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Lot 185
Cristal Saint-Louis 1970 millefiori
mushroom paperweight,
containing a concentric millefiori mushroom, with a central "SL
1970" signature/date cane, and canes of orange, white, blue,
and green, in a double overlay of pistachio, with five and one
facets. LE of 800. Diameter 2 7/8". $600-800 |
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Lot 186
Crystal Saint-Louis 1994 bouquet and
basket experimental paperweight, containing
an encased upright bouquet of blue, white, and red flowers, on
a layered bed of bright green leaves, set in a swirling white
latticinio basket, with a pink and white twist-ribbon handle.
A pair of complex pink canes, including one "SL 1994"
signature/date cane, attach the handle to the basket. This experimental
paperweight falls outside of the seven "Annual Edition"
weights produced by Cristal Saint-Louis in 1994 and combines
some unusual themes: "Among the rare objects of this
manufacture [are] the Clichy type millefiori baskets, the large
baskets with handles and the upright bouquets, the production
of which Saint Louis is a past master." -Annual Bulletin
of the PCA (1983). Signed "Saint-Louis" and "EA"
on base.
Diameter 3 1/2". $2250-3000 |
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Lot 187
Cristal Saint-Louis 1973 paperweight,
with a white flower composed
of five ruffled, millefiori petals, a white bud and green leaves,
on opaque orange ground. "SL 1973" signature/date cane
at the flower's center. LE of 800.
Diameter 3". $350-500 |
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Lot 188
Cristal Saint-Louis 1995 bird and nest
paperweight, composed
of a multi-colored bird on a flat-lying branch near a nest containing
three hungry baby birds, over opaque lime-green ground. Six and
one facets. "SL 1995" signature/date cane. LE of 150.
Diameter 3 3/8". $1700-2000 |
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Lot 189
Cristal Saint-Louis 1997 upright bouquet
paperweight, with seven
lampwork flowers of different colors above a bed of green leaves,
on a double-swirl white latticinio basket, encircled by a pink
and white spiral torsade. "SL 1977" signature/date
cane centered in one of the flowers. LE of 450.
Diameter 3". $550-700 |
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Lot 190
Cristal Saint-Louis 1995 millefiori
paperweight, with patterned
complex canes of red, blue, green, and white, with spokes and
garlands of green rod canes. "SL 1995" signature/date
cane. LE #32 of 200.
Diameter 3". $1400-1600 |