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Lot 5
Antique Baccarat butterfly and double
clematis paperweight, containing
a marbled, multi-colored millefiori-winged butterfly, with a
translucent purple body, hovering above a white double clematis
flower, on a stem with a white bud and light green leaves, over
clear, star-cut ground. Top facet and two rows of circular side
facets. "Baccarat glassworkers adroitly flattened millefiori
canes to create the wings of their thrilling butterflies. These
insects dazzle the viewer, the delicate archetypes of a vibrant
imagination." -The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging
Tradition.
Diameter 3". $4000-5500 |
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Lot 6
Antique Baccarat sulphide footed paperweight,
with a landscape scene
of a hunter and his dog in a tree-lined field, on translucent
ruby ground. Concave top facet and all-over geometric side facets.
"The Joan of Arc and the Hunter and Dog deserve special
attention as perhaps the finest sulphides ever made. The workmanship
recalls the best of Bohemian (or any other) engraving, and we
have to look closely to see that this is no engraving cut through
ruby glass to clear glass, but a sulphide in which each leaf
and reed is delineated as if by the most skillful glass engraver,
or silhouette artist using scissors and paper. The effect is
uncanny. How such perfection was nearly always achieved is a
mystery." -The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights.
Diameter 3 3/8". $4000-5000 |
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Lot 7
Extremely rare antique American Port
Elizabeth magnum frit paperweight, featuring a large red, green, and blue pansy, on
a curved stem with two green leaves, on powdery white ground.
A spaced ring of small blue flowers accent a scalloped brown
border. There is some question whether these are truly American
weights or if they were produced by the Val St. Lambert factory
in Belgium. "But it must be remembered that a great number
of Belgian glassworkers came to Southern Jersey to work in the
glasshouses in the Millville area. It could be that those glassmen
transplanted this Belgian free-hand frit technique to the Millville
factories in America…As more of these frit examples come
to light, further research may someday solve the enigma of their
origin." -Identifying Antique Paperweights: The Less
Familiar.
Diameter 4 3/8". $4500-6000 |
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