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Lot 11
Rare antique Bacchus close packed complex
millefiori paperweight, with
canes in pink, red, blue, green, and white, including four Queen
Victoria silhouette canes, and green oak leaf and acorn portrait
canes. "Entirely apart from their rarity, their workmanship
entitles them to be included in every collection of any consequence.
A collector would be justified in including a number if there
were greater variety of design." -Annual Bulletin of
the PCA (1999). See also -Annual Bulletin of the PCA (1997),
p. 15, Fig. 3, for a strikingly similar example.
Diameter 3 1/2". $8500-12,000 |
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Lot 12
Very rare antique Gillinder concentric
millefiori paperweight, with
a central "EB" complex signature cane, encircled by
five rings of assorted red, white, and blue canes, including
a border ring of "EB" signature canes. The "EB"
signature was probably for Edwin Bennett, who was Gillinder's
one-time partner. "It is difficult enough to find a Gillinder
weight, let alone a signed one, mainly because Gillinder signature
canes are considered nonexistent. But a newly discovered miniature
weight containing an "EB" cane may be just that (see
Fig. 32.1, p. 97). During 1863-1867, William Gillinder was associated
with Edwin Bennett and operated under the name Gillinder &
Bennett." -The Dictionary of Paperweight Signature Canes.
Diameter 3 1/16". $2000-3000 |
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Lot 13
Very rare antique New England Glass
Company nosegay on mushroom paperweight, with a central nosegay, composed of three cane
flowers and four green leaves, over a concentric millefiori basket,
with rings of canes in blue, white, wintergreen, and pink. "One
must credit the American glassworkers for trying unusual designs.
In what one hopes became a unique experiment, an artisan set
the typical flat bouquet above a mushroom-shaped grouping of
straw colored rods, which terminate at the top in fairly decent
millefiori canes (see Figure 7.112, p. 154). Viewed from the
top, the bouquet appears as if it were being sucked down into
a whirlpool." -The Boston & Sandwich and New England
Glass Companies. Minor chips in base.
Diameter 2 15/16". $3750-5000 |
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