Important antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly and clem

6 Extremely rare antique Baccarat close packed millefiori

stave basket paperweight. Short hollow tube canes, alternating between fully white tubes and white-lined red tubes, form a rare stave basket around a burst of red, white and blue colored canes. The design is filled primarily with star clusters, with a flower picture cane near the center, along with scattered arrowhead, bull’s-eye and trefoil complex canes. Clear ground. Diameter 2 7/8" $4,000 — 5,000

7 Rare antique Clichy blue millefiori chequer paperweight.

A network of beautiful yet rarely seen light blue filament twist segments is arranged in a traditional chequer pattern, its voids filled with a sumptuous array of complex canes, including a pseudo-rose cane. The blue latticinio design is supported by a cushion of white upset muslin. “Somewhat rarer are those weights whose separations are gauze cables in sherbet pink, aquamarine, powder blue, and pistachio green.” —The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $5,000 — 6,000

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8 Antique Clichy interlaced millefiori quatrefoil garlands

paperweight. A quatrefoil garland of green and white pastry molds interlaces with a quatrefoil garland of white floret canes alternating with seventeen iconic pink and green rose canes. Their center void is occupied by a close concentric design of pink pastry molds and white floret rod bundles, around a large central translucent cobalt blue cog. At the heart of the cog, a flower pattern of green bull’s-eyes and white florets as pointed petals surround a central yellow bull’s-eye stamen. Opaque blue ground. Fine condition and internal flaw. Diameter 3 1/4" $4,000 — 6,000