter 2 3/4" $9000-12,000 |
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