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Lot 103
Antique Gillinder concentric millefiori
paperweight, composed
of a dark pink and white crimp cane center, surrounded by concentric
rings of dark pink and white crimp canes in a white stave basket.
Top facet and five large oval side facets. "Typical Gillinder
canes consist largely of crimps and ruffles, with an occasional
star or spoke…some of the faceted examples represent the
very finest in American paperweight-making and the equal of the
finest from France."-The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights.
Diameter 2 1/2". $1800-2500 |
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Lot 104
Very rare antique New England Glass
Company close packed complex millefiori paperweight, with canes in pastel hues of pink, blue,
green, and orange. Minor scratches on base. "These rate
among the rarest of the rare; the author knows of only a few
specimens." -The Boston & Sandwich and New England
Glass Companies.
Diameter 2 5/8". $1300-2000 |
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Lot 105
Rare antique Islington paneled complex
millefiori paperweight, with
four wedges of close packed canes in blue, white, and pink, divided
by uneven rows of white stardust canes and sixteen-point white
cog canes. Includes a white complex cane with two green Islington
propeller-shaped rods. The close packed arrangement radiates
from a red and white complex cane center, which includes green
whorl canes and several white canes that contain a black "W",
the same as the "W" in the full "IGW" (Islington
Glass Works) signature cane. Collector/author Robert Hall has
recently confirmed this weight as an Islington: "This
new paperweight is extremely important as it has a variety of
canes never before seen in Islington examples and could possibly
open the door to a few more additions to this glassworks."
-Annual Bulletin of the PCA (2003).
Diameter 3 1/16". $4250-6000 |
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Lot 106
Antique New England Glass Company faceted
concentric millefiori paperweight, containing three rings of complex canes, in dark
blue, white, and dark green, around a central pink bundled cane,
on clear ground. Includes a running rabbit silhouette cane. All-over
circular facets.
Diameter 2 3/4". $800-1200 |
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Lot 107
Antique Gillinder turtle and glass
hand paperweight, with
a brown metal turtle, having moveable legs, head, and tail, suspended
in a hollow, pressed-glass container, held by a slender frosted
glass hand.
Length 4 5/16". $550-850 |
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Lot 108
Antique Gillinder 1876 molded lady
figurine of frosted glass, depicting
a young woman in a long dress, resting on one knee, on a hollow,
circular base. Signed etching on edge of base, "Gillinder
& Sons, Centennial Exhibition."
Height 4 1/4". $225-400 |