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Auction Number 56
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Part I: A ntique Paperweights and R elated Objects
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1 Rare antique Baccarat dated star carpet ground with Gridel canes paperweight. A large red, white and dark green complex star/arrowhead cane adorns the center of the weight and is surrounded by other complex canes in coral, turquoise, yellow, violet, red, cobalt blue, green and orange, in a sea of white cogs with red and violet stars. The canes include the Gridel silhouette canes of two butterflies or moths, a dog, a deer, a horse, a black monkey, a white rooster, a black rooster, a pheasant and an elephant. The piece also includes a “B1848” signature/date cane. A Sotheby’s, New York auction label with lot number 179, is affixed to the bottom of the weight. The term “carpet” was first used to describe these weights in the Catalogue des Collections des Arts et Métiers (Paris, 1855). “Carpet grounds, usually associated with clustered paperweight designs, are among the most appealing foils for colored and silhouette canes.” —Paperweights: “Flowers which clothe the meadows.” Diameter 3" $18,000—22,000 2 Outstanding antique Bacchus close concentric millefiori paperweight. A large central white collared ruffle cane is encircled first by a ring of hollow blue lined canes with white complex cane centers, followed by a ring of hollow apricot lined canes with central multi-colored rod canes, then a ring of the same white collared ruffled canes reflecting the central cane. The fourth ring consists of complex canes in blue, pink and white alternating with aquamarine and white canes, and finally an outer ring of white hollow cog canes drawn down to form a basket. “Compared to the output of the French glass works of Clichy, Baccarat and Saint Louis, the Bacchus production was very limited, possibly four hundred or so in total.” —Old English Paperweights. “We are always delighted to come across another Bacchus weight, as it is most likely to contain something we have not seen before. Whether impressing us with the size of their canes, large or microscopic, surprising us with a unique design like the paneled carpet ground, or soothing us with an almost white concentric pattern, the large, subtle, elegant weights are a joy to behold.” Annual Bulletin of the Paperweight Collectors Association, Inc. (1999). Diameter 3 1/2" $18,000—22,000 312-583-1177
3 3 Rare antique Baccarat pink “thousand petal” rose paperweight. “The beautifully crafted, multi-petaled pink rose is crowned by five green leaves as it blooms atop a curved stem, with two additional leaves on either side of the stem, on clear, star-cut ground. Describing the rare Baccarat rose, Paul Hollister wrote, “The realistic features of these three-dimensional flowers are the way the petals remain closed in the center, suggesting a half-opened flower, and the lovely rose coloring, which ranges from softest pink to dusty velvet red.” Diameter 2 1/2" $10,000—15,000
4 4 Rare antique Venetian signed Bigaglia paperweight. The piece contains a fanciful assortment of brightly colored latticinio and aventurine ribbons, as well as some of the earliest examples of Franchini silhouette canes, including seven rose bush canes, two gondola canes, two St. Mark lion canes, and one cane each of a lyre, duck and double bird. Also included are one Harlequin cane, and one Arlecchino cane symbolizing characters from the popular Italian “Commedia dell’Arte”. A large cane of a double eagle with the initials “F1” on its chest, the emblem of the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand, along with one date cane (1846) and one signature/date cane (PB 1846) contribute to the intrigue of this exceptional and historical example of Italian paperweight design. Diameter 3" $7,000—9,000
5 Rare antique Baccarat flat bouquet faceted paperweight. Rare antique Baccarat flat bouquet faceted paperweight, with a dazzling and rare floral group. A large central white buttercup forms the center, with a bundle of yellow star rods making up the stamen. It is flanked by two Type-I pansies, with shaded purple upper petals and a trio of cobalt blue and white arrowhead cane lower petals. The bouquet is crowned by a white double clematis, with a star cane center. A light green vine bearing a blue bud and green leaves entwines the central dark green stem. Six and one faceting. Star cut base. A broken stem below the clematis. “In contrast to the work of the other French factories, Baccarat produced conspicuously formal floral arrangements. These masterfully portrayed flowers combine to form a delightful garden. The millefiori cane sections that compose the bottom of the pansies indicate that this weight was produced in the early part of the classic period.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. Diameter 3 1/8" $15,000—18,000 www.selman.com
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6 6 Very rare antique Clichy scattered millefiori with silhouette cane paperweight. A central crimson red cog cane with blue and white star canes centers an assortment of millefiori, including stars, crosses, bull’s-eye, cogs and a single green Clichy rose, on opaque blue ground. Also included is a very rare silhouette cane of what appears to resemble Baccarat’s pelican. “This cane has only been seen in two Clichy weights. Canes occasionally wandered from one factory to another, showing up in the second factory’s work.” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 3 1/8" $7,000—9,000
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7 7 Outstanding Clichy blue and white barber pole chequer with rose paperweight. A large Clichy trademark pink and green rose rests at the center of the design, surrounded by two concentric rings of assorted spaced complex canes including an additional pink and white rose, pastry mold, edelweiss, ruffle, cog and bull’s-eye in pink, green, red, maroon, white and goldenrod, divided by cables of cobalt blue and white latticinio, over parallel strips of white latticinio. “While white filigree separations are the rule, the more uncommon weights show twisted rods about which spiral colored threads and filigree, the threads being cobalt blue or thalo blue, peppermint pink, red, or green, the underside of the ground lined as usual with parallel filigree rods.” —The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 2 1/2" $5,500—6,500
8 Rare antique Saint Louis pink clematis on green aventurine ground paperweight. A pink double clematis, with a white and blue star cane center, three green leaves and growing from a long curved stem over dark green aventurine ground, is encircled by a wide red and white twisted latticinio torsade. “In rare instances, the clematis appears on a deep green aventurine ground surrounded by a red and white or pink and white torsade” —The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Some bleeding of underlying white glass on three petals. Diameter 3 1/8" $7,500—8,500
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9 9 Outstanding antique Clichy faceted royal blue double overlay concentric mushroom with central rose paperweight. A pink and green Clichy rose cane centers the mushroom, encircled by six concentric rings of assorted complex canes including prairie (moss) canes, crimp, edelweiss and star bundles, in green, blue, white, violet and pink. Vertical white staves comprise the mushroom’s tapered stem. Royal blue over white double overlay, with five and one facets, and clear star-cut ground. Diameter 3" $7,500—8,500
10 10 Antique Clichy spaced millefiori with rose paperweight. A large central Clichy trademark pink and green rose is surrounded by a plethora of Clichy canes including pastry mold, star, edelweiss and cog in white, pink, turquoise, yellow, maroon, purple, cobalt, red and shades of green on a clear ground. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 3/16" $4,000—6,000
11 Antique Clichy Napoleon III sulphide on opaque green ground paperweight. A central large sulphide of Napoleon III, also known as Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, rests on an opaque green over white ground surrounded by an outer garland of white and pink pastry mold canes. The same sulphide can be seen in an antique Saint Louis weight. See Paperweights: “Flowers which clothe the meadows”; catalogue number 237. Diameter 2 15/16" $1,200—1,800 www.selman.com
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12 12 Rare antique Baccarat red and white wallflower paperweight. The complex center cane of the flower is composed of green star canes around a red six-point star cane. Five white petals emanate from the center, each cupped within a slightly larger red petal with an upturned outer edge. Five spaced bright green leaves protrude from behind the wallflower, as it blooms atop a curved stem with three additional green leaves. The flower is surrounded by a rare garland of alternating red rose canes and blue/white complex canes over clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 2 7/8" $3,500—4,500
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13 13 Rare antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly over an orange and yellow dogrose on clear ground paperweight. The butterfly, with multi-color millefiori wings, an amethyst latticinio body, turquoise eyes and blue antennae, hovers above a stylized dogrose composed of six cupped white petals lined in canary yellow which in turn cradle six bright orange clematis-like ribbed petals, encircling a stardust/bull’s-eye cane center. It grows on a stem with green leaves, over clear ground. “Butterflies placed above flat flowers in a three-dimensional layering process were a Baccarat specialty.” —Paperweights: “Flowers which clothe the meadows”. Diameter 2 7/16" $5,000—6,000
14 Antique New England Glass Company posy with double garland paperweight. Three diverse millefiori complex canes, one white, one pink and another magenta, are hugged at the nexus of four crenulated green leaves whose trailing stems have been gathered into a nosegay of the epoch. Two outer garlands, one pink and the other white, frame the design which rests on clear ground. Diameter 2 13/16" $1,500—2,000
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15 15 Antique Clichy bouquet of three pink roses paperweight. A spray of three very rare pink Clichy cabbage roses with yellow rod bundle cane centers. Each rose cane is of a different size and is surrounded by numerous rare free form paddle shaped green leaves and a green stem, over clear ground. Bubbles and annealing crack. Diameter 2 7/8" $3,000—4,000
16 16 Lovely antique Baccarat clematis with garland faceted miniature paperweight. A beautifully rendered white clematis, with two tiers of carefully ribbed petals and a yellow honeycomb cane center, sits atop a pertly bent stem flanked by two shaded green leaves. An additional three leaves crown the bloom which is garlanded by alternating pink and white complex canes and others that are multi-colored, over clear, star-cut ground. Top facet and two rows of circular side facets. Very slight surface wear to one facet. Diameter 2" $3,000—4,000
17 Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay with garland on upset muslin paperweight. The nosegay, with four millefiori flowers in white, blue, coral and apricot, grows from two bright green stems and is surrounded by five green leaves, then encircled by a millefiori garland composed of alternating coral and blue complex canes. The design rests on a bed of delicate white upset muslin. Provenance: The Anthony and Priscilla Beadell collection. Diameter 2 7/8" $2,000—2,500 www.selman.com
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18 18 Antique Clichy spaced millefiori with turquoise rose paperweight. A large maroon, blue and white complex cog cane centers an assortment of spaced complex canes such as cog, pastry mold, star, cross and bull’s-eye, in pink, red, maroon, watermelon, green, cobalt blue, turquoise, lilac, orange and white, on clear ground. A rare turquoise Clichy cabbage rose cane is included in the design. Diameter 3 1/8" $3,000—4,000
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19 19 Antique Baccarat close packed miniature with date cane paperweight. The close packed design contains a colorful assortment of complex canes including arrow, star, quatrefoil and leaf in white, blue, green, maroon, pale yellow, pale violet and salmon. A “B 1847” signature/date cane completes the design. Diameter 1 15/16" $1,800—2,250
20 Antique Clichy “C” scroll over upset muslin paperweight. Six C-shaped millefiori garlands, each composed of different complex canes in green, cobalt blue, turquoise, pink and burgundy, surround a concentric ring of burgundy pastry mold canes with a green pastry mold center, on a bed of fine white upset muslin. Some latticinio bleeding through base. Diameter 2 9/16" $2,500—3,500
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21 21 Antique Baccarat red and white primrose with garland paperweight. The red and white striped primrose, with a bull’seye star/honeycomb center and six green leaves, blooms atop a curved stem with one red bud, and is centered within a border garland of alternating red and white complex canes on a bed of white upset muslin. Cracked petal. Diameter 2 1/2" $1,500—2,000
22 22 Antique Clichy millefiori chequer with roses paperweight. Seventeen assorted spaced complex canes in various colors along with a white cabbage rose and two pink and green cabbage roses are divided by short segments of white latticinio, over parallel white latticinio rods. Diameter 3" $1,800—2,250
23 Antique Clichy faceted chequer with rose cane paperweight. A red, white and turquoise cog cane sits at the center of the design, surrounded by two concentric rings of complex canes including a large pink and green rose. The canes are divided by cables of white filigree. One top facet and two rows of five circular facets. Diameter 2 1/2" $1,200—1,500 www.selman.com
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24 24 Excellent antique Baccarat dated scattered millefiori with Gridel silhouette canes on upset muslin paperweight. A green and white Gridel butterfly cane is surrounded by assorted complex canes, including additional Gridel silhouettes of a horse, pheasant/ shamrock, a dog, a rooster, an elephant, a pigeon, a swan, a goat and a clematis flower picture cane, on white upset muslin. The piece also contains a “B 1848” signature/date cane along with bits of colored filigree and numerous arrow canes. Diameter 3" $3,000—4,000
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25 25 Outstanding antique Clichy signed green and white barber pole chequer paperweight. A large trademark Clichy pink and green rose is positioned at the center of the design, surrounded by sixteen assorted complex canes in various colors including cog, ruffled, pastry mold, edelweiss, star and crimped canes, as well as an additional large pink and white Clichy rose. The canes are divided by cables of cadmium green and white-striped filigree on a white lace ground. Diameter 2 9/16" $5,000—6,000
26 Antique Clichy three flower nosegay with rose paperweight. A large rare pink cabbage rose with a yellow bundled rod center is joined by two millefiori cane flowers: one a lavender pastry mold cane, the other a yellow/blue cog cane. The posy is crowned with three green leaves, and presented on a curved green stem with two green leaves on a clear ground. Dark lines appear from a bubble which sits below the bouquet. Diameter 2 5/8" $750—850
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27 27 Antique Baccarat dated scattered millefiori on lace paperweight. This excellent example contains a “B 1847” signature/ date cane, along with an assortment of colorful scattered complex millefiori including six-point stars and arrow canes. It also contains a central Gridel silhouette cane of a butterfly, and a Gridel horse, a rooster, a dog, an elephant, a goat, and a red devil. The ground is composed of tumbled white lace, with scattered pieces of colored filigree and segments of canes. Diameter 2 9/16" $2,000—2,500
28 28 Excellent antique Clichy faceted cinquefoil millefiori garland on upset muslin paperweight. A Clichy trademark pink and green rose cane is surrounded by a cinquefoil garland composed of turquoise and white complex canes, on white upset muslin. Five maroon, blue and white canes are spaced around the border of the design. Top facet, five large side facets alternating with vertical flutes. Diameter 3 1/16" $5,000—6,000
29 Excellent antique New England Glass Company upright bouquet on swirling latticinio paperweight. Three lampwork blossoms in red, white and blue, each with millefiori centers, alternate with three millefiori florets which surround a large white and pink central cane floret. Six dark green pointed leaves encircle the posy, which rests on a double-swirl white latticinio cushion reminiscent of a Victorian tussy-mussy, “Specimens that replace the central lampwork blossom with a large complex millefiori cane rarely appear”- The Boston & Sandwich and New England Glass Companies. Diameter 2 5/8" $2,000—3,000 www.selman.com
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30 Antique Baccarat eight looped garland on translucent ruby ground paperweight. An unbroken ribbon of eight millefiori loops, in alternating loops of red/white floret canes and red/ white/blue cog canes, gracefully rings a central circle of white star canes with red bull’s-eye centers. The arrangement is centered by a red, white and-blue star/arrow complex center cane, all over a red translucent ground. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,500—2,000
33 Antique Baccarat white double clematis and garland paperweight. A white double clematis, with a pale yellow, red and white star/honeycomb cane center, six green leaves and a curved green stem, is encircled by a complex millefiori garland consisting of white, red and green star/bull’s-eye cog canes, alternating with white, red, green and cobalt blue arrowhead/star canes, on clear star-cut ground. Diameter 2 5/8" $1,200—1,500
31 Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori with Gridel canes and 1848 date cane paperweight. A colorful, assortment of canes, including fortress, rod bundle, honeycomb, arrow, six-point star, trefoil, quatrefoil and cog, incorporates the Gridel silhouettes of a rooster, pelican, dog, and stag as well as a “B 1948” date cane. Diameter 2 1/2" $1,500—2,000
34 Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom with torsade paperweight. The tuft of the mushroom is composed of assorted colorful complex canes including shamrocks, sixpoint stars, trefoils, quatrefoils, arrowheads, leaf and bundles. The mushroom’s stem is encircled by a cobalt blue spiral-encased white latticinio torsade,bordered by two well-defined air-ring inclusions, over clear, star-cut ground. One short scratch to dome, chip near base. Diameter 2 13/16" $1,000—1,500
32 Antique Baccarat concentric millefiori paperweight. A red and white complex cane is centered by four concentric rings of assorted complex canes, including bull’s-eyes, six-point stars, rods, florets and crimped canes, in white, green, red, pink and blue, on clear ground. Provenance: The Anthony and Priscilla Beadell collection. Diameter 2 9/16" $800—1,200 12
35 Antique Baccarat white double clematis paperweight. A white double clematis with a red bull’s-eye center is crowned by five green leaves, as it blooms atop a curved green stem with three green leaves on either side, over a clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 3 3/16" $1,500—2,000
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36 Antique Baccarat miniature concentric millefiori paperweight. A central cane of red, blue and green arrow canes with a central fortress cane is surrounded by a ring of white and blue star/bull’s-eye canes. The outer garland of red, white and blue star/bull’s-eye canes completes the design. All over clear ground. Diameter 1 11/16" $400—500 37 Antique Baccarat faceted green-flash overlay trefoil millefiori garlands paperweight. A cobalt blue, red, and white cross/ arrowhead/star cane is centered by a ring of white, red, and yellow complex canes, which is surrounded by a pair of interlaced trefoil garlands, on clear, star-cut ground. One of the garlands is composed of red and white cog canes, while the other consists of white and green stardust/bull’s-eye canes. Translucent emeraldgreen overlay, with a top facet, six side facets, and a ring of printies around the base. Diameter 2 13/16" $1,500—2,000 38 Antique Baccarat interlaced trefoil millefiori garland paperweight. A rare red pastry mold cane at the center is encircled by a ring of stardust canes, which is bordered by a pair of interlaced trefoil garlands containing continuous ribbons of complex canes, one red and white, the other blue and white, over clear ground. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,200—1,500 www.selman.com
39 Antique Baccarat Type III pansy and bud paperweight. A Type III pansy, with two luxuriant purple upper petals and three purple-tipped amber lower petals, is centered by a stardust/bull’seye cane and framed by three pert, green sepals. It shares a long, curving and sturdy stem with a three-leaf sprig and a forking stem of four leaves tipped by a purple and yellow bud. Clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,200—1,500 40 Antique Baccarat scrambled paperweight. Colorful segments of latticinio tubes, in blue, red, green, yellow and white, are fitted together in a random weave in a typical example of end-of-day artistry. Diameter 2 7/16" $400—500 41 Antique Baccarat Type III pansy faceted paperweight. A Type III pansy, its two deep purple upper petals matched by large spots at the bottom of three striped amber lower petals, centers around a white starburst complex cane with a red bull’s-eye core, and is haloed by three symmetrically spaced green leaves. It sits atop a curving stem flanked by two leaves on one side and by two leaves and a bud on the other, over clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets. One small chip to facet. Diameter 2 5/8" $800—1,200 Winter 2014
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45 Antique Clichy faceted miniature paperweight. A purple central cog cane is ringed by five white cog canes with gold centers. A garland of five large turquoise complex canes is spaced by five pairs of small pink canes, on clear ground. Five and one facets. Diameter 2 3/16" $700—900
43 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori pedestal in a stave basket paperweight. A cluster of green and pink star bundles around a feathery white cane forms the center, which is encircled by six concentric rings of assorted stardust, cog, bull’s-eye and floret canes, in pink, green, blue, red and white, within a basket of vertical purple and white staves which extends down to a footed base. All of the major French factories produced pedestal weights, but Clichy excelled in this area.” —The Art of the Paperweight Challenging Tradition. Diameter 2 11/16", height 2 5/16" $2,500—3,500
46 Antique Clichy rare red ground spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A large central pastry mold cane, its interior rims lined in royal blue and with a blue and white core, is ringed by twelve apple green complex pastry mold canes and then by a spaced circle of alternating white star canes and complex blue pastry mold canes in a pattern of two white/one blue. This outer ring of canes recedes into the ground, which is a deep, rich red. Chip to lower periphery and chipping to base. Diameter 2 7/8" $2,500—3,000
44 Antique Clichy C-scroll millefiori garlands paperweight. A central claret and white pastry mold cane is rimmed by a concentric ring of green, red and white pastry mold canes. The border contains a ring of five C-scroll garlands in blue, pink, purple and green and one comprised only of 14 pink and white Clichy roses. Clear ground. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 7/8" $2,500—3,000 14
47 Antique Clichy miniature spaced concentric millefiori with rose canes paperweight. A pink and white cog cane center is ringed by eight green pastry mold canes. A garland of five large blue, red and white pastry mold canes, alternating with pairs of pink and green Clichy rose canes, encircles the design, on clear ground. Diameter 2" $800—1,200
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48 Antique Clichy sulphide of Comte de Chambord on translucent green ground paperweight. A white sulphide of Comte de Chambord, the disputed King of France in August of 1830, rests on translucent green ground. Diameter 2 5/8" $600—700 49 Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A large maroon pastry mold cane, with a white interior ruffle and white rimmed maroon tube canes at its core, is ringed first with a circle of five canes and then an outer ring of twelve, each cane different in both color and design from the next and in a range of colors that includes pink, green, royal blue, purple, maroon and white. Clear ground. Diameter 2 3/16" $500—600 50 Antique Clichy concentric millefiori in a stave basket paperweight. A central large blue, white and pink pastry-mold cane is surrounded by five concentric rings of assorted complex canes, including bull’s-eye, tube, crimp and stardust canes in white and shades of red, green and blue. The arrangement rests in a basket of alternating purple and white staves. Diameter 2 5/8" $2,000—2,500
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51 Antique Clichy miniature open concentric millefiori with roses paperweight. A ring of nine white and red pastry mold canes surrounds a central pastry mold cane in bold cobalt blue, red and yellow. Five large pink and green Clichy roses, alternating with pairs of violet pastry mold canes, form the outer garland. Over clear ground. Diameter 1 3/4" $700—900 52 Antique Clichy spaced concentric on chequerboard weave muslin paperweight. A large purple and white pastry mold cane dominates the center of a design that includes two rings of spaced concentric millefiori, each different in color and design from the next, all within a careful weave of white upset muslin double swirl latticinio tubes. Diameter 3" $700—900 53 Antique Clichy spaced concentric millefiori faceted paperweight. A central complex red and white pastry mold cane is ringed first by eight pink complex pastry mold canes, then by fourteen pink-centered, white pastry mold canes and finally by seventeen pink-centered, purple pastry mold canes. A spaced garland of alternating pink and green canes completes the design in a pattern of three small apple green canes and one large pink cane, over clear ground. Six and one facets. Diameter 2 1/2" $900—1,200 Winter 2014
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54 Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori with running rabbit cane paperweight. The piece contains a tumbled arrangement of whole and partial canes among colorful pieces of filigree and latticinio, including a running rabbit cane “The most common of all antique paperweights is the scrambled millefiori. These weights, which are also called end-of-day weights, contain randomly arranged whole and broken canes and twists.” - The Art of the Paperweight. Diameter 1 13/16" $900—1,200 55 Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori paperweight. A large central complex cane containing the distinctive Saint Louis blue and white cross cane is surrounded by a colorful mix of whole and partial complex canes including star, cog, floret, twists, tube, filigree, and latticinio twist. Diameter 2 5/8" $1,800—2,250 56 Antique Saint Louis mini three-flower millefiori nosegay paperweight. A nosegay of three thick millefiori flowers in pink, dark blue and white is centered among five serrated green leaves on a gathered stem over clear ground. Diameter 1 3/4" $800—900 57 Antique Saint Louis pink pelargonium paperweight. The flower has a yellow, black, and green millefiori center surrounded 16
by five pink petals, each accented with a pair of short black lines. Five spaced green sepals radiate from behind the pelargonium, as it grows from a green stem, with two shaded green leaves, on clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 2 3/16" $1,500—2,000 58 Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet in a latticinio basket faceted paperweight. A large two-tiered lampwork flower with an orange core is at the center of a bouquet including two further lampwork flowers, one in white and the other in a brilliant royal blue, as well as two millefiori flowers, a small one in red and green and a larger one in royal blue and white. The bouquet is cupped within a bed of uneven, serrated green leaves and sits in a double swirl white latticinio basket framed by a clear air-ring inclusion. All-over honeycomb faceting impeccably preserved. Diameter 2 5/8" $1,500—2,000 59 Antique Saint Louis blue dahlia paperweight. The large blossom is centered by a goldenrod, blue, and white millefiori floret cane embedded in green glass. The dahlia is comprised of two tiers of variegated cobalt blue petals growing from a short stem with two leaves. Two additional spaced leaves protrude from under the flower, on clear star-cut ground. Broken stem and crack in one petal. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,600—2,000
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60 Antique Saint Louis nosegay on amber ground faceted paperweight. Four diverse millefiori blossoms, one a Persian blue, one salmon-colored, one ruby and one white, are tucked into the center of five long, crenulated green leaves, trailing stems gathered to create a traditional Victorian nosegay, over translucent amber, diamond cut ground. Eight circular side facets and all-over, large honeycomb faceting to the top. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,800—2,250
63 Antique Saint Louis posy on upset muslin paperweight. A cluster of four millefiori complex canes, including a large white cane , a pink pastry mold cane, a cane in bright blue and another in yellow, forms a traditional posy, perched atop a yellow stem and haloed by five serrated green leaves, over a bed of white upset muslin. A garland of alternating white and white/blue complex canes rings the design. Diameter 2 1/2" $1,000—1,500
61 Antique Saint Louis red and white jasper ground paperweight. A large complex cane composed of star and crimp canes in pistachio, pink, blue and white rests at the center of a red and white jasper ground. “The ground is composed of partially pulverized glass in two colors: opaque white and light cadmium green, garnet red or cobalt blue.” —The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Provenance: The Anthony and Priscilla Beadell collection. Diameter 2 13/16" $600—800
64 Antique Saint Louis bouquet of fruit in latticinio basket paperweight. The piece contains a pink-tinted pale yellow apple, two amber pears, three red cherries and radiating green leaves in a formal arrangement, on a double-swirl white latticinio basket. Diameter 2 9/16" $900—1,200
62 Antique Saint Louis miniature two color crown paperweight. Eight red and blue twists alternate with white spiraling latticinio ribbons, all radiating from a salmon-pink, white, blue and green complex cane centered at the top of the piece. Diameter 1 15/16" $1,500—2,000 www.selman.com
65 Antique Saint Louis white pompon on swirling pink latticinio paperweight. The pompon is composed of multiple concentric rings of C-shaped white tubes around a yellow filament center. A green sheathed white bud and two green leaves appear from behind the flower, while two additional leaves grow on a curved stem, over a double-swirl pink latticinio cushion. Diameter 2 1/8" $2,000—2,500
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66 Antique Bohemian spaced concentric millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. A large, central royal blue floret cane, with a white center and black core, is ringed by six blue and white complex canes and then by a spaced ring of eight green and white complex canes with blue and white floret cores, over a white upset muslin occasionally brightened by colorful latticinio segments. Diameter 2 9/16" $1,500—2,000 67 Antique American “End of Day” scrambled millefiori glass paperweight. The piece contains an assortment of whole and partial complex canes, colored filigree, and latticinio, on clear ground. Diameter 2 11/16" $500—600 68 Antique New England Glass Company pink poinsettia on double swirl latticinio paperweight. Two tiers of five pink petals each depart from a blue and white center cane and list heavily to the left atop a stem shared by three crenulated leaves, dotted with tiny bubbles, as well as a still tightly sheathed companion bud, over double swirl white latticinio. Diameter 3 1/8" $600—700
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69 Antique Bohemian leaping stag on amber ground faceted paperweight. In an etched woodland setting, a leaping stag clears a tumble of logs, over amber flash ground within a clear encasement. Five and one facets. Diameter 2 7/8" $500—600 70 Dominick Labino 1967 stylized orange tulip paperweight. A large translucent orange four-petaled tulip-like bloom with a three-petaled inner core, stemless, fills a clear glass dome. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $300—400 71 Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company fantasy pansy paperweight. Based on a typical pansy construct, two royal blue upper petals and three boldly blue and white striped lower petals radiate from a large pink and white center cane nexus. The flower sits atop a thick, short stem flanked by two crenulated green leaves, while a third leaf protrudes from behind the bloom. Clear ground. Slight surface wear. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,500—2,000
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72 Antique Boston and Sandwich weedflower paperweight. A large weedflower, with two lavender upper petals and three red, white-striped lower petals, is centered around a large complex cane and sits atop a thick green stem with two veined leaves, a third leaf protruding from behind. Clear ground. Diameter 2 7/8" $900—1,200
75 Antique New England Glass Company blue poinsettia paperweight. A double blue poinsettia, whose petals are symmetrically dotted with bubbles and with a large pink, blue and white complex cane at its center, sits atop a thick green stem shared by two veined and shaded leaves, within a clear encasement. Diameter 2 3/4" $600—800
73 Antique New England Glass Company colorful scramble paperweight. Slender latticinio twists in bold colors, including yellow, red, cobalt blue and green, are loosely scattered into a typical end-of-day collage, on clear ground. Surface wear. Diameter 2 7/16" $300—400
76 Antique Millville red crimp rose paperweight. A large, upright, dimensional, lipstick red crimp rose rests on the floor of a clear ground encasement, cupped by three translucent green petals. Diameter 3 3/8" $600—700
74 Antique Millville footed umbrella, or mushroom, paperweight. A teardrop-shaped bubble floats above the indented center of a three-dimensional, speckled, multi-color umbrella, over a clear, round, footed base. Diameter 3 1/16", height 3 3/8" $700—900
77 Antique New England Glass Company hollow blown pear paperweight. A blushing pear, rosy pink on one side and yellow on the other, with a dark calyx and clear ground stem, rests on a round, clear ground cookie base. Annealing crack to pear base. Diameter 2 7/8", height 1 7/8" $700—900
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78 Antique New England Glass Company concentric millefiori paperweight. Six concentric rings of complex canes in blue, white, mint green and pink converge on a central cane in red, white and blue, on clear ground. Diameter 2 9/16" $600—800 79 Antique American faceted fruit bouquet on swirling latticinio paperweight. A formal arrangement of blushing yellow apples, red cherries, and green leaves on a white double-swirl latticinio basket. Top facet surrounded by four circular facets, and eight printies encircling the side. Diameter 2 3/8" $200—300 80 Antique New England Glass Company four-spoke millefiori paperweight. A large pink complex cane is haloed by a ring of eight white complex canes from which extend four spokes, each composed of a cluster of four canes of various design, over white double-latticinio swirls, on clear ground. Diameter 3 11/16" $500—600 81 Antique unidentified maker spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central blue and white floret, rimmed in a white tube cane with red interior, is ringed first by delicate salmoncolored cogs and then by a circle of white tubes. Five spaced red 20
and white circlets with star cane centers ensue, all garlanded with a border of blue and white complex canes of two alternating designs, over clear ground. Diameter 2 1/4" $400—500 82 Antique New England Glass Company concentric millefiori on latticinio paperweight. A white center cane, with a blue star outline at its center, is ringed by a circle of canes in apple green, pink and white. A border garland of red and white complex cog canes finishes the design, which rests on a bed of double swirl white latticinio. Eight circular side facets and fancy cutting on the dome. Diameter 2 5/8" $300—400 83 Antique New England Glass Company concentric millefiori with rabbit canes paperweight. A central white collared red and blue cog cane is encircled by four rings of complex canes, beginning with a ring of maroon canes, followed by a ring of blue and white canes and another ring of salmon pink, blue and white. The salmon ring contains four canes with black running rabbit centers. The outermost ring repeats the second ring of blue and white canes. All over clear ground. Diameter 2 7/8" $600—700
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84 Antique New England Glass Company patterned millefiori on swirling latticinio paperweight. A central pink and white complex cane is encircled by a ring of complex millefiori in aquamarine and white alternating with aquamarine canes, creating a rosette, with an outer garland of aquamarine, pink and white complex millefiori over a basket of double swirling latticinio. Minor surface wear and bubble near center cane. Diameter 2 1/2" $800—1,000 85 Chinese vintage jungle with blue bird plaque paperweight. A thick tumble of black-dotted greens, representing a variety of flora here and there dramatically enlivened with strokes of red, is visited by a large soaring blue bird. Achieved through a painted glass technique applied to a white plaque, this is a cottage industry piece typical of the 1930s. Diameter 2 5/8" $180—225 86 Antique New England Glass Company concentric millefiori paperweight. A central white and green complex cane is circled by five rings of complex canes in blue, red, white, pink, purple and light green, all on clear ground. Diameter 2 1/4" $450—550
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87 Antique New England Glass Company patterned millefiori paperweight. A pretty pastel design resulting in a spoke-like pattern, a central white complex cane is ringed by seven complex canes in pink, then alternating white complex canes and others in ocher and red, a circle of white canes with blue cores and finally a garland of pink/white and blue/white canes, over clear ground. Diameter 2 5/8" $500—600 88 Antique New England Glass Company green, blue, red and white crown paperweight. Three spiraling ribbons in green, blue, red and white alternate with single twisted spirals of white latticinio in a cascade stemming from a large central floret, within a clear encasement. Diameter 2 3/8" $300—400 89 Antique New England Glass Company spaced millefiori miniature paperweight. At the center of the design is a large complex cane in turquoise, maroon and white, with an internal blue ten cog cane with a bright yellow center. Seven large complex cog tube canes in red, white and blue form the surrounding garland over clear ground. Diameter 1 7/8" $300—400
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90 Paul Stankard 1974 “Red Plantain” paperweight. Three stalks of red plantain and five chartreuse leaves grow on slender stems with trailing brown roots, over white ground. Edition #13 of a limited edition of 50. “PS” signature cane on the underside. Signed/dated. Provenance: The Diorio Collection. (See “Paul J. Stankard: Homage to Nature,” p. 50) Diameter 2 9/16" $1,000—1,500
two green artichoke-like thistles with tufted pink blooms, five pale blue forget-me-nots and three red-stamened, yellow blooms are gathered into a cluster along with two furling green leaves and visited by an industrious honeybee. The weight’s underside reveals a blue root person and the side is engraved with the dedication “Especially for Mary Anna and Joe”. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $2,500—3,000
91 Stankard Studio 2006 “Antiquity Unearthed” carved faces paperweight, by Pauline Stankard Iacovino. A pair of gray “pate de verre” faces, carved from a slab of rock, rest on earth ground near a vine bearing lavender flowers and green leaves. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $900—1,200
94 Paul Stankard 1972 early edition “White Marsh Gentian” American Floral Series paperweight. A five-petaled white marsh gentian with orange stamens sits pertly atop a slender, gently curving stem flanked by ten symmetrically placed green leaves, over dark purple ground. The original version has six green leaves on a translucent amethyst ground. “PS” signature cane on base. Dated. Diameter 2 1/2" $800—1,000
92 Paul Stankard 1978 “First Bouquet” on clear ground paperweight. Two yellow meadow wreath flowers, three red St. Anthony’s fire flowers and buds, six forget-me-nots, an array of chokeberry blossoms both open and closed, three sprays of bellflowers and attendant leafy foliage are gathered into a colorful bouquet over clear ground. “S” signature cane. Dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $1,800—2,250 93 Pat and Paul Stankard 1993 “Especially for Mary Anna and Joe” paperweight. Two pink-striped, white morning glories, 22
95 Paul Stankard 1995 golden bowl, berries, blossoms and root people block paperweight. A shallow golden bowl holds five crimson berries at the center of a design that includes three blackberries and two large red-stamened, white blossoms, all resting on straw. Flipping the weight over, six root people are exposed along with word canes reading “seeds”, “wet”, “scent” and “fertile”. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Width 2 5/8", height 3 1/8" $3,000—4,000
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96 Paul Stankard 1982 “Blue-Eyed Grass” paperweight. Two open yellow-centered blue flowers, one flower pod and one bud, share a trailing root system with long bladed green leaves, over clear ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $900—1,200 97 Paul Stankard 1973 “Red Maid” paperweight. A fivepetaled red flower, with black-tipped stamens and five surrounding green leaves, grows on a slender stem with two additional leaves, on opaque black ground. “PS” signature cane on base. Dated. Diameter 2 3/16" $900—1,200 98 Paul Stankard 1977 “Yellow Lady-slipper” Orchid Series paperweight. A yellow orchid bloom droops heavily from beneath four splayed sepals atop a curving stem shared by three shaded green leaves, over translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #30 of a limited edition of 75. “S” signature cane. Diameter 3" $900—1,200
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99 Paul Stankard 1981 experimental two blossoms with pods paperweight. Two lily-like creamy yellow blossoms grow from a single stem with three flower pods and four long pointed leaves, all emanating from a system of roots and clumps of soil, on clear mauve ground. “S” signature cane. Dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $900—1,200 100 Paul Stankard 1979 “Brandywine Fall Bouquet” paperweight. The arrangement includes small off-white and orange flowers, clusters of red bunchberries, stems of small brown seed pods, yellow field aster seed pods and assorted leaves, on gathered stems, over white ground. Edition #8 of a limited edition of 50. “S” on base. Dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $1,500—2,000 101 Paul Stankard 1973 “Early Spring Beauty” American Floral Series paperweight. A single white flower with light yellow stamens is curled around a green stem with four green leaves and dark-colored roots, over clear ground. This is the original version of Stankard’s 1978 “Compound Spring Beauty” paperweight. Edition #45 of limited edition 50. “PS” signature cane. Diameter 2 7/16" $800—1,000
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102 Stankard Studio 2007 “Homage to Van Gogh” compound paperweight, by David Graeber. Three brown-centered yellow sunflowers, buds, variegated green leaves and three stalks of bamboo spill from a brown clay vase, on translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $1,000—1,500
105 Johne Parsley 1991 two pink roses with bud faceted miniature paperweight. Two pretty, pink roses share a forking stem with a companion bud and three carefully veined green leaves, over clear, star-cut ground. Top facet and two rows of seven circular side facets each. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2" $900—1,200
103 David Graeber 2013 “Yellow Rose Bouquet” cross paperweight. Three lush yellow roses form the nexus of a crucifix whose arms are of purple asters, small blue and pink forget-me-nots and buds and an array of red berries, over clear ground. Signature/ date cane. Signed. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,800—2,250
106 Johne Parsley pink and yellow roses faceted petite paperweight. Two pretty, simple roses, one pale yellow, the other pink and each with five petals and a swirling center, share a common forking stem with four carefully ribbed leaves, two pale yellow buds and a pink bud, over clear, star-cut ground. Top facet and three rows of side facets. Signed with an etched “P”. Diameter 2 11/16" $800—1,000
104 David Graeber 2012 “Magaro” red roses in a round basket cut paperweight. A sprawling branch of rose thicket is hung with clusters of sumptuous red roses and buds, shoots of leafy spears framing the crimson and delicate, spiraling tendrils threading through the blooms. Clear ground. Round basket cut with notched upper rim. Diameter 3 3/4" $2,500—3,000
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107 Stankard Studio 2006 “Honeysuckle Flowers” paperweight, by Christine Stankard Kressley. Dimensional, pinkshaded white honeysuckle flowers grow on a vine along with a bud, striped green leaves and a single small black berry, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $1,000—1,500
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108 Clinton Smith 2012 yellow sprays with butterfly paperweight. Three lovely sprays of sheathed yellow blossoms, each thickly lining both sides of its sturdy stalk, are framed by opulent green foliage and visited by a beautiful black and yellow butterfly, against clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $700—800
111 Debbie Tarsitano bee on a honeycomb faceted paperweight. A wonderful and unusual piece, it features a round, disc honeycomb, beige with amber honey cells, upon which a delicate, gossamer-winged bee makes its way in the course of a deposit. Clear ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $1,200—1,800
109 Excellent Delmo Tarsitano pears on lace paperweight. Four blushing pears are arranged symmetrically around a central blue clematis, sandwiched between two tiers of green leaves. The motif rests on a white lace ground and is framed by a border garland in a rainbow of millefiori, each cane different from the next. Signature cane. “He drew his subject matter from things that delighted him as a boy. Growing up in Queens, just outside of New York City, during the Depression, Del saw vegetables, peaches and other farming scenes that formed his character and love for nature.” —Annual Bulletin of the Paperweight Collectors’ Association, Inc. (1991). Diameter 3 1/8" $10,000—12,000
112 Debbie Tarsitano pink and purple zinnia on a moss ground paperweight. A stunning pink and purple zinnia reigns at the center of a lush green moss ground studded with tiny white florets in a spaced concentric pattern and by two spaced circles of large pink complex canes, over a translucent blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $6,500—7,500
110 Delmo Tarsitano spider in a strawberry patch paperweight. A green spider with black legs stands sentry atop a webby nest in a strawberry patch, two ripe strawberries and four white blossoms rimming its domain. Sandy ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 5/8" $2,750—3,750 www.selman.com
113 Debbie Tarsitano pansy and ranunculus faceted paperweight. A lovely pansy, with two purple upper petals and three yellow, red and purple lower petals and framed by five green sepals, shares a forking stem with two small pink ranunculus blossoms, one with five opened sepals and one with five closed, as well as with three variegated green leaves, over clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,200—1,800 Winter 2014
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114 Rick Ayotte 1988 Artist Proof two magnolia blossoms paperweight. Two pink magnolia blooms, each with a thick cluster of deep gold stamens at its center, grow on either side of a dark green curving stem shared with seven pointed leaves, on clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,800—2,250 115 Rick Ayotte 1988 ruby-crowned kinglets with nest and morning glories paperweight. A pair of handsome ruby-crown kinglets give watch over a nest tucked within a vine of flowering blue morning glories, over clear ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $2,000—2,500 116 Rick Ayotte 1999 lizard and fly on magnolia paperweight. His tale wrapped around the upper tier of a large, pale pink magnolia blossom, a brown and green striped lizard stalks a plump, gossamer-winged fly, over clear ground. The bloom is framed by a ring of six mottled green leaves and centered by a thick orange stamen. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 11/16" $1,800—2,250
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117 Rick Ayotte 1997 pink roses on dark green leaves paperweight. Two large, lush pink roses, their inner petals a swirl of yellow, are arranged symmetrically beside two small yellowpierced companion buds, against sprays of small white blossoms and dark green leafy stems, over clear ground. Limited edition of 35. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,500—2,000 118 Rick Ayotte 1991 Artist Proof bouquet with a pink bow paperweight. A pretty bouquet, loosely splayed and composed of six blossoms, four pink and two yellow, as well as five symmetrically placed sprays of blue blossoms, is finished with pale green leaves and tied with an opulent pink bow. Artist proof. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $2,000—2,500 119 Rick Ayotte 1995 ruffled pink rose miniature paperweight. A thickly-tiered rose, with pale pink ruffled petals and a dusty rose stained center punctuated with two delicate yellow stamens, rests atop a piece of gnarled stem shared by four green leaves as well as four pairs of small white blossoms, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2" $500—600
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120 Rick Ayotte 1986 parrot with tropical flora paperweight. “A brilliantly arrayed parrot, a patchwork of bold yellow, green, blue, red and orange, poses proudly within a framework of orange, red and yellow tropical blooms, over white ground. Edition #21 of a limited edition of 75. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $1,200—1,800
123 Rick Ayotte 2002 “Within the Thicket” goldfinch magnum paperweight. A yellow and black goldfinch contemplates lunch from within a thicket of red and dark purple raspberries, three white berry blossoms and yellow-tinged green leaves adorning his repast. Clear ground. Limited edition of 5. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 1/4" $1,800—2,250
121 Rick Ayotte 1990 swamp sparrow paperweight. Ayotte’s first dimensional side-view design, the piece depicts a swamp sparrow perched next to orange-topped white cortinarius mushrooms, purple wood berries and white snowdrop flowers with a bud and long green leaves, on a patch of earth over clear ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 13/16" $1,800—2,250
124 Rick Ayotte 2006 “Dusk” Boreal owls with sunset paperweight. A pair of brown and white Boreal owls perch on a leafless branch, before a yellow and golden-orange sunset. One of the owls has an iridescent blue beetle clutched in its talons. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 11/16" $800—1,200
122 Rick Ayotte 1993 “Pink Peace Plaque” paperweight, from the Illusion series. Two fully opened pale pink roses, their centers stained a deep magenta, are accompanied by a third rose in the first stages of aperture as well as by sprays of small pale pink buds and teal green foliage. The motif displays against a translucent cobalt blue ground whose reflection casts a blue nimbus around the weight’s clear ground perimeter. Two rows of alternating oval and oblique printies. Signed/dated. Width 4 1/2", height 4 1/8" $2,500—3,000 www.selman.com
125 Rick Ayotte 1993 “Wind Rush” paperweight. Two Japanese anemones, one red and one white and each with a brilliant yellow tuft of stamens at its middle, are clustered into a bouquet with a red companion bud and with sprays of small red and white blossoms and variegated leaves, on opaque black ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,500—2,000
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126 Rick Ayotte 2007 three birds in a rose bush upright plaque. Three red-crested yellow birds desport themselves in a colorful tier within a mass of sumptuous red roses, small white blooms punctuating the design. Translucent red ground and bottom facet. Signed/dated. Height 4 3/4", width 4", depth 2 1/8" $2,500—3,500 127 Rick Ayotte 1987 two titmice and holly on snowy ground paperweight. A pair of dimensional gray titmice survey the pickings as they hop through holly leaves and berries that have come to rest on a patch of snow. Limited edition of 50. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $1,500—2,000 128 Rick Ayotte 1982 “Great White Heron” paperweight. A white heron wades past several green lily pads in a shallow pond, while a green frog floats on yet another, over pale blue ground. Edition #13 of a limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $900—1,200
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129 Rick Ayotte 2005 sparrow hawk with frog paperweight. A victorious sparrow hawk pauses on a branch, his latest conquest, a hapless frog, dangling from deadly talons. Milky white and sky blue ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,500—2,000 130 Rick Ayotte 1988 tiger lilies faceted paperweight. Several stalks of burnt orange tiger lilies push through a shared clump of long, bladed green leaves, on clear ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,200—1,800 131 Rick Ayotte 1993 “Red Salamander in Marsh” magnum paperweight. A crimson salamander, his back dusted with black spots and his tail curling round a cluster of mushrooms, gazes intently at a magnificent white pond lily adrift at pond’s edge between two mottled lily pads. Other mushrooms enliven the scene, as well as tufts of moss, two rocks and a small showing of yellow crocus. Clear ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/ dated. Diameter 4 1/8" $2,500—3,000
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132 Steven Lundberg 1998 large double-encased wisteria and butterflies vase. Three large encased yellow and green lampwork butterflies, straight on and in profile, ring the upper periphery of a clear ground vase which is hung with green wisteria vines and leaves as well as pink and lavender bloom cascades. Shared between two encasements, the motif is layered and subtly superimposed to add depth and complexity. Signed/dated. Diameter 5 3/4", height 9" $1,800—2,250
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134 Gordon Smith 1993 two tomato clown fish and a coral reef paperweight. Two tomato clown fish, each with a white stripe vertically delineating its head, swim within a compact undersea world of brown and beige coral reefs sprouting three green anemone plants with pink tips. Translucent blue ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $900—1,200
137 Cathy Richardson 2012 “Jewel Anemone” paperweight. Three aqua-colored fish, the lower halves of their bodies dotted with colorful spots, swim together over a mossy ocean floor thick with yellow coral, anemones and sponges, all ablaze with spots of vibrant color and further accented with two tufts of white underwater flora. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $800—1,000
135 Gordon Smith 1982 experimental iris paperweight. An open purple and lavender Dutch iris lists slightly from the top of a stem shared by a companion bud and four bladed, variegated green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/8" $600—700
138 Cathy Richardson 2013 Artist Proof “Tidepool Crab” paperweight. A red-tinged crab is sovereign of his own tiny tide pool, replete with yellow anemones, rocks, twisted shells and some water-swept greenery. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $800—1,000
136 Gordon Smith 1994 “Ocean Interior” seascape plaque paperweight. Three tomato clown fish, each with a vertical white stripe just behind the head, gambol in an underwater world of yellow, lavender and pink coral and pink and white anemone, all sprouting from a mottled green sea floor, against a translucent teal green ground. Upright plaque. Dated. Width 3 1/4", height 3" $1,200—1,500
139 Colin Richardson 2012 “Summer’s Last Harvest” paperweight. Nine pink and purple raspberries fall in a double-rowed cascade between exotic flowers of orange and yellow, vibrant bladed leaves with variegations in hunter green and chartreuse completing the design, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $900—1,200
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140 Melissa Ayotte 2006 “Sunflower Earthen Vessel” paperweight. A still life rendering of a flame worked, multi-tiered, orange-tinted, yellow sunflower on yellow-speckled ground rests within a brown, bowl-shaped, fused-metal and glass vessel. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $800—1,000 141 Melissa Ayotte 2006 green stone with interior bouquet paperweight. A pretty bouquet of red, lavender, yellow and purple blooms, a berry, leaves and tendrils, sits within a lavender sconce at the heart of an irregular green stone exterior and is viewed through a large front facet. Signed/dated. Width 3 1/2", height 3 5/8" $900—1,200 142 Jim D’Onofrio 1997 rattlesnake with lizard skeleton and cactus bloom paperweight. A coiled brown rattlesnake, its color fading at the tail, is striped in black and white and terminates in a pert, white and alarming rattle. It contemplates the white skeleton of a departed lizard while nearby blooms a pretty, blue desert flower on the rock-strewn, sandy desert floor. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,000—1,500
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145 143 Jim D’Onofrio 2003 bearded face on a forest floor with mushrooms paperweight. The wizened old face of a whitebearded woodland gnome lies on a forest floor and is the seeming font of a network of leafy branches, all hugging the sandy ground and with a yellow-stamened purple bloom at their midst. A host of mushrooms springs up throughout the scene, as if in cunning camouflage to the odd little man. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $750—850 144 Jim D’Onofrio 1993 “Mud Turtle” flowers and turtle paperweight. A three-dimensional brown mud turtle crawls across a dark, mossy ground, through a landscape strewn with rocks, a bit of fallen branch and a tumble of white, yellow-stamened flowers. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,000—1,500 145 Jim D’Onofrio 1993 frog and lily pads paperweight. An intrepid looking green frog, with yellow lateral stripes, moves from a cluster of rocks to one of two speckled green lily pads floating on an algae coated pond along with a yellow-stamened, white water lily. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,000—1,500
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146 Chris Buzzini 1996 morning glories and red buds paperweight. Three white morning glories, their interior petals boldly striped in purple, two companion buds and two sprays of yellow tipped, red buds wind together with leaves both bladed and heartshaped, tendrils and two curious long slender leaves, purple on one side and white on the other, which coil through the design. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,800—2,250
149 Chris Buzzini 1990 floral bouquet paperweight. Three lavender-shaded blue blossoms, each with a thicket of yellow stamens, are arranged vertically in a sparse bouquet that includes lavender bellflowers, yellow mullein, a spray of small blue blossoms, two sprays of unopened, pale yellow blooms and three long bladed leaves, over clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $900—1,200
147 Chris Buzzini 2009 “Star - One of One” pink orchids paperweight. Seven pink blooms, each with five petals and yellow-sheathed, green stamens, share a curving, graceful system of stems and exposed root with three pink companion buds as well as with spiraling tendrils and long, variegated and bladed green leaves. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,800—2,250
150 Chris Buzzini 1991 Artist Proof purple asters and yellow ranunculus bouquet paperweight. Two purple asters, each with a thick cushion of yellow stamens, a purple companion bud and a single yellow ranunculus with two companion buds, converge gracefully at the center of a design that is completed with four bladed green leaves and a sprig with another five, over clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,800—2,250
148 Chris Buzzini 2010 “One of One” yellow orchids paperweight. Five yellow orchid blooms, each with five petals and a central mass of erect black stamens, share a system of stems and exposed root with three pairs of pink-blushing beige pods, spiraling tendrils and graceful, bladed leaves completing the design. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,800—2,250
151 Chris Buzzini 1992 “Spring Medley” bouquet paperweight. A pink morning glory, a Tahoka daisy, grape hyacinth, a pink apple blossom, a red bud spray, sticky cinquefoil and attendant buds and greenery are woven together into a graceful arcing bouquet, on clear ground. Edition #16 of a limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,500—2,000
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152 Cathy Richardson 2012 “Octopus with Sea Grasses” paperweight. A sweet little lavender octopus, his plethora of legs lined with neon-colored suction dots, is tucked astutely into a nest of sea ferns springing from a mossy ocean floor, along with scattered bursts of colorful corals and anemone. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $800—1,000
155 Colin Richardson 2011 “Blue Satyrs, Red Tigers” paperweight. Two lavender-blue satyr butterflies alight delicately on a stalk of orange tiger lilies, a thick sprig of brilliant blue berries and a tuft of bladed green leaves balancing the design. Butter yellow ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $900—1,200
153 Cathy Richardson 2011 “Willow Tree” paperweight. A swirling, vertically-grained, stylized tree trunk rises from a patch of green and yellow dappled turf and finally spills into the blossom studded canopy of a weeping willow, set against a deep blue ground painted with a country landscape. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $450—550
156 Clinton Smith 2012 desert salamander paperweight. A pale green salamander, with a chartreuse belly and two black stripes tracing the length of his body, curls beside a desert display of black and white rocks and brilliant orange succulent blooms with attendant greenery, against a rock-strewn, sandy floor. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $550—650
154 Karen Federici 2004 pink flower bouquet paperweight. Six flowers with yellow centers in shades of light and dark pink are joined by green and black-striped tendrils over clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $400—500
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157 Clinton Smith 2012 purple berries and a yellow spray paperweight. A stalk of plump, dappled purple berries is thickly lined with attendant greenery and fancifully joined to a neighboring stalk of long bell-shaped flowers, yellow within and sheathed in pale green. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $550—650
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158 Victor Trabucco 1983 strawberry and blossom paperweight. A single ripe strawberry pends from a drooping vine with a sprig of three green leaves, while beside it a second bit of vine, again with a sprig of three leaves, gives promise of further bounty with a yellow-stamened white blossom and companion bud, on clear ground. Edition #11 of a limited edition of 50. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $600—800 159 Victor Trabucco 1988 red clematis and buds bouquet paperweight. Two large scarlet clematis blossoms, with complex cane centers ringed by delicate black stamens, lie atop a spray of small long stemmed white flowers and orange and black buds, on clear ground. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 25. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $800—1,000 160 Bob Banford pink and blue bouquet in a clear gingham basket paperweight. A three-tiered dahlia, with pointed petals and upright yellow stamens, is ringed by six demure buds, three blue, one red, one purple and one white, and displays atop a bed of symmetrically arranged emerald green leaves floating within a gingham cut clear ground basket. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,800—2,250 34
161 Victor Trabucco 1985 three red blooms and dove stopper perfume bottle. Three Chinese red, black-stamened, five-petaled flowers and three green leaves face symmetrically outward from a central nexus within the base of a clear ground perfume bottle, the motif reflected in the pending basin. Frosted dove stopper. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/8", height 6 1/4" $750—950 162 Victor Trabucco 1993 red raspberries, blossom, and buds magnum paperweight. Three plump red raspberries grow from a marbled and forking brown twig shared by two white blossoms with companion bud and an abundance of furling green leaves, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated Diameter 3 3/4" $1,500—2,000 163 Bob Banford double blue clematis with dragonfly compound faceted paperweight. A royal blue and white double clematis, with a whimsical flower silhouette cane center, is framed with a nimbus of ten green sepals and shares a curving stem with two blue and white buds, one slightly more open than the other. A purple-bodied dragonfly floats above on two sets of white latticinio wings. Clear ground. Fancy fluted cutting to lower periphery of the weight and six and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $1,200—1,800
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164 Bob Banford pears and cherries on upset muslin faceted paperweight. Five yellow and blushing ruby pears alternate in spokes with five ruby red cherries, a sixth cherry presiding at the nexus. The design rests on white upset muslin and is garlanded by a white-edged pink and green twist torsade. Three graduating rings of round printies and a top facet. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,200—1,800 165 Ray Banford encased lampwork and gold stickpin. A small, delicate, lavender trumpet flower with a yellow core is encased within clear glass whose interior base has been painted with translucent green glass to create a cradle of leaves. Gold stickpin. Encasement diameter 7/16" $100—150 166 Bob Banford clump of daffodils faceted paperweight. Three bright yellow daffodils raise up from a layered clump of long, bladed green daffodil leaves, flanked on either side by a yellow bud, its head hanging demurely from the tip of a slender stem. Six and one facets, vertical cuts to bottom perimeter and diamond cutting to base. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $900—1,200
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167 Bob Banford blue dahlia with a latticinio torsade faceted paperweight. A triple tiered blue dahlia, its petals delicately lined and shaded, sits on a radial bed of green leaves, garlanded by a pink twist torsade wrapped within a white latticinio tube. Clear, star-cut ground with an unusual opaque white band encircling the base. Top facet and three rows of eight circular side facets each. Signature cane. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,200—1,800 168 Bobby Banford single white flower on translucent blue ground paperweight. A dimensional, three-tiered white flower, with a cage of yellow stamens at its center, sits within a nimbus of five pointed green sepals on a translucent blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 7/16" $600—700 169 Bobby Banford snowman and tree Christmas paperweight. Beneath a large brown and leafless tree, a slender snowman, with a carrot nose and black hat, holds a broom in his left hand. A snowy white ground continues to layer with snowflakes falling from a translucent cobalt blue sky overhead. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—500 Winter 2014
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170 Lundberg Studios 2002 close packed cabbage rose paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. A lovely array of cabbage roses, in pinks, reds, yellows, oranges and white, is packed tightly with bits of green cane suggestive of foliage and bordered in a pastiche of the same colors, in a beautiful and unique design. Signed/dated. One cracked rose. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,000—1,500 171 Steven Lundberg 1987 two pink and lavender blossoms compound paperweight. Two exotic blossoms, each with two alternating tiers of three pink petals each, delicately veined and shaded, and with long, tapering lavender stamens, float at different levels above two slender stems flanked by variegated green leaves, within a clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $700—900 172 Steven Lundberg 2000 dragonfly with cattails compound paperweight. Five yellow-tipped crimson cattails spike upward through a generous clump of long, bladed and variegated green leaves from which a large purple, blue and lavender dragonfly takes flight, over a dark blue opalescent ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 11/16" $800—1,000
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173 Steven Lundberg 1997 Paperweight Collectors Association daffodil compound paperweight. A white daffodil with a pink and yellow center grows on a green stem with five long green leaves and floats above a blue stave basket with white star centers. Edition #2 of a limited edition of 50. Date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—600 174 Lundberg Studios 1987 pink dahlia in a hexagon paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. Three tiers of delicately ribbed pink dahlia petals are enlivened with a burst of yellow stamens at their nexus and framed by six radial green leaves peeking out from behind. Clear ground hexagon. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—500 175 Lundberg Studios 1987 white water lilies compound paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. Two large white water lilies, each with twelve white petals, six green sepals and delicate yellow stamens with orange centers, grow from scattered green lily pads, on a cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $600—700
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176 Mayauel Ward 2005 double-tiered white flower paperweight. The flower has an upright center section, with small petals and stamen, in orange, yellow, and white, which is surrounded by two unfurled layers of ridged white petals. Three clusters of green leaves surround the flower, over mottled aqua and off-white ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $400—500 177 Mayauel Ward 2010 burnt orange hibiscus on blue ground magnum paperweight. A large, beautifully defined hibiscus, many tiered and in shaded hues of burnt orange, is framed by five ribbed sepals and sits atop a blue disc mottled with pale green and white pebble shapes floating at the center of an unusually large clear ground encasement. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 5/8" $550—650 178 Jesse Taj Glass 2004 “Rainbow and Butterflies in Vineyard” compound paperweight. A sunny country landscape is evoked with green hillsides, a grape-heavy vine, trees, butterflies, a rainbow and a brilliant yellow sun peeking out from behind a passing cloud. Blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 5/8" $180—225
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179 Yaffa Sikorsky-Todd and Jeff Todd 1993 “Orchard” paperweight. A large fruit tree, its trunk and branches in patterned green swirls, is thickly hung with cotton candy-like clusters of pale pink blossoms and apple green leaves. It grows from an apple green field strewn with large rocks and dotted with tiny pastel millefiori blooms, over clear ground. Painted glass technique. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $500—600 180 Yaffa Sikorsky-Todd and Jeff Todd 1997 bluebird with a bird house paperweight. A bright colored bluebird, wings outstretched in easy flight, heads toward a red bird house hanging from a branch of twisting greens that is here and there a burst of apple green leaves and pale salmon-colored blossoms, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $500—600 181 Randall Grubb “Coming at You” classic car paperweight. A realistic rendering of the front of a 1932 Ford High Boy is directed straight at the viewer as it heads forward on a dirt road framed by country green and a bright blue sky. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $500—600
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182 Ken Rosenfeld 2002 “Red, White and Blue Ribbon Bouquet” paperweight. A white blossom with yellow center, two blue blossoms with yellow stamens and a cluster of four small red blooms are tied with a red, white, and blue-striped bow, over clear ground. Edition #43 of a limited edition of 50. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $350—400
185 Ken Rosenfeld 2000 daisy with a ladybug petite paperweight. A large, cheerful white daisy, with a black-rimmed yellow tuft at its center, sprouts from a slender stem shared by a clump of sturdy green leaves and flanked by two promising white buds. A red and black ladybug visits the bloom which rests on translucent blue ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 9/16" $400—500
183 Ken Rosenfeld 1984 four plums paperweight. Four purple plums, each with an individual stem, hang from a curved branch from which sprout four shaded, light green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $400—500
186 Ken Rosenfeld 1992 three thistle paperweight. Three crimson thistles sprout symmetrically from an intimidating tuft of thorny, bladed green leaves, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $600—800
184 Ken Rosenfeld 1999 miniature frog and flower paperweight. A brown-spotted dark green frog, with long spindly toes, pauses on sandy ground near a five-petaled pink flower cradled at the center of dark green aventurine leaves. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/2" $400—500
187 Ken Rosenfeld 1989 “Vegetable Garden” paperweight. “Seven radishes with leafy tops, six tapered carrots, three asparagus spears and two purple turnips are provocatively splayed across clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $400—500
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188 Ken Rosenfeld 1993 rattlesnake in the desert paperweight. A brown and beige rattlesnake, his rattle slightly raised, is well-disguised against a pebbled ground piled with two stacks of similarly colored rocks. Four different desert blooms, one red, one green, one yellow and one blue, add color to the scene. Accompanied by a separate, unencased snake. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $700—900 189 Ken Rosenfeld 2008 floral bouquet miniature sphere. A yellow sunflower is surrounded by a double-tiered light blue flower, a pink rose, a purple mum, small blue and white blossoms, a raspberry, buds, green leaves, and tendrils. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/4" $800—1,000 190 Ken Rosenfeld 1984 four flower bouquet paperweight. Four fantasy flowers, one with five blue petals rimmed and swirled with green, another with five pink petals rimmed in blue and swirled with rose, a double-tiered lavender bloom and another bloom in pink, are threaded into a symmetrical design with emerald green stems and tendrils, on clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $400—500
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191 Ken Rosenfeld 1991 “Pumpkin Patch” paperweight. Three dimensional, striped orange pumpkins ripen on dark green vines, atop a bed of mottled green leaves, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $500—600 192 Ken Rosenfeld 1986 six fantasy flowers and a strawberry paperweight. A pink bloom and a lavender one, both with tiers of inward cupping petals and emerald green sepals, cluster together with three five-petaled striped flowers, in blue and green, blue and white and red and white, all with emerald green leaves, as well as a shy yellow-stamened white flower and a ripe, freckled strawberry, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $500—600 193 Ken Rosenfeld 2000 latticinio-winged dragonfly with a blue flower petite paperweight. Pink latticinio wings flank the narrow body of a dragonfly as it gains a perch on the flaring sepals of a blue flower with a burst of yellow stamens at its core. Translucent amber ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 9/16" $350—450
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194 Paul Ysart Harland-era cone-shaped lampwork paperweight. Lampwork arches in yellow and green, each punctuated with a bubble, spring from a larger central bubble in a fountainlike effect, on a red and white frit ground. Diameter 2 9/16", height 2 15/16" $500—600 195 Paul Ysart salmon-colored and black ducks on a pond paperweight. A pair of three-dimensional ducks, black with red beaks and salmon-colored wings edged in white, float on a pond beside a yellow water lily with two leaves. Below them, the golden-hued pond bed is strewn with aventurine speckled white rocks as well as a “PY” signature cane. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,000—1,500 196 Paul Ysart five flower bouquet with bow on purple ground paperweight. A bouquet of five pert flowers, two pink, one yellow, one green and one blue, displays against four wide, variegated and bladed green leaves, tied with an aqua bow. The motif rests on an opaque deep purple ground and is framed by a border garland of alternating fortress canes and cogs in lavender/white and pink/ white respectively. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,500—2,000 197 Paul Ysart spaced concentric millefiori on opaque pink ground paperweight. Cog and sawmill canes in yellow/purple 40
and purple/white form a large ring at the center of the motif. This central ring is filled with colorful complex canes of various design in rainbow hues and includes a signature cane. A spaced border garland of much larger complex canes, predominantly in reds and yellows, completes the design which rests on opaque pink ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $900—1,200 198 Paul Ysart butterfly on translucent cobalt ground paperweight. The red aventurine body of a colorful butterfly is flanked by two large mint green upper wings studded with red and white centers and by two royal blue lower wings studded with yellow. Two red antennae forge his path across a translucent cobalt blue ground rimmed in a millefiori border of green, magenta and white. Signature cane. Diameter 2 7/8" $900—1,200 199 Very rare early Paul Ysart millefiori butterfly magnum paperweight. A large butterfly, its green body flanked by two large white complex cane upper wings with pink and white cog cane centers and smaller lower replicas of the same, has crimsontipped antennae and is garlanded by a border of a repeating pattern of myriad complex canes in a variety of colors, over a translucent magenta ground. Signature cane. Diameter 4 1/16" $2,500—3,000
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200 Charles Kaziun Junior scattered millefiori on translucent cobalt blue ground petite paperweight. Nine complex canes, predominantly white and including cog, sawmill and pastry mold forms, are arranged in symmetrical rows of three on a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/4" $500—600
203 Charles Kaziun Junior red crimp rose pedestal paperweight. A large, upright, dark red crimp rose, with fourteen petals and four translucent green leaves, cradles at the bottom of a clear encasement held by a clear footed base. Complex signature cane on the underside. Diameter 2 3/16", height 3 1/8" $1,500—2,000
201 Charles Kaziun Junior chequer on magenta ground petite paperweight. A chequerboard pattern of nine enclosed squares, formed with gold aventurine lines, hosts six complex canes and three silhouette canes, one per square. The complex canes include numerous stars and tiny hearts, one at the very core of the weight, and the silhouettes are of a four leaf clover, a turtle and a duck. Opaque magenta ground. Two signature canes. Diameter 2 1/8" $1,200—1,800
204 Charles Kaziun Junior tilted millefiori pedestal paperweight. A central cluster of small cog canes, in blue, pink, green and white, focuses on a turtle silhouette cane and includes shamrock canes, a heart cane and a “K” signature cane. It is displayed against white muslin over a tilted translucent royal blue ground atop a clear ground pedestal. Signature gold “K” on the underside. Diameter 1 7/16", height 1 13/16" $800—1,200
202 Charles Kaziun Junior lady’s silhouette on pink ground faceted miniature paperweight. The black silhouette of a lady’s head is set against a small white plaque which is in turn set against a larger black one. The portrait is at the center of an opaque pink ground and is framed by a spaced garland of white pastry mold canes with red star cores. Six and one facets. Gold “K” signature cane. Diameter 1 9/16" $500—600 www.selman.com
205 Charles Kaziun Junior pink rose tilted pedestal paperweight. A swirled pink rose, at the focus of three symmetrically placed green leaves, is ringed by three spaced pink and green cog canes and rests on a tilted royal blue ground strewn with white upset muslin. A gold bee floats above the design which is supported by a clear ground pedestal. Signature “K” on the underside. Diameter 1 5/8", height 2" $800—1,200
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206 Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central cluster of pink and white cog canes is the focus first of a spaced ring of yellow complex canes, then a spaced ring of pink and white cogs, a spaced ring of pink and white complex canes and finally a spaced ring of complex canes in oranges, pink and pale green. Clear ground. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Diameter 2 11/16" $400—500 207 Baccarat hyacinth blossom trio on black pebbled ground paperweight. Three pink and white hyacinth blossoms, emerging from long green sheath-like sepal leaves, sprout from rich black pebbled earth. Edition #175 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on base. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $450—550 208 Baccarat 1978 purple and blue lampwork butterfly paperweight. A butterfly, artfully constructed from purple millefiori, with a brown body, yellow antennae and fore and hind wings beautifully marked by a translucent blue cell edged in white, hovers over a yellow and white pebble surface with one splash of green, on a dark green ground. Edition #47 of a limited edition of 125. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1978” signature/ date cane. Diameter 31/8" $650—750 42
209 Baccarat 1974 Gridel hunter millefiori paperweight. A central silhouette cane of a hunter with a rifle is encircled by a ring of white canes with blue centers and then surrounded by a wavy yellow millefiori garland containing each of the other seventeen Gridel silhouettes; the design is completed by a scalloped red and pink millefiori border garland on white upset muslin. Edition #263 of a limited edition of 350. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $700—800 210 Baccarat 1979 Gridel pigeon millefiori paperweight. A large pigeon silhouette cane is centered by several concentric rings of assorted complex canes, in white, yellow, pink and blue, on a translucent cobalt blue ground. The design includes one ring of the eighteen different Gridel silhouette canes. Edition #86 of a limited edition of 350. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1979” signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/8" $600—700 211 Baccarat Gridel horse millefiori paperweight. A central horse silhouette cane is surrounded by the other seventeen colorful Gridel silhouette canes, scattered on white upset muslin ground. Edition #162 of a limited edition of 350. Acid-etched with Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1973” signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $600—700
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212 Baccarat 1971 black and brown snake paperweight. A brown and black snake with a white side stripe coils, head raised, on pebbly dark blue ground, with scattered chips of green, gold, white, black and silver. Edition #26 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1971” signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $600—700 213 Baccarat 1975 blue and white iris flowers on double swirl latticinio paperweight. A balanced pair of large blue and white iris flowers bloom atop tall green stems, along with three blue buds and two leaves, on a double swirl of white latticinio strips. Edition #127 of a limited edition of 260. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on base. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—500 214 Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori on clear ground paperweight. A central complex cane of pale green tubes is encircled first by a spaced ring of lilac bundle canes and then by a spaced ring of raspberry colored complex canes. A ring of canes in an alternating pattern of pinks and blues and blues and white ensues and finally another in pastels, over clear ground. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. Diameter 2 11/16" $400—500 www.selman.com
215 Baccarat 1972 Gridel squirrel pink and green paperweight. A large central white squirrel silhouette cane is encircled by several concentric rings of assorted complex canes, including one ring of the eighteen different Gridel silhouettes, over a layer of white upset muslin. Edition #437 of a limited edition of 1200. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $600—700 216 Baccarat 1975 Gridel baby chick millefiori paperweight. A central baby chick silhouette cane is encircled by a ring of yellow complex canes and then a ring of the other seventeen Gridel silhouettes; a border garland of yellow millefiori completes the design, on a translucent blue ground. Edition #122 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $700—800 217 Baccarat 1971 scattered complex millefiori paperweight. Complex canes in shades of pink, blue, green, turquoise, yellow and white rest on a white upset muslin ground. Edition #732 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. “B 1971” signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $500—600 Winter 2014
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218 Saint Louis 1971 blue and white swirl paperweight. A chartreuse and white signature/date cane presides at the center of a swirl pattern composed of alternating dark blue and white ribbons. Limited edition of 400. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—500 219 Saint Louis 1979 “Amour” faceted Cupid sulphide paperweight. A white sulphide of Cupid is encircled by a spaced garland of blue lampwork flowers, on rose-colored ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 400, exclusive for L. H. Selman Ltd. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $250—350 220 Saint Louis 1982 faceted strawberries paperweight. Four red strawberries rest on a bed of green leaves, on a swirling white latticinio cushion. Five and one facets. Limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3" $500—600
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221 Saint Louis 1975 white flower on persimmon ground paperweight. A large white fantasy flower, having five white petals with hints of green, and encircling a ring of green stamen canes as well as a center blue and white signature cane, grows from a green stem which has three leaves and a bud. All rest on an opaque persimmon ground. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—600 222 Saint Louis 1978 red and white carpet ground with silhouettes paperweight. A carpet ground of white hollow canes with red interiors displays four symmetrically spaced silhouette canes of varying color and design, as well as a red and green central complex cane, in a shallow stave basket of the white and red canes. Limited edition of 350. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $600—700 223 Saint Louis 1972 faceted blue double clematis faceted paperweight. A pale blue double clematis, with a central “SL 1972” signature/date cane, green leaves, sepals and stem, rests on a double-swirl white latticinio cushion. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 400. Diameter 3 1/16" $45—550
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224 Saint Louis 1982 lily-of-the-valley faceted paperweight. A graceful stem of white lily-of-the-valley rises up from a clutch of six green leaves, on opaque garnet ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—600 225 Saint Louis 1979 faceted pink and blue flower paperweight. Pink and blue lampwork flowers spring from a tuft of green leaves and stems, a fourth leaf mingling with the blooms, on diamond-cut translucent amber ground. Six and one facets. Signature/date cane. Limited edition of 450. Diameter 3 1/8" $700—800 226 Saint Louis 1953 faceted Queen Elizabeth II Coronation sulphide paperweight. A Queen Elizabeth II cameo is represented in white, on translucent cobalt blue ground, encircled by a garland of red and yellow complex canes. Six and one facets. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $250—350
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227 Saint Louis 1977 blue clematis faceted paperweight. Four royal-blue clematis flowers, with millefiori stamens and an accompanying bud, grow from four delicate green leafed stems, over a double swirl white latticinio cushion. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 650. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—500 228 Saint Louis 1991 concentric millefiori piedouche paperweight. A pink and white central cane is encircled by six rings of complex canes in shades of white, red, blue and pink, all surrounded by a border garland of red millefiori canes. Swirling white latticinio base, with two latticinio twist torsades. Edition #19 of a limited edition of 25. Signature/date cane. Signed. Diameter 2 1/4", height 2 5/16" $750—850 229 Saint Louis red flower with leaves. A naive red flower, its five petals fading to pink at the edges, is centered by a large white star complex cane and ringed by a nimbus of five green leaves tinged with an occasional splash of darker green and in alternation with the petals, over clear ground. Diameter 2 7/8" $250—350
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230 Whitefriars 1978 close packed millefiori faceted cylindrical paperweight. Close packed red and white pastry mold canes with blue star centers, and a border garland of aqua and white canes, form a cushion at the bottom of a faceted cylinder, over clear ground. Top facet, seven large concave side facets and seven smaller facets each to top and bottom edge. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 3/4", height 2 9/16" $350—450 231 Whitefriars 1977 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee faceted paperweight. Produced to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, complex canes form “E II R” in the center, with a mosaic crown picture cane above and 1952 and 1977 date canes below, ringed by a border garland of pink and white millefiori canes, on translucent cobalt blue ground. Six and one facets. Diameter 3 3/16" $350—450 232 Whitefriars 1978 close packed millefiori faceted cylindrical paperweight. A colorful assortment of complex canes in shades of blue, green, white and red forms a cushion at the bottom of a faceted cylinder, over clear ground. Seven large side facets, seven smaller facets each to top and bottom edge and one top facet. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 13/16", height 2 7/16" $450—550 46
233 Whitefriars 1971 concentric millefiori high-domed fluted paperweight. A central cluster of tiny sage green rods with star centers is ringed first by cobalt blue canes, then by canes in white and green and finally by a border of blue cogs with star cane centers. High dome with six oblique side flutes. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $350—450 234 Whitefriars 1977 concentric millefiori with flags faceted paperweight. Three portrait canes of the American flag are at the center of concentric rings of red, white and blue star centered complex canes. Five and one facets. Limited edition of 500. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $350—450 235 Whitefriars 1974 close packed millefiori pedestal paperweight. Close packed complex millefiori in shades of aqua, rose, blue and green form a cushion on clear, star-cut ground. Five and one facets. Pedestal base. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 13/16", height 3 1/8" $500—600
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236 Parabelle Glass 1997 spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. A central green and white Clichy-type rose is encircled by a ring of blue complex canes and then rings of assorted blue, white and green millefiori canes, all of them cushioned on a white upset muslin ground. Edition #3 of a limited edition of 10. Dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,200—1,800 237 Parabelle Glass 1997 spaced concentric millefiori with a pansy center cane paperweight. A large white and purple center pansy cane is ringed by four circles of slightly spaced complex canes, each circle different in color and design from the next and all in delicate pastels. A border garland in bold pinks and blues frames the design which rests on a white cross-hatched latticinio bed. Edition #8 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,500—2,000 238 Parabelle Glass 1997 Artist Proof roses and pansies piedouche paperweight. A large central Clichy-style pink and green rose is ringed first by ten smaller, spaced pink roses and then by eight large spaced pansy canes alternating between blue and green, all over a solid green aventurine ground. A white stave pedestal base is enclosed at the base and top by a green and white twist torsade. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4", height 1 9/16" $3,000—4,000 www.selman.com
239 Parabelle Glass 1990 Artist Proof patterned millefiori with circlets paperweight. A central circlet formed around a Clichy-style white rose is enclosed first by six spaced white florets and then by six more circlets, each with a white rose core, alternating with an additional six white florets, over a dark forest green aventurine ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 11/16" $800—1,000 240 Parabelle Glass 1997 Artist Proof hearts and roses moss ground paperweight. A large center cane with a heart at its focus is ringed by nine pink and green Clichy-type roses, then by a spaced circle of sixteen more roses and finally a spaced border garland in an alternating pattern of roses and hearts, on an edleweiss-studded moss ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $2,000—2,500 241 Parabelle Glass 1991 millefiori and lampwork posy on white upset muslin paperweight. A pretty posy, its beautifully rendered ribbed leaves cradling three millefiori flowers of white/ red arrow canes, includes a pink bud and spiraling tendril against a white upset muslin ground. Cog canes of alternating green and pink create a border garland. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,800—2,250 Winter 2014
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242 Drew Ebelhare 1993 close concentric millefiori in a stave basket paperweight. A central blue and white complex cane, with a tiny orange and yellow signature cane core, is ringed by six concentric circles of moss ground canes in combinations of blue and pink, pink and white and blue and white, all cupped within a white stave basket. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/2" $400—500 243 Drew Ebelhare 1993 concentric millefiori miniature piedouche paperweight. An aqua and white center cane with a golden core presides at the center of four concentric rings of complex canes, each ring different from the next, all in various combinations of aqua, pink and white. The design rests on an aqua and white striped pedestal enclosed top and bottom by an aqua and white twist torsade. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 1/4", height 1 1/2" $300—400 244 Drew Ebelhare 1994 close concentric millefiori in blue and white stave basket paperweight. A central blue and persimmon red grouping of complex canes is ringed by white canes with blue star centers, blue canes with red dot centers, white star canes, and red and blue complex canes, all enclosed in a basket of alternating blue and white complex cane staves. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/4" $400—500 48
245 Drew Ebelhare 1997 close concentric in a stave basket petite paperweight. A central signature cane at their focus, four concentric rings of delicately rendered complex canes in soft pastels and a fifth punctuated in dark blue are cupped within a white stave basket with red cores. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/4" $500—600 246 Drew Ebelhare 1997 patterned millefiori on cobalt blue ground miniature paperweight. A large white and pink complex cane is encircled by a ring of green complex canes and then by a border garland of pairs of pink millefiori alternating with white crow’s foot canes with green centers, on translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated on base. Diameter 1 7/8" $300—400 247 Drew Ebelhare 1997 close concentric in a stave basket miniature paperweight. A central blue and white signature cane is rimmed first by tiny salmon-colored bull’s-eye canes, then by blue and white complex canes with tiny shamrock cores, a ring of red, white and blue florets and finally delicate yellow and white complex flower canes, all cupped within a blue-streaked white stave basket. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 13/16" $400—500
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from a central circle of pink and white complex canes at the weight’s crest. The four quarters are separated by four lavender cascades which drape vertically from the crown. Edition #19 of a limited edition of 20. “PCA ‘95” cane as well as a signature/ date cane. Paper label. Signed. Diameter 2 7/8" $700—900
249 Murano pink and white crown paperweight. Wide graduating ribbons of white double swirl latticinio alternate with twisted pink ribbons edged in gold aventurine in a broad cascade departing from the weight’s apex and then meeting again at the center of the base. Clear ground. Diameter 3 5/8" $400—500
252 Jim Brown close concentric millefiori large paperweight. A maroon flower cane sits at the core of a white sawmill ringed by ruffled sawmills and then a circle of delicate green and white canes filled with tiny stars. Another ring of sawmills ensues and then others in a lighter green. White complex canes follow and finally white cogs with maroon flower cores, all cupped within a white and aqua stave basket. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 3 5/8" $800—900
250 Jim Brown 2003 close concentric millefiori in a stave basket paperweight. A large central pink and white complex cane is encircled by close concentric white pastry mold canes, a ring of alternating pink and white shallot canes and white and pink pastry mold canes, and then a ring of large green and white complex canes, all resting in a pale green stave basket. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $600—700 251 Cape Cod Glass Works four color marbrie paperweight, by A Aubiet. Festoons of pink, white and purple fall in quarters www.selman.com
253 Jim Brown patterned millefiori magnum paperweight. An ecru ruffled cane forms the nucleus of a central cluster which then moves to a ring of maroon-centered pale green canes and finally to dark blue canes with white bull’s-eye cores. Four white lattimo twists depart symmetrically from this motif, defining four large triangles filled with white canes whose cores vary widely in color and design as well as three signature canes of ascending magnitude, all cupped within a pink and white stave basket. Signed. Diameter 4" $800—900 Winter 2014
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254 Francis Whittemore yellow crimp rose perfume bottle. A many-petaled, dimensional yellow crimp rose, cupped within four open green sepals, rests on the base of a small crystal bottle, cunningly reflected in the perfume basin which pends within. A similar rose, this time with five sepals, sits within the pointed, clear ground stopper. Signature cane on the underside of each rose. Diameter 1 15/16", height 4 3/4" $400—500 255 Francis Whittemore calla lily bouquet faceted petite paperweight. Two calla lilies, with companion bud, and three long, listing green-capped plants sprout on individual slender stems from a common source, on translucent cobalt blue ground. Top facet and five elongated side printies. Diameter 2 5/16" $300—400 256 Francis Whittemore two pink blooms petite paperweight. Two pink blooms, perhaps rock roses, share two forking, leafy stems. One flower, with five petals and a cage of yellow stamens, is viewed from the front, while the second flower displays from the side, exposing the green hip from which it opens. Translucent green ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 5/16" $350—450
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257 Francis Whittemore red rose and leaves petite paperweight. A single, graceful pink rose displays at the center of delicate leaf fronds, over clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/8" $350—450 258 Francis Whittemore colorful mushroom bouquet miniature paperweight. Three curious long-stemmed pale green mushrooms, one short apple green mushroom, a pink mushroom and a thick yellow mushroom are gathered together in a small bouquet at the center of a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/16" $300—400 259 Francis Whittemore lily of the valley petite paperweight. A pretty spray of lily of the valley, its white blossoms drooping from slender stems, is viewed against two bladed and variegated green leaves, one furling at the tip, and floats above a translucent magenta ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/2" $400—500
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260 Ronald Hansen yellow flower on ruby ground faceted petite paperweight. A yellow flower with red stamens grows on a short green stem and is flanked by yellow companion buds and leaves, on a translucent ruby ground. Six and one facets. Signed. Diameter 2 1/4" $200—300 261 Ronald Hansen three-flower bouquet on pink ground footed paperweight. A bouquet of three flowers on stems with leaves, one burnt orange, one blue and one red, each with six pointed petals and pink and white complex cane centers, lie on a translucent pink cushion ground. Footed base. Signed. Diameter 2 7/16" $250—300 262 Ronald Hansen two flowers and bud bouquet on blue ground paperweight. A pair of clematis flowers, a white one with a red and white heart cane center, and a red flower with a white and blue star center, branch from a central leafy green stem atop which blooms a white bud, on an opaque blue ground. Signed on base. Diameter 2 1/8" $200—300
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263 Ronald Hansen pink clematis on cobalt blue ground petite paperweight. A pink clematis flower, with six pink petals, three green sepals, and a ruddy brown center, grows on a short green stem with two leaves, on opaque cobalt blue ground. Signature cane visible from base. Diameter 2 1/8" $200—300 264 Ronald Hansen two plums on aqua ground miniature paperweight. Two dark maroon plums grow on a green stem with three leaves, on opaque aqua ground. Diameter 1 13/16" $200—300 265 Ronald Hansen red clematis flower on pink ground paperweight. A red clematis flower with a blue, green and white star millefiori center and six red petals edged in yellow, three green sepals and two buds, grows on a short green stem with two green leaves, on an opaque pink ground. Signed on base. Diameter 2 3/16" $200—300
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266 Abelman 1990 blue and gold on white surface design paperweight. A blue and white feather swirl design, accented with gold swirl borders, eddies from a center whirlpool and two others spaced on either side, and is completed with two balanced gold swash curls, on opaque white glass. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/8" $200—250 267 Abelman 1989 black, gold and blue iridescent swirl surface design paperweight. A swirl pattern of gold and black, with iridescent highlights of blue, emerges from a vortex at the crown, on opaque black glass. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/8" $150—200 268 Josh Simpson/Roessler clear-encased abstract design paperweight. Assorted colorful coral-like millefiori and bubbles grow on a multi-colored fantasy seascape ground, patrolled by blue and orange angelfish. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $180—225
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269 Ed Rithner, circa 1940, assorted cane segments frit paperweight. Colorful candy cane segments, in a variety of festive hues, are scattered in a tumble atop a clear ground thickly dotted with translucent blue frit. Slight spall to dome. Diameter 3 3/16" $300—400 270 Mike Hunter odontoglossum orchid paperweight, from the Orchid Series. Two odontoglossum orchid blooms, each with three white petals, three ruby-dotted green petals and long yellow stamens, share a branching stem with two pale green-sheathed companion buds and two long, bladed green leaves, across a dark translucent green surface. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 3 3/4" $450—500 271 Jesse Taj and Malachi Wilkinson “Final Cane #1” murrine. Forty individual canes are used in this charming image of a field with wildflowers and mushrooms, a wizard, white rabbits, a castle and a smiling yellow sun in a blue sky. Limited edition of 50. Collaborative signature/date cane. Diameter 7/8" $200—250
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272 Randy Strong 1991 abstract dichroic paperweight. The vague suggestion of continents spread out across a blue global ocean is achieved through a dichroic overlay applied to a blue opaque ground. A clear dome is then traced with cloud-like patches of iridescent gold. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $150—200 273 James Alloway 2007 latticinio crown paperweight. Spiraling ribbons of aventurine-sprinkled latticinio, in strands of pink, green, lavender and fuchsia, alternate with thick double swirl ribbons in the same colors, all cascading symmetrically from the weight’s apex, clear ground separating them as they move to the base. Edition #36. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $200—300 274 Jeremiah Lotton 2008 three pink calla lilies dimensional paperweight. Rising from a small central black mass with patches of green, three large, white striped, pink calla lilies, each with a long yellow stamen, face away from one another looking outward toward the weight’s perimeter. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $200—300
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275 Murano circa 1950s fish paperweight, possibly by Alfredo Barbini. A large charcoal colored fish, with patches of gold aventurine and with white ribbed fins, sweeps through a bubbled underwater world, his mouth a bit agape and a big yellow eye seeking the way. An exceptional weight of its kind. Small scuff to basal rim. Diameter 3 5/8" $250—300 276 David Lotton 1994 translucent mauve surface design paperweight. Tracing the surface of a translucent mauve frosted glass exterior, cream-colored stylized flowers are each stained with a patch of iridescent blue which then weaves and rambles between blooms in an interconnecting pattern of vines. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 11/16" $200—250 277 Zellique Studio 2005 blue flowers and a butterfly doubleencased paperweight. Scattered across the surface of a black ground interior dome, star-like blue blossoms glimmer through a clear exterior encasement whose inner surface has been traced with meandering emerald green stems, here and there studded with white millefiori flowers. An orange and yellow butterfly adds contrast to the motif. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $400—500 Winter 2014
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278 Lundberg Studios 1989 basket-cut paperweight, by David Salazar. A bouquet of pink and blue hydrangeas, framed by six veined green leaves, floats at the center of a basket with frosted exterior and two large clear side windows. Signed/dated. Height 2", width 2 1/8" $350—400 279 Lundberg Studios 1981 pink flamingo amid cattails over blue iridescent ground faceted compound paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. A pink flamingo, on long thin legs, extends its long neck down toward blue water, amid green reeds and brown cattails, over a blue iridescent cushion ground. Seven and one facets. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $600—700 280 Lundberg Studios 2008 “God Bless the Child” paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Three candid gardenias, each framed by three green leaves, rest in a circle over an opaque rose-colored ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $550—650
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284 Lundberg Studios 1991 pink and maroon flower with orange stamens compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A large six-petaled pink blossom, with maroon veins and edges and orange stamens atop long yellow stalks, grows upon a short green stem with three scalloped leaves, above opaque white ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/8" $400—450 285 Lundberg Studios 1985 “Yellow Sundrops” yellow flowers paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A scattering of yellow wild sundrops, with deeply scalloped petals, blooms on blue stems with green leaves, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $550—650 286 Lundberg Studios 1986 camellia and buds paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A multi-tiered shaded pink camellia grows from a branch, with two upright pink buds and light green leaves, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400
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287 Lundberg Studios 1998 lavender dahlia large paperweight, by James Lundberg. Three layers of ribbed lavender petals are centered by a vibrant fleece of yellow stamens and framed against six ribbed green leaves, over opaque royal blue ground. Edition #2 of a limited edition of 15. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $600—700 288 Lundberg Studios 1988 moon and stars surface design paperweight. Iridescent, green-hued golden waves crash dramatically around the lower circumference of a cobalt blue surface whose upper half is studded with spaced stars in the same iridescent hues, as well as a yellow crescent moon. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $250—300 289 Lundberg Studios 2007 “Worldweight” paperweight. Across the opalescent blue surface of an orb, representing the seas, approximations of Earth’s continents are achieved in subdued greens and browns with patches of white at the apex evoking the chill of polar ice caps. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $250—300
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293 Orient & Flume Art Glass 1983 green swirl hollow paperweight, by J. N. De Wit. Closely spaced swirling green latticinio ribbons depart from the base and move upward toward a vortex at the weight’s crest, established as a small circular opening. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $250—300
291 Orient & Flume Art Glass “Narcissus” high-domed paperweight, by Bruce Sillars. Three large yellow and orange narcissus blooms surge to the dome against a thick weave of long, layered green leaves. Made exclusively for L. H. Selman Ltd. Signed. Diameter 3 7/8" $350—400
294 Orient & Flume Art Glass “Sunflower” high-domed magnum paperweight, by Bruce Sillars. A large double-tiered sunflower, with orange-striped yellow petals, blooms atop a long stem with several green leaves, over clear ground. Edition #14 of a limited edition of 50. Signed. Height 6 3/4" $700—800
292 Orient and Flume 1982 green parakeet on a branch paperweight. A plump green parakeet, with a bold yellow beak and pink wings, perches atop a pale green stem which terminates in two crenulated green leaves. A forking stem rises to one side of the bird, embellished with three crenulated leaves and five blue and white pastry mold canes. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $300—400
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296 Rebecca Stewart Glass 1990 Medium Wild World abstract design paperweight. Pastel swirls of compressed opaque colored glass fill the lower half of an oblique dome, erupting in a wavelike splash against the interior perimeter. A single large bubble drifts above. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/4", height 3 1/16" $200—250 297 Orient & Flume 1983 red betta fish paperweight, by Beyers and Hudin. A red betta fish, with white latticinio netting across his torso, drooping tail fins and a purple face, makes his way across a cushion of ground that is a mottled gray and beige on one side and orange on the other, while a sea fern curls above. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $250—300 298 Orient & Flume Art Glass 1977 “Butterfly and Flowers” paperweight. An orange butterfly, with blue, white, and black markings, hovers near white cane flowers, over a dark gray cushion ground. A dark brown pulled feather design surrounds the lower half of the piece. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $250—300
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299 Orient & Flume Art Glass 1976 violet snake and flowers on black surface-design paperweight. A three-dimensional translucent violet snake coils on the top of a glossy black weight, which has a surface design of five spaced, marbled blue flowers on green vines. Signed, dated and engraved, “To N. S. G.” (N. S. Gustin). Diameter 2 15/16" $300—350 300 Orient & Flume Art Glass “Daylily” high-domed paperweight, by Bruce Sillars. An upright three-dimensional lily, with black-spotted pink petals, red stamens and several arching green leaves, blooms over clear ground. Signed. Diameter 3 3/8", height 4 3/8" $350—400 301 Orient & Flume Art Glass 1982 copulating rabbits paperweight, by Ed Seaira. Two rabbits, one black and the other white, desport themselves amorously in a cheerful garden of earthly delights and a few millefiori flowers, over a light aquablue cushion ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $300—400
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302 John Deacons 2012 red and white flower with buds in a blue and white double overlay petite paperweight. John Deacons 2012 flower with buds in a double overlay petite paperweight. A white, red-striped flower shares a network of stems and leaves with four companion buds against a cushion of translucent amethyst. The motif is encased within a blue over white double overlay. Top facet and two rows of six side facets each. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/16" $300—350 303 John Deacons 2013 lampwork flowers and rose garland pedestal paperweight. Two large flowers, each with a companion bud and greenery, rest on an upset muslin ground framed by alternating blue and yellow Clichy-style roses all sheathed in mint green. The weight sits atop a pedestal column whose exterior is embellished with alternating ribbons of yellow spiral-encased lattimo and blue and white spiral-encased twists. A clear ground faceted base supports the column. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/8", height 3 3/4" $400—450
306 John Deacons and William Manson 2006 Strathearn Collection flower and cinquefoil garland paperweight. A pink and white flower is ringed by a pink millefiori garland, formed into five curved sections, on translucent blue ground. Limited edition of 25. “JD 2006” signature/date cane. “WM” signature cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $200—250 307 John Deacons 2013 millefiori porthole and lampwork spray paperweight. A lovely wall of loosely spaced pink-centered, yellow cog canes moves from the weight’s base upward to a central porthole rimmed in alternating white stardust canes and pink complex cogs. Through this porthole, a pink and white striped flower and another in blue and white come into view, along with a white bud and emerald green leaves. Clear encasement and single top facet. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 13/16" $400—500
304 John Deacons 2012 millefiori circle within a latticinio square paperweight. A central stardust complex cane is the focus of a cluster of three rings of millefiori, in pale blue and green. Framing this motif is a square of white latticinio spiral twists at each of whose inside corners a pink and green Clichy-style rose has been introduced. Translucent royal blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $300—350
308 John Deacons 1995 red clematis in a white overlay paperweight. A two-tiered red clematis, with a white starburst core, four crowning sepals and a thick stem shared with three leaves, rests on a cushion of spaced white latticinio ribbons and sits at the center of a clear encasement wrapped in a white overlay. Oval facets to overlay which is interrupted by clear ground fancy cutting on the lower perimeter and terminates in a basal rim of interlocking fancy cut overlay and fancy cut clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $550—600
305 Unidentified maker close concentric millefiori paperweight. A central pink and blue complex cane is encircled by five rings of close concentric millefiori, in persimmon, white, pink, blue and violet, on clear ground. Diameter 2 1/2" $200—300
309 Abelman Art Glass 1992 swirling opalescent surface design paperweight. Across a greenish, copper-hued opalescent surface, small pulled-feather technique blue lines terminate in a circle of dots and a swirl at the weight’s crest. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/2" $180—225
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314 Correia Art Glass 1987 crescent moon on blue surface design paperweight. Stylized, opalescent, pulled-feather waves circle the lower exterior of an opaque dark blue surface which is crested by an opalescent crescent moon. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $180—225 315 John Deacons 1980 faceted bouquet on black ground paperweight, by John Deacons and Allan Scott. A white, lavender and yellow fantasy flower, with a complex cane center, blooms alongside three white blossoms with orange stamens and two yellow flowers, all on stems with green leaves, over an opaque black ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 101. “J 1980” signature/date cane. “A” signature cane. Diameter 3" $300—350 316 William Manson 1993 floating swan upright paperweight. A graceful white swan glides among the red-tipped reeds of a patch of watery blue, an opulent pink bloom in its sights and a gossamer-winged dragonfly overhead. Edition #3 of a limited edition of 50. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Height 2 13/16", width 2 15/16" $300—350 317 John Gentile green snake and ladybug paperweight. A green snake, having arranged himself into a series of loops, seems to have captured an unfortunate ladybug in the central one and taunts her with a forked, red tongue protruding sassily from his little mouth. Pebbled white frit ground dotted with amber. Signed. Three small vertical fissures. Diameter 3 1/2" $450—500
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318 Perthshire Paperweights 2000 faceted “Millennium” paperweight. A red, white, and blue millefiori flower rests on a circle of yellow upset muslin, ringed by a garland of red and white cog canes, which is bordered by a spaced ring of five picture canes and a “2000” date cane, on a ground of white upset muslin. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 500. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $300—400 319 Perthshire Paperweights 1990 miniature crown paperweight. Dark blue, yellow and white twists, alternating with white latticinio ribbons, radiate from beneath a pink pompon cane presiding at the top of the piece. Limited edition of 400; 224 made. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/4" $250—350 320 Perthshire Paperweights white primrose and bud on clear star-cut ground faceted paperweight. A white five-petaled primrose with six green sepals grows on a short green stem with an opening bud, on clear star-cut ground. Signature cane in center of flower. Top facet. Diameter 2 5/8" $250—300 321 Perthshire Paperweights 1975 large pink and orange butterfly paperweight. A large butterfly with a pink body and antennae, pink millefiori fore wings with green and white eye spots and orange millefiori hind wings with mauve and white eyespots, rests on a ribbed opaque cobalt blue cushion ground and is encircled by a border garland of alternating orange and blue and yellow and pink complex canes. Limited edition of 450; 372 made. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 3" $350—400 60
322 Perthshire Paperweights 1972 Christmas mistletoe paperweight. A sprig of green mistletoe, with white berries, is encircled by a garland of green complex canes alternating with white and red cog canes, on opaque red ground. Limited edition of 300. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 9/16" $350—400 323 Perthshire Paperweights 1986 faceted dragonfly paperweight. A dragonfly, with latticinio wings and a green aventurine body spotted with yellow, perches on green leaves, over clear, star-cut ground. One top facet, six large and three small side facets. Limited edition of 300; 170 made. Signature cane. Diameter 2 5/8" $350—400 324 Perthshire Paperweights 1977 patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. A central millefiori cluster containing a date cane “I” [1977] , in shades of red and white, is surrounded by five spaced clusters of blue and yellow complex canes, above a clear star-cut ground. Five and one facets. Diameter 2 5/8" $250—300 325 Perthshire Paperweights 1998 blue flower bouquet on red and black swirl cushion ground paperweight. A blue and white five-petaled flower lies atop a circular spray of opening buds and leaves, encircled by a ring of spaced portrait canes and a border garland of violet canes, on a swirl cushion ground of ruby and black ribbons. Limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 3 3/16" $450—500
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330 Perthshire Paperweights 1995 crown flower paperweight. A crown of red, white and blue twists is enclosed within a second crown of spaced ribbons atop which sit a flower and buds. The flower has six cupped, cobalt blue petals and is flanked in one direction by two small leaves and in the other by two blue buds and leaves. Limited edition of 350. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/8" $250—300
327 Perthshire Paperweights 1985 spaced primroses on star-cut base faceted paperweight. Three spaced red and white five-petaled primroses, with complex cane stamens and five green sepals peeking from behind, and three spaced purple and white complex canes, are encircled by a border garland of orange and blue millefiori canes, on a clear star-cut ground. Five and one facets. Limited edition of 250; 177 made. Signature cane in border garland. Diameter 31/16" $350—400
331 Perthshire Paperweights 1988 flowers and buds on swirlthreaded translucent blue paperweight. A large red and white flower is at the focus of a design including a lavender bloom and bud, an orange flower and two green-striped white buds, all tethered to their protagonist with green stems and leaves, over a translucent blue ground threaded with a black, spiraling latticinio. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—500
328 Perthshire Paperweights 1982 patterned millefiori paperweight. A central blue and green millefiori cluster is encircled by six spaced orange canes, which are themselves bordered by a curved millefiori garland, on translucent ruby ground. The garland forms three large semi-circles, alternating with three small semi-circles, each curving around a single complex cane at the perimeter of the design. Signature/date cane on base. Diameter 2 9/16" $300—350
332 Perthshire Paperweights 1982 pink flamingo paperweight. A pink flamingo stands on one leg in a pond, its long neck bending down as it drinks. Two white water lilies and two yellow cattails complete the scene which is on an opaque blue ground, representing the pond, which then graduates to translucent green. Circular top facet. Limited edition of 300; 184 made. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 5/8" $300—350
329 Perthshire Paperweights 1973 faceted patterned millefiori paperweight. Five spaced clusters of pale yellow canes, each with a central pistachio millefiori cane, form a pentagon shape surrounding a central pink and green cluster of complex canes which contains a green “E” [1973] cane in its center, on clear, star-cut ground. Five and one facets. Diameter 2 3/8" $200—250
333 Perthshire Paperweights 1996 close concentric millefiori International Paperweight Society miniature paperweight. A central blue and white cog cane is surrounded by close concentric rings of green and white, yellow and white and orange and white cog canes, on an opaque black ground. “IPS 96” cane on base. Diameter 2 1/16" $120—150
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338 Perthshire Paperweights 1973 carpet ground with silhouette canes faceted paperweight. Four spaced animal silhouette canes and a signature/date cane circle a center penguin silhouette cane, all resting on a white carpet ground set over a translucent amethyst ground. Five and one facets. Edition of 350; 348 made. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 5/8" $300—350 339 Perthshire Paperweights patterned millefiori paperweight. A central cluster of canes is encircled by five spaced clusters of canes, which are bordered by a millefiori garland, composed of canes in assorted colors, on dark blue ground. A “P” signature cane rests at the center of the design. Made between 1995 and 1997. Diameter 3 1/8" $120—150 340 Perthshire Paperweights patterned millefiori and twists paperweight. A central triangle of blue and white cog canes is framed by purple, black and white twists; from this center group radiate six yellow, orange and brown twists, forming six wedge panels containing either pale green or orange cog canes, on a translucent ruby cushion ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 9/16" $150—180 341 Perthshire Paperweights patterned millefiori and radial twists faceted paperweight. A small central yellow cog cane is surrounded by a spaced ring of pink and white cogs; from this group radiate eight red and white twists and in the ensuing panels are a cobalt blue cog, two violet cogs and three red star canes. Border garlands of green and then cobalt blue cog canes complete the design, on clear ground. One large top facet. Signature cane in garland. Diameter 3 1/8" $180—225
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342 Perthshire Paperweights 1988 patterned millefiori fourpanel paperweight. A large complex cane of assorted colors is ringed by green cogs, this central circle then serving as the nexus of a cross pattern achieved in blues and lavenders. Four triangular panels result from the cross, each hosting one very large complex cane and three rows of millefiori; four pairs of green and white latticinio twists further define the motif, on translucent blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3" $300—350 343 Perthshire Paperweights 1996 council tree paperweight. The picture cane of a tree is encircled by a ring of pale blue cogs and then a ring of green and white cogs; from this central cluster radiate lavender and white twists and the ensuing panels contain one red and white cog cane and are enclosed by a border garland of pastel green millefiori canes. Signature cane on base. Diameter 3 1/16" $250—300 344 Perthshire Paperweights patterned millefiori and radial twists faceted paperweight. A central blue and white pastry mold cane is circled by a ring of red and blue canes; from this center group radiate nine thin green, white and red twists and in the panels formed are pastel colored canes in a 1, 1, 2, 3 pattern, all enclosed by a double border garland of green and white and then sienna cog canes, over clear ground. One top facet. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $180—225 345 Perthshire Paperweights 1992 diamond, heart, club and spade paperweight. The large silhouette canes of a diamond, heart, club and spade, each rimmed in a different color, are spaced within a carpet of blue and white resting atop a translucent green ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 11/16" $180—225 www.selman.com
346 Perthshire Paperweights patterned millefiori and radial twists paperweight. A central “P” complex cane is encircled by two rings of gold canes, forming a hub from which ten maroon and green radial twists radiate. In the ensuing panels are blue, pink and green cog canes. A border twist and garland , all in green, blue and white, complete the design, on opaque blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $250—300 347 Perthshire Paperweights early patterned millefiori on green ground paperweight. Radiating outward from a central brilliant blue and white complex cane, four latticinio twists define four triangular segments, each hosting canes in a graduating pattern of 1, 3, 4 and 6, and all enclosed within a pale pink border garland, over translucent green ground. Star cut to base. Diameter 2 7/16" $200—250 348 Perthshire Paperweights patterned millefiori and radial twist paperweight. Extending from a central cog cane cluster, five pink and white radial twists define five triangular panels, each hosting the same repeating pattern of canes. A pink and white twist torsade encompasses the design and is in turn ringed by a pastel border garland. Opaque black ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $600—700 349 Perthshire Paperweights railway engine millefiori paperweight. A central glass transfer of a red train engine is encircled by a star-shaped pattern of pink and blue complex canes and radial twists, on a cushion of white upset muslin. Top facet. “P” signature cane on the base. This design was made from 1983 - 1988. Diameter 3 1/16" $180—225 Winter 2014
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354 Murano millefiori with blue hearts egg-shaped paperweight. Pulled complex canes, in bright primary hues, stretch up from the base of an egg-shaped weight whose crest is covered in close packed canes of like color and design, including most remarkably, blue heart shapes. Diameter 2 7/16", height 3 1/16" $180—225
351 Miscellaneous patterned millefiori paperweight. Emanating from a single complex blue and white cane at the weight’s center, six spokes, all of the same cane size and design but this time in pink and bordeaux, define six triangular panels of canes again in blue and white. Diameter 3" $150—180
355 Denali Crystal 1997 Okeanos upright circular crystal sculpture paperweight. A slightly skewed nearly circular upright crystal, wide at the base and tapering in its ascent, reflects the hues of its teal-opal iridescent base. Height 3", width 3 1/8" $150—180
352 Julie Scrutton Lewis 1999 spaced concentric millefiori on pink opal ground paperweight. A pink edelweiss center cane is encircled by two spaced rings of assorted complex canes, on pink opal ground. Edition #9 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 1/4" $350—400 353 A collection of forty-five paperweight buttons, mounted and framed. Colorful, varied and unique glass buttons are symmetrically arranged against green velvet and framed in wood. The buttons originated in both Europe and the United States roughly between 1908 and 1983 and represent a great range of artists and styles. Dimensions 13" x 16" $150—180
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356 Waterford engraved tulip paperweight. A single tulip, with copious petals and two long, bladed leaves, is engraved on the base of a clear crystal paperweight whose sides are carved in a diamond pattern. Diameter 3 1/2" $150—180 357 Unidentified maker frit handled walking stick. Colorful frit pebbles create a floor within a clear ground cane grip, against which is displayed a blue-edged, white rectangular plaque with the name “Evelyn S. Young”. The grip sits atop a steel hilt which rides at the top of a wooden cane. A 1 1/2” long leather weave adorns the cane three inches from the top of the stick. Grip diameter 1 7/8" $200—250
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362 Unidentified maker, probably Scottish, millefiori shot glass. Three rings of concentric millefiori in blues and heathers encircle a central complex cane in greens and white. Diameter 2 1/8", 3 1/8" $180—225
359 Nourot Glass 1980 “Witches Ball” dark blue and white paperweight. Two marbrie-like cascades of alternating dark blue and white lines depart from a central bubble at the weight’s apex, brightening to a lighter blue where the cascades meet . Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $150—180
363 Caithness Glass luckenbooth intertwining hearts paperweight. Small pale yellow cog canes and small pale blue cog canes form two intertwining hearts at the center of a swirling translucent ruby ground which is framed by a garland of larger dark blue-centered pink cogs. The word “luckenbooth” derives from a Scots reference to lockable stalls or workshops in which many heart-shaped trinkets were once purveyed. Signed. Diameter 3 1/8" $200—250
360 Unidentified maker, possibly Strathearn, patterned millefiori and radial twists on black ground paperweight. A central blue and white complex cane is encircled by a ring of yellow and blue canes and then a ring of pink and white canes; from this central cluster radiate twelve aqua, pink and gray twists and in the ensuing wedge panels are white, blue and pink canes, on a translucent black ground. Diameter 3" $150—180
364 Caithness Glass 1986 “Aquamarine” overlay faceted paperweight, by Colin Terris. A propeller-shaped bloom of five aqua petals sits atop a thin translucent green disc and is canopied by tiny bubbles with a single large bubble at their vortex. Mottled translucent emerald green overlay. Top facet and two rows of five alternating side facets each. Edition #216 of a limited edition of 350. Caithness stamp on underside. Diameter 3 3/16" $250—300
361 Caithness Paperweights Regency Stripe patterned millefiori on black cushion ground paperweight. Festive rows of various shaped star centered complex canes in different colors are separated by red, white and blue twists, on opaque black ground. Edition #268 of a limited edition of 1000. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 2 3/4" $250—300
365 Caithness miniature heart on blue ground faceted paperweight. A central red heart is encircled by two concentric rings of millefiori on translucent cobalt blue ground. Five and one facets. Signed. Diameter 2 1/8" $150—180
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366 American Antique “GOD BLESS OUR HOME” motto frit paperweight, by John Gentile. The phrase “GOD BLESS OUR HOME” is rendered in white crushed glass and underscored with two flourishes and a dot, again in white crushed glass, and floats above a multi-colored, undulating ground scattered with pebbled glass. Diameter 3 7/16" $250—300 367 Charles Lutner 1970 bubbles and nebula paperweight. A swirling nebular white form with intermittent bubbles throughout fills a clear encasement. Signed. Diameter 2 7/8" $50—80 368 Steuben abstract white latticinio swirls with bubble large elliptical paperweight. Seven parallel thin white latticinio ribbons move in an upward swirl from the weight’s base, cupping a large bubble within the ensuing vortex. Clear, elliptical encasement. Signed. Diameter 3", height 3 7/16" $200—250 369 Antique American frit motto “Remember the Maine” paperweight. The phrase, “REMEMBER THE MAINE, FEB. 15, 98” in white block lettering, and a depiction of the warship in white, floats over a yellow, white, red and blue speckled ground. Unpolished base. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 7/8" $180—225
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370 Murano scrambled millefiori stoppered bottle. A colorful scramble of various millefiori canes forms the surface of this amusing stoppered bottle; the stopper is in the shape of a twisting leaf, and is dusted with gold. Diameter 2 3/4", height, 4 3/4" $180—225 371 Joe St Clair strawberry paperweight. A dimpled red orb is capped with a sepal and stem of translucent green glass, in a cheerful rendition of the strawberry. Stamped signature on the underside. Diameter 2 7/16" $120—180 372 Chinese large fantasy flower over clear ground paperweight. A large double blossom, with six small orange petals and six larger white and pink petals, grows on a short green stem with two leaves and a bud, on clear ground. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 13/16" $60—80 373 Unidentified maker “Aquarius” frit zodiac symbol over bubble studded blue ground paperweight. A light yellow line drawing depiction of the zodiacal symbol of Aquarius, a man emptying an urn full of water, amid stars and with the word “AQUARIUS” in block letters below it, floats above a translucent blue cushion ground studded with small bubbles. Diameter 3 1/8" $120—180
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374 Murano crown with millefiori center paperweight. A cluster of seven colorful complex canes, each different in color and design from the next, hovers at the top of a dome from which cascades of translucent ribbons and latticinio weaves reach to the base, in a bright rainbow vertical movement. Diameter 3 1/2" $80—100 375 French purple “pin cushion” paperweight. A pin cushion effect is achieved through the careful criss-cross patterning of a pale ground with a dominant purple blush. Small bubbles are carefully and symmetrically arranged within the ensuing diamond shapes and a large bubble sits within a vortex created at the top. Diameter 2 3/4" $150—180 376 Antique American “Friendship” frit paperweight. A pair of arrow-pierced white hearts are bordered by curved branches of white leaves and the word, “FRIENDSHIP”, in white block letters, over a speckled, undulating, multi-color ground. Unpolished base. Diameter 3 1/16" $150—180 377 American Antique “Don’t Forget Your Father” frit motto paperweight, by John Gentile. The phrase “ DON’T FORGET YOUR FATHER” is rendered in white crushed glass and underscored by a brief flower motif, again in white glass, and floats above an undulating frit ground scattered with colorful pebbled glass. Diameter 3 9/16" $200—250
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378 Unidentified maker “Pisces” frit zodiac symbol over bubble studded blue ground paperweight. A yellow line drawing depiction of the zodiacal symbol of Pisces, two fishes surrounded by stars and with the word “PISCES” in block letters below, floats above a translucent blue cushion ground studded with small bubbles. Diameter 3 1/16" $120—180 379 Murano red millefiori blossoms on gold ground paperweight. Three fantasy flowers, each constructed from seven red, white and green complex canes, blossom on a tri-part green stem, over a gold aventurine ground studded with swirling bubbles. Diameter 3" $50—70 380 Antique American white umbrella paperweight. Springing from the center of a white undulating floor studded with colorful glass pebbles, a single white umbrella-like flower displays a prominent bubble at the nexus of its five arching petals. Diameter 3 1/16" $180—225 381 St Clair Glass Works Joe St Clair orange flower paperweight. Five orange petal formations, each with a large bubble center, float above an orange central flower-like layer, with additional bubbles, originating at the weight’s base, on clear ground. Diameter 2 13/16" $150—180
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