Rare antique Saint Louis close packed millefiori mushroom

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54 Antique Saint Louis strawberries and blossom paper-

weight. Two textured strawberries, one ripe with dark red color and the other slightly blushing pink, grow on each side of a long green stem, topped by a lone yellow-centered white blossom and flanked by two pairs of serrated green leaves. Double-swirl white latticinio ground. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,000 — 1,400

55 Antique Saint Louis fuchsia paperweight. A brilliant royal blue and magenta-colored fuchsia, its ruby stamens hanging prettily, shares a bit of sturdy stem with four leaves, as well as with a two vivid companion buds. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 3/4" $700 — 1,000

56 Antique Saint Louis double clematis paperweight. A clematis flower, with two tiers of striped pink petals around a central blue and white star cane, blooms atop a short green aventurine stem, with three serrated leaves, one of which also contains aventurine. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion ground. Good condition. Diameter 3" $600 — 800

57 Antique Saint Louis pompon miniature paperweight.

Carefully arranged C-shaped hollow white canes form a pompon whose center is brightened by a small yellow and blue complex cane. The flower sits atop a stem, flanked by two crenulated green leaves, below two additional green leaves and a companion bud. Hypnotizing double-swirl white latticinio cushion ground, with an inner layer of translucent ruby. Diameter 2 3/16" $800 — 1,000

58 Uncommon antique Saint Louis concentric millefiori

paperweight. A large white stars and cogs complex cane centers a spaced ring of five red ruffle canes, inside a border garland of pairs of pistachio complex canes, spaced by blue complex canes. Striking and unusual cerulean blue ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $800 — 1,400

59 Antique Saint Louis concentric millefiori paperweight.

A large pink and white millefiori, with a bit of blue in the center, is encircled by five spaced golden cogs and white stars complex cane, each set on a bit of transparent green, inside a border garland of ogee-tipped cogs alternating between blue and white. Clear ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $500 — 700