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15 Antique Clichy close packed millefiori and roses in stave

basket paperweight. Colorful canes, including iconic Clichy roses, bull’s-eyes, moss, pastry molds and arrows, form a tightly-packed bouquet contained in a basket of alternating blue and white staves. Formerly in the C. Frank Kireker Collection and sold in the L.H. Selman 65th auction, Winter 2017, as lot 27. Diameter 3" $5,000 — 6,000

16 Rare antique Saint Louis close packed millefiori mushroom

and torsade paperweight. Rod bundles and concentric complex canes of florets and stars, with occasional cog and tube elements, are all gathered tightly into a mushroom cap and pulled downward into a colorful stem, predominantly in pink, green, white and blue. An amber spiral-encased white chaplet bead torsade surrounds the base of the mushroom, topped by a single mercury ring. Clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 3 1/8" $3,500 — 5,000

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17 Antique Saint Louis three-colored crown paperweight.

A large green, white and red floret cane rests at the top of radial twists in red and blue which alternate with twists in green and red, each spaced by white latticinio ribbons. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman 43rd auction, Spring 2009, as lot 29. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $3,000 — 4,000

18 Antique unidentified, attributed to France or Belgium,

open concentric millefiori paperweight. Rings of complex star cane, carefully arranged in alternating color patterns of pink, white and blue, are joined by green tube canes that shimmer with aventurine. The cambered design sits high in a dome above a clear ground. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,000 — 1,500

19 Rare antique Saint Louis spaced silhouettes green car-

pet ground faceted paperweight. A large white complex cane, composed of florets, cogs and stars, centers five spaced silhouette canes, each encircled by a ring of cogs, including two dancing ladies, two camels and one dog, spaced into a carpet of hollow green cog canes. “... they are one of the richest weights visually, and extremely desirable to have in a collection.” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights. Good condition. Diameter 2 5/8" $2,500 — 3,000

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20 Rare antique Saint Louis upright bouquet encased faceted

overlay paperweight. An upright flower bouquet of patriotic colors consists of a central red clematis flower, with a blue and white star center, rising from three buds, one in white, one in blue and the last a red, white and blue ogee-tipped floret. The flowers are gathered into a bouquet with radial serrated green leaves. Clear encased pink-over-white double overlay with six and one facets. Clear, star-cut ground. “Encased double overlays, however, are a remarkable achievement on any terms. The inner overlaid paperweight had to be annealed and, when cold, faceted like any other overlay weight, often more elaborately. Then the overlaid weight had to be reheated so that an outer covering of clear glass would adhere without cracking the original weight. When one considers the overlay design requirements...it is no wonder these intricate weights are much sought after and very expensive to acquire.” —Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows. Diameter 3 1/8" $2,500 — 4,000

21 Antique Saint Louis garland of flowers wafer-cut faceted

paperweight. A flower, with five red petals alternating with green leaves and centered by pink and green star cog cane, is garlanded by a spaced circle of five blooms, in yellow, red, white and blue, all strung together with serrated leaves and stems. Clear ground. Honeycomb side faceting and a deep, wafer-cut top facet. “... specifically designed as a desk accessory to hold sealing wax wafers for sealing a document or envelope.” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 2 15/16" $1,000 — 1,500

22 Extremely rare antique New England Glass Company two

flower flat bouquet and millefiori garland paperweight. An orange dogrose, with a white complex cane center, arches away from a double-tiered white clematis, with an orange and white rod bundle center, all gathered on thin stems with three crenulated green leaves. An interesting border garland of complex canes and simple canes, as seen in the complex canes, encircles the bouquet. Clear ground. Pictured and discussed in The Boston & Sandwich and New England Glass Companies, page 155. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $1,000 — 1,400

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23 Antique New England Glass Company paneled millefiori

paperweight. A cruciform design of blue and white hollow cog canes divides four panels of complex canes, in white, pink and blue, arranged rows around the central cross. Clear ground. Diameter 2 7/16" $600 — 800

24 Antique Baccarat 1848 spaced millefiori with silhouette

canes on colorful upset muslin faceted paperweight. A generous array of Gridel silhouette canes, including a moth, a rooster, a monkey and several four-legged friends like a dog, a horse, an elephant, a deer and a goat, is scattered around a flower picture cane, with cog, arrow, shamrock, trefoil and star complex canes. The brilliantly and variously colored canes sit atop an elaborate cushion of white upset muslin, threaded with rainbow hues and punctuated with a signature/date cane. Five and one facets. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $1,200 — 1,600

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25 Antique Baccarat hunting scene faceted paperweight. A detailed white sulphide depicts a single hunter, shotgun in hand, in the company of a large hunting dog. Two trees and some low shrubbery complete the motif which is viewed against a transparent cranberry ground. Large honeycomb faceting to the sides and one top facet. Similar example pictured and discussed in The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights on page 175. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/2" $1,500 — 2,000

26 Post-classic English close concentric millefiori and silhouette

paperweight. A tiny silhouette of Queen Victoria is surrounded by two rings of cog canes, at the center of a loosely concentric field of complex cogs, including green, blue and pink accents, each of which is pulled towards the center, cupped in a hollow blue-core white cog stave basket. Fine condition. Diameter 3 5/8" $800 — 1,000

27 Antique French, attributed to Baccarat or Saint Louis, acid-etched amber-stained running deer faceted paperweight.

A young male deer, with short antlers, runs through a field of low grasses and shrubs. The scene is etched into a dark amber-stained, transparent ground. Six and one facets. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $800 — 1,000

28 Antique Bohemian Egermann goat by water etched yel-

low-stained low-domed paperweight. A hilly pastoral scene depicts a goat, with curled horns, approaching a riverbank, adorned with boulders, trees and shrubs. The landscape is masterfully etched into a transparent yellow-stained ground. Good condition. Diameter 3", height 1 1/8" $500 — 800

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29 Very rare antique English pipehead clown sulphide green

bottle dump pedestal paperweight and matching pipe. A very rare pipehead sulphide of a comical wall-eyed character, with an unusually long nose below a short-brimmed hat, floats at the center of pale green end-of-the-day bottle glass, over a footed base. The matching casted ceramic pipe reveals the character’s intended red nose. For more insights, see English Bottle Glass Dumps, page 51-52, figures 7.16-17. Good condition. Diameter 2 5/8", height 4" $300 — 500

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30 Antique Baccarat 1847 close packed millefiori and Gridel

silhouettes paperweight. Silhouettes of a dog, a pheasant, a monkey, a rooster, two horses and a goat are joined in a tightly-packed cushion of bundle and complex canes. A bit of white and colorful latticinio lace appears between the canes. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 1/2" $1,500 — 2,000

31 Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori and Gridel

silhouettes miniature paperweight. A gathering of charming complex honeycomb, star, rod bundle, whorl, shamrock, leaf, trefoil, quatrefoil and arrowhead canes, among others, is visited by the silhouettes of a horse, a dog and a pheasant. Occasional bits of lace are visible through the canes. Diameter 1 3/4" $1,000 — 1,400

32 Antique Baccarat interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands

paperweight. A trefoil garland of white and red canes interlaces with a trefoil garland of red, white and blue complex canes. Their center void is occupied by a ring of white stardust canes that surrounds a central complex star, fortress and arrowhead cane. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $500 — 800 33 Antique Baccarat two strawberries paperweight. A dark pink strawberry, dotted by small black seeds, ripens at the end of a curved stem, flanked by two clusters of serrated green leaves and two short stems, one of which carries a companion strawberry. Clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 2 13/16" $1,500 — 2,000

34 Antique Baccarat open concentric millefiori pair of minia-

ture paperweights. Two similar designs, in red, white and green, consist of three concentric rings of complex canes, including stars, cogs and bull’s-eyes, that close in on a central arrowhead cane. Clear ground. Good condition. Diameters 2" $400 — 500

35 Antique Baccarat macedoine end-of-day filigree miniature

paperweight. A classic macedoine of multi-colored ribbons and latticinio segments in blue, pink, green, yellow and white is formally and carefully arranged into a grid pattern, over an interior cushion of ribbon staves. Fine condition. Diameter 1 15/16" $300 — 400

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36 Antique Baccarat purple clematis and millefiori garland

paperweight. Two tiers of five ribbed mauve petals are centered by a yellow star honeycomb cane, with a red star at its core. The bloom is framed by a fan of four spaced green leaves and sits atop a stem, flanked by three additional leaves and a sheathed dark blue bud, inside a border garland of alternating white and red canes. White upset muslin ground. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $600 — 800

37 Antique Baccarat yellow clematis and crossed buds faceted

paperweight. A clematis, with two tiers of ribbed yellow petals around a stardust bull’s-eye cane center below a crown of five crenulated leaves, grows on a stem with two crossing yellow buds and two bladed green leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Thumbprint facets around the base. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,000 — 1,400

38 Antique Baccarat aqua buttercup and bud with millefiori

garland paperweight. Five hollowed aqua petals ring five hollowed white petals from whose core rises a yellow bull’s-eye cane, forming a buttercup. The flower has six green leaves and sits atop a leafy stem with a companion bud. Alternating green and white millefiori form a border garland. Clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 2 11/16" $1,400 — 1,600

39 Antique Baccarat blue and white primrose faceted paper-

weight. A flower has a white and red stardust and bull’s-eye cane center, encircled by six blue and white striped petals. Five dark green leaves protrude from behind the primrose which grows from a green stem with a pair of bladed leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets. From the George Kulles Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $500 — 800

40 Antique Baccarat Type III pansy miniature paperweight.

A Type III pansy, with two large dark purple upper petals and three black-striped green-tipped yellow lower petals, has a stardust and bull’s-eye cane center. Four green leaves emerge from behind the flower as it grows on a short stem with two additional green leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Excellent condition with chips to base. Diameter 2 1/16" $400 — 500

41 Antique Baccarat blue dogrose miniature paperweight.

A brilliant royal blue dogrose, with slightly-cupped heart-shaped petals rimmed in white and with a white stardust center and red bull’s-eye core, is framed by three serrated green leaves and perches on a short pert stem, flanked by two other leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Fair condition. Diameter 2 1/16" $600 — 700

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42 Antique Clichy spaced hexagon-patterned millefiori and

rose paperweight. Green, pink and white millefiori, including an edelweiss cane, a pink and green rose, complex star bull’s-eye bundles and pastry molds, are spaced into a hexagonal field. Cobalt blue ground. Diameter 2 5/8" $600 — 800 43 Antique Clichy blue and white swirl paperweight. Moving in a counter-clockwise motion, ribbons of alternating white and cobalt blue swirl outwards toward the periphery from a central red and white complex cog. Good condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $1,000 — 1,400

44 Antique Clichy C-scroll millefiori and roses paperweight.

Centered by a complex red and white cog cane, four concentric rings of millefiori, including a ring of sixteen small pink and green roses, are the focus of six C-scroll garlands of various design and color, including one scroll of fifteen white roses. Each scroll contains a single contrasting complex cane in its void. Opaque deep phthalo blue ground. Pictured in The French Connection in Mexico: The Improbable Paperweight Path, page 11. Good condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $3,000 — 4,000

45 Antique Clichy millefiori circlets garland paperweight.

Three concentric rings of millefiori in red, white and blue, the center one of blue stardust, cradle a central complex bull’s-eye cane. Four floret-centered moss cane circlets, that alternate with four bull’s-eye-centered pink and white complex cane circlets, form a festive border garland of rings around the center design. Opaque turquoise ground. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $2,000 — 3,000

46 Antique Clichy end-of-day scrambled millefiori paper-

weight. A lively assortment of whole and partial complex canes, including ruffles, cogs, pastry molds and bull’s-eyes, gives a peek into the factory’s daily work. A mottled layer of partial canes supports the design from below and reveals a complete and perfect white and pink rose cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $500 — 800

47 Antique Clichy millefiori and roses chequer paperweight.

A large green pastry mold cane centers a spaced ring of seven contrasting canes, including an iconic pink and green rose, followed by a ring of eleven more canes where a beautiful pink rose resides. The canes are separated by delicate white latticinio tubes to create a chequer pattern, over an underlying layer of parallel rows of latticinio. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $800 — 1,000