85th Glass Paperweight Auction by L.H. Selman

L.H. Selman Ltd.’s 85th Glass Paperweight Auction Catalog & Price Guide

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Auction Number 85

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Part I: A ntique Paperweights and R elated Objects 1

Rare antique Mount Washington pink rose and buds magnum paperweight. A large pink-shaded rose, with tiers of cascading petals, is flanked by two companion buds, each cupped by green sepals and emerging from a sturdy stem, and is crowned by a halo of five dew-studded green leaves. Clear ground. Good condition and internal flaws, with rough pontil mark. Diameter 4 3/8" $18,000—22,000 2

Very rare antique Millville pink water lily pedestal paperweight. Long pink vertical cylinders rise from a tall cradle of alternating large green leaves and large white petals, the central cylinder caressed by a single yellow stamen, to form a water lily that entirely inhabits a clear dome atop a footed clear base. “This rare weight is one of the most dramatic of all paperweights.” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights. Pictured and discussed on page 130 of Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society. Previously sold in Sotheby’s New York, January 18, 1995 auction, in lot 64. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 13/16", height 3 5/16" $6,000—10,000 2

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Antique Clichy pansy and bud paperweight. A pansy flower, with two purple upper petals faded at the tips and three pale yellow lower petals striped and dotted with black, perches atop a stem alongside a drooping purple bud, above a trio of serrated green leaves. Clear ground. “Clichy was renowned for its inventive flower portrayals, no two of which are exactly alike.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $1,500—2,000

Rare antique Clichy sodden-snow ground C-scroll garland millefiori paperweight. A green bull’s-eyes and white floret complex cane is closely ringed, first by dark blue complex cogs, then by white and red pastry mold canes and, finally, by green and white pastry mold canes. The design continues with six C-scrolls of various colors, including one of pink and green pseudo rose canes. Each scroll is dotted with a single blue cog cane in its void. White sodden-snow ground. “A unique version of the circular garland motif is found in Clichy “C-scroll” paperweights. These garlands of canes, which are arranged in semi-circles resembling the letter “C”, are considered a signature of the Clichy factory.” —The Art of the Paperweight. Good condition, with internal flaw. Diameter 3 1/4" $4,500—6,000

Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. A pink and white pastry mold cane centers a ring of five green and white rose canes and subsequently five more rings of canes in contrasting style and color. A cobalt blue and white stave basket supports the design. Clear ground. Diameter 2 1/4" $1,200—1,600 www.selman.com

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Antique Baccarat 1848 close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. A rich assortment of canes, including six-point star, stardust, whorl, arrowhead, leaf, honeycomb, shamrock, trefoil and quatrefoil canes, creates a colorful tightly-packed carpet where silhouette canes of a dog, goat, rooster, deer and hunter meander. A carnation cane and another silhouette of a dog at the perimeter make a surprise appearance in the design. A ball of white upset muslin, with bits of color, is visible between the canes. Date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $2,500—4,000

Antique Baccarat interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands paperweight. An arrowhead and fortress cane is centered by a ring of pastry mold canes at the heart of two interlaced trefoil garlands, one made of green and white star complex canes and the other of pink and white cogs surrounding a central blue six-point star. Each empty loop is dotted with either an arrowhead and fortress cane or a white and pink star complex cane, in an alternating pattern. White upset muslin cushion ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $4,000—6,000

Antique Baccarat 1847 close packed millefiori and Gridel silhouettes paperweight. Silhouettes of a dog and a rooster are joined by a picture cane of a flower in a tightly-packed cushion of bundle and complex canes. A bit of white and colorful latticinio lace appears between the canes. Date cane. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/16" $1,200—1,600 4

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Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and rose paperweight. An iconic pink and green rose is closely surrounded by five rings of contrasting complex canes in cobalt blue, white, pink, mauve and green, including moss canes and bull’s-eyes. The arrangement is held in a shallow white and green stave basket. Fine condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $1,500—2,000

10 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori and roses mushroom faceted paperweight. A ring of pastel pink and green rose canes encircles a central blue complex cog cane at the heart of a slightly cambered mushroom top with three more concentric rings of pastry molds and stardust canes in green, purple, white and pink. An alternating white and blue stave ring holds the top tightly and is pulled downward into a perfectly spaced mushroom stem. Fancy star-cut clear ground. Five and one facets. Diameter 2 13/16" $2,500—4,000

11 Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori mushroom overlay faceted paperweight. A moss and floret cane centers five concentric rings of assorted complex canes in pink, green, blue, white and violet to create the dome of a mushroom with white staves as a stem, inside a cobalt blue-over-white double overlay. Grid-cut clear ground. Five and one facets. Minor surface wear and bubble near the base. Diameter 3" $1,800—2,500 www.selman.com

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12 Antique Saint Louis looped millefiori garlands on cerulean

13 Very fine antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly and garland

blue ground paperweight. An elaborate red, white and green cog cane, with a central blue floret, sits at the heart of a garland of six alternating loops composed of white stardust and red bull’s-eye canes, as well as red and white complex canes. Opaque bright cerulean blue-colored ground. From the Joseph W. Hutt Collection. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,600—2,000

paperweight. A butterfly, with turquoise eyes, an eggplant-purple latticinio body and flattened millefiori wings, is encircled by a garland of green, white and complex cog canes, alternating with white and red cog canes, over an upset muslin ground. “These insects dazzle the viewer, the delicate archetypes of a vibrant imagination.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. “The Baccarat butterfly is basic to any advanced collection.” —Paperweights for Collectors. Internal flaw. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,800—2,500 14

14 Antique Saint Louis strawberries and blossom paperweight. 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—1,500 6

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15 Antique Clichy looped millefiori garland on sodden snow

16 Antique Clichy close packed millefiori in stave basket

paperweight. A cobalt and orange cane centers a garland with five inward loops, each loop spaced by a different lone millefiori. The garland is made of assorted contrasting and varied canes, including many pseudo rose canes. White sodden snow ground. Good condition. Diameter 3 5/16" $1,200—1,600

paperweight. Pseudo rose canes are spaced in a tightly-packed field of varied millefiori in pastel colors, including cog, crimp, stardust and bull’s-eye canes. A perimeter garland of blue and white complex canes encircles the design, inside a basket of alternating red and white staves. Clear ground. Internal flaws. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,000—1,500

17 Antique Clichy star-shaped millefiori cinquefoil garland paperweight. A cinquefoil garland is composed of green and white pastry mold canes in alternation with white stardust canes, encircling a ring of white and green pseudo rose canes in alternation with white ruffle canes, centered by a large blue, red and white ruffle cane and dotted by various white stars complex canes. Transparent pink ground. Formerly from the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3" $700—1,000 www.selman.com

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18 Unusual antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori

19 Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom

mushroom with torsade paperweight. A large six-point floret is the center of a large complex cane, with a ring of cobalt blue stars and a ring of yellow-lined white florets, and centers three rings of very large millefiori, one ring made of sawmill cog canes, to create a flat mushroom cap. The outer ring is pulled downward into a bright-green stem for the unusual mushroom. A pink ribbon encases a white chaplet bead torsade around the stem of the mushroom. Clear ground. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,500—2,000

paperweight. A white floret, ringed in cobalt blue, is at the core of a complex center cane of pale green and white tube cogs and a ring of more white florets ringed in blue. The complex cane is encircled by a ring of similar canes, this time with salmon-cored white tubes on the periphery, followed by a ring of white ogeetipped sawmill canes, with small red star cores and, finally, a ring of white florets, ringed in salmon, encircled by salmon-cored white tubes with an outer layer of translucent green. Alternating white sawmill canes and salmon-colored complex tube canes are pulled downward into a stem for the concentric mushroom tuft. Blue and white twist torsade over a star-cut clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $1,200—1,500

20 Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom with torsade paperweight. Varied complex millefiori, including leaf, shamrock, star, cross, arrowhead, bundle, honeycomb, whorl, trefoil and quatrefoil complex canes, burst outward into a colorful mushroom cap. More canes trickle down the mushroom’s colorful stem, encircled by a well-formed blue-encased white torsade, flanked by mercury rings. Star-cut clear ground. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,200—1,600 8

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21 Antique Venetian millefiori stars and swirling silver scent

22 Unidentified, probably Belgian, antique silver Athena

bottle. A round scent bottle, with swirling aqua, red, orange and blue, is liberally strewn with silver leafing and white millefiori stars. A smooth hinged brass stopper tops the bottle. Diameter 1 5/8", height 2 1/4" $500—800

sulphide paperweight. Seated before two kneeling children, the Greek goddess, Athena, holds a small basket and points with her right hand, as if indicating a direction for them to follow. A spear, shield and owl are at her side and the Parthenon presides in the distance. The silver sulphide is set above an opaque white ground and is garlanded by a red, white and blue torsade. Diameter 2 1/2" $500—800

23 Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori wafer stand. A clear shallow bowl, with a pink and white torsade around a scalloped rim, sits atop a paperweight-shaped base with whole and partial complex canes, filigree and white latticinio. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 13/16", Height 3 1/16" $1,800—2,000 www.selman.com

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24 Antique Bohemian Egermann engraved stag amber-stained

25 Very rare antique New England Glass Company upright

faceted paperweight. An amber-stained base is etched with a detailed engraving of a stag strolling on the grassy clearing of a woodland scene. Five and one facets. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $600—800

bouquet and torsade paperweight. A five-petalled red flower, with a blue and white complex cane center, is supported by two opposing millefiori buds spaced by two burgeoning buds, one white and one blue, and protruding green sepals. The blooms are gathered on a bed of leaves atop long stems. A large blue and red torsade, with a band of white, encircles the bouquet. Clear ground. A similar example is pictured and discussed in The Art of the Paperweight: The New England Glass Company, page 115, Figure 5.78. Diameter 2 1/2" $3,000—4,000

26 Extremely rare antique Saint Louis pink rose and buds miniature paperweight. A rose, with tiers of shaded pink petals, blooms on a short stem with four crenulated green leaves. Two delightful buds, with thin translucent green sepals, along with three green leaves, peer from behind the bloom. Star-cut clear ground. “The St. Louis rose illustrated, is one of a handful of these flowers known from this maker. All of the examples of this style of rose are similar in color and set in clear glass.” —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 2" $1,800—2,000 10

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27 Rare antique Saint Louis dimensional pink dahlia on

28 Very rare antique Baccarat red and white clematis with

latticinio swirl paperweight. A beautiful and lush flower, with cascading tiers of thin variegated pink petals, has a red and white floret at its nexus and sits atop a radically curving stem shared by three ribbed dark green leaves. Three additional leaves crest the bloom from behind. Double-swirl white latticinio ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $1,200—1,500

millefiori border garland miniature paperweight. Five ribbed white petals each cup a smaller smooth red petal and radiate around a central white star and red bull’s-eye cane to form a rare variation of the clematis flower. It is crowned by four spaced crenulated green leaves and blooms atop a short stem with a pair of opposing green leaves. A garland of blue arrowhead canes, in alternation with white cogs, encircles the bloom. Star-cut clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2" $1,500—2,000 29

29 Antique Clichy millefiori nosegay miniature paperweight. Three contrasting millefiori, a dimensional pink and green rose, a light blue pastry mold and a cobalt blue cog, form a triangular bouquet to sweeten one’s odorat. They bloom below three green leaves and atop a tapered stem flanked by two leaves. Clear ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 1/8" $500—800 www.selman.com

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30 Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori, Gridel silhouette

33 Antique Baccarat white pompon and bud paperweight.

and flower canes paperweight. A pair of lovebirds appears in a garlanded cane inside a close packed design of various canes in bold colors, including a flower cane, a rose trio cane and a pseudo rose cane. A translucent cushion of green and yellow upset muslin supports the design. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $1,500—2,000

Shimmering specks adorn the green leaves and stem of a charming pure white pompon flower, its petals made of C-shaped canes that radiate around a central yellow stardust cane, and can also be found in the thin sepals of a companion white bud. Star-cut clear ground. Good condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $500—800

31 Antique Baccarat 1848 spaced millefiori and Gridel sil-

34 Antique Baccarat blue and white dogrose flower paper-

houettes paperweight. A butterfly complex cane is encircled by spaced millefiori and Gridel silhouette canes in three rings, including dog, deer, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, squirrel, hunter and lovebird silhouettes, trefoils, six-pointed stars and arrowheads. The canes rest on a cushion of white upset muslin with bits of colorful filigree. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $800—1,200

weight. A dogrose, with cupped white-edged blue petals, presides atop a slender curved stem, flanked by two bladed leaves, one folded at the tip. The flower has a white and red stardust and bull’s-eye cane center and is surrounded by four green leaves. Star-cut clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 5/8" $800—1,000

32 Antique Baccarat 1848 spaced millefiori, picture canes and

weight. Sitting atop a gently curving stem, flanked by two trios of ribbed leaves, a white wheatflower boasts two alternating tiers of ribbed blue-spotted petals with a large red, white and blue star complex cane at its nexus. The bloom is grandly crested by two pairs of leaves on either side and a trio of leaves directly above. Star-cut clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $1,200—1,600

Gridel silhouettes paperweight. A large complex flower picture cane centers a ring of spaced Gridel silhouettes of a horse, deer and dog, in alternation with complex millefiori, inside another ring of complex canes, a picture cane of a pink daisy and silhouettes of a rooster, goat and pheasant. White upset muslin cushion ground with bits of blue and red ribbon. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $600—800 12

35 Antique Baccarat white wheatflower with blue spots paper-

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36 Antique Baccarat looped garland and rose cane paper-

39 Extremely rare antique Clichy millefiori flower miniature

weight. A rare pink and green Baccarat rose cane is ringed by a slightly spaced circle of red, white and blue complex star canes. An eight-looped garland frames this central motif, alternating between loops of complex white star canes, with yellow cores, and complex canes of royal blue and white. Clear ground. Diameter 2 13/16" $2,000—3,000

faceted paperweight. A most unusual white flower is formed by two large concentric white hollow tubes, one a cog and the other a crimp, around a central pink and white-collared hollow tube and floret cane. The flower blooms atop a short stem flanked by smooth green leaves. A third leaf crowns the flower. Star-cut clear ground. All-over geometric faceting with a dodecagonal top facet. Pictured and discussed on page 71 and page 161 of Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society. Previously sold in Sotheby’s New York January 18, 1995 auction, as lot 190. Fine condition with internal flaw. Diameter 1 7/8" $3,000—4,000

37 Antique Baccarat interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands paperweight. A green complex cog cane centers a ring of red complex star canes, inside two interlaced garlands of contrasting millefiori, one in blue and the other in white, with a white stardust and green bull’s-eye cane dotting each loop of the garlands in alternation with red complex cogs. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,800—2,000

38 Antique Baccarat interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands paperweight. A trefoil garland of white and yellow stardust canes interlaces with a trefoil garland of red and blue cog complex canes. Their center void is occupied by a ring of green, yellow and red complex canes, surrounding a central cane with a ring of collared white star canes and a complex red, white and blue center. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $400—600

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40 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori and rose paperweight. A lush central pink and green rose cane is ringed by moss canes and pink-centered white edelweiss canes. A spaced ring of trios of green pastry mold canes interrupted by large pink ruffle canes frames the design. Cobalt blue ground. Diameter 2 9/16" $1,500—2,000

41 Antique Clichy interlace millefiori trefoil garlands paperweight. A large red and white cog cane centers two interlaced trefoil garlands of white stardust with green bull’s-eyes and blue and white pastry mold canes. Bubblegum pink ground. Fine condition and internal flaw. Diameter 2 5/8" $700—1,000

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42 Antique Clichy end-of day scrambled millefiori and roses

45 Antique Clichy spaced millefiori and rose chequer paper-

miniature paperweight. A nice showing of contrasting roses in pink, green, white, red and blue is scattered in a colorful close packed gathering of mostly pastry mold canes. Colored bits of canes peer between the large millefiori. Excellent condition. Diameter 1 13/16" $500—800

weight. A lush pink and green rose centers a spaced ring of complex canes inside an outer spaced ring of more complex canes. Dense tubes of white latticinio space the canes to create a chequer pattern. Parallel latticinio rods viewed from below. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $700—1,000

43 Antique Clichy end-of-day scrambled millefiori and rose

46 Antique Clichy millefiori and roses chequer paperweight.

paperweight. A lively assortment of whole and partial complex canes, including an iconic rose, ruffles, cogs, stars, 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. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 7/16" $600—800

Two concentric rings of spaced millefiori, including cogs and pastry molds, are separated by delicate white latticinio tubes to create a chequer pattern. A very large maroon and white striped cog centers the rings, an iconic green and pink rose appears in the inner ring and a green and white rose appears at the perimeter. An underlying layer of parallel rows of latticinio supports the design. Diameter 3 1/8" $800—1,000

44 Antique Clichy end-of day scrambled millefiori and rose miniature paperweight. A large pink rose cane fragment centers a loosely circular arrangement of large canes, including a moss cane and some pastry mold canes, at the middle of a scattering of cane bits. Good condition and internal flaw. Diameter 2 3/16" $400—600

47 Antique Clichy millefiori trefoil garland paperweight. A purple complex cog cane centers a spaced trio of pink pastry mold canes, the latter garlanded by a lobed garland of green pastry mold canes, with each dip of the garland filled by a very large cobalt blue and white cane. White upset muslin ground with parallel latticinio rods below. Internal flaw. Diameter 2 15/16" $800—1,200

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48 Antique Clichy hexagonal spaced millefiori paperweight.

51 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori miniature paper-

Two rings of a delightful array of colorful canes in pink, blue, purple, green and white, loosely arranged to form a hexagonal pattern, surround a large pink and green rose at the center. Clear ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $600—800

weight. A large pink and white stars and bull’s-eye complex cane is ringed by white edelweiss flower canes, inside a border garland of pairs of green pastry mold canes, spaced by large pink pastry mold canes. Clear ground. Diameter 1 13/16" $300—500

49 Rare Antique Clichy spaced millefiori, silhouette and rose

52 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori and roses min-

faceted paperweight. Spaced complex millefiori, in two rings, center a green bull’s-eye and cog complex cane at the apex and include not only an iconic pink and green rose cane but also a very elusive red pelican silhouette cane. Clear ground. Thumbprints around base and five and one facets to top. “Many classic reference books infer that Clichy did not include silhouettes in their paperweights yet there are at least a half dozen spaced millefiori examples containing this pelican cane.” —The Glass Menagerie, page 31. Good condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $600—800

iature paperweight. A white stardust cane, with a cobalt blue bull’s-eye center, is ringed by small green pastry mold canes and then further encircled by a garland of pairs of cobalt blue pastry mold canes, spaced by large pink and green roses. Clear ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 1 11/16" $300—500

50 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori and roses faceted paperweight. A green pastry mold cane centers a ring of pink pastry molds, followed by a concentric ring of white complex canes, inside a spaced ring of trios of purple canes connected by iconic green and pink rose canes. Clear ground. Six and one facets. Fine condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $800—1,000 www.selman.com

53 Antique Clichy open concentric millefiori and rose miniature paperweight. An iconic pink and green rose cane centers a ring of light blue complex canes, inside an outer ring of pairs of small pink pastry mold canes, spaced by larger green cog complex canes. Clear ground. Diameter 1 3/4" $300—500

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54 Antique Saint Louis spaced millefiori over blue jasper

57 Antique Saint Louis end-of-day scrambled millefiori

faceted paperweight. A pistachio-green and pink complex cane centers a spaced ring of five orange complex canes, atop a cushion of cobalt blue and white jasper. All-over geometric faceting. Formerly from the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—600

paperweight. A jumble of bits and pieces of millefiori is a colorful reminder of the diversity and workmanship of the factory. Formerly from the Burdick Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $200—300

55 Antique Saint Louis millefiori flower garland with leaves

ground paperweight. Five yellow, white and blue complex canes are spaced in a circle around a large red, white and blue complex cane. Opaque cobalt blue ground. Formerly from the Rubloff Collection. Fair condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $350—500

paperweight. Six pastel-colored millefiori flowers, each topping a thin stem and waving a serrated green leaf to one side, are gracefully spaced into a ring like coordinated water dancers, around a central seventh flower. Clear ground. Formerly from the Rubloff Collection. Good condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $600—800

56 Antique Saint Louis open concentric patterned millefiori miniature paperweight. A blue and white star complex cane centers a ring of five spaced green and white star complex canes, inside a border garland of alternating pink star canes and small green and pink complex canes. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 1 13/16" $150—300

58 Antique Saint Louis millefiori circlets over cobalt blue

59 Antique Saint Louis end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. Bits of colorful tubes and twists, in green and primary colors, are scattered within and across a white upset muslin cushion, along with a few complete millefiori cogs. Diameter 2 3/4" $300—500

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60 Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay and garland over

63 Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay faceted paper-

amber ground miniature faceted paperweight. Three contrasting millefiori, in pink, blue, white and yellow, are gathered below five green leaves, above gathered stems. An alternating blue and white complex cane garland encircles the bouquet. Diamond-cut amber-stained ground. Six and one facets. Good condition. Diameter 2 1/4" $400—500

weight. A fragrant nosegay, composed of four complex cog cane flowers, in pink, blue, yellow and white, is crowned by five bright green leaves, pulled downward into gathered stems. Clear ground. Six large side facets below a ring of seven small facets and one top facet. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $400—500

61 Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay honeycomb faceted

64 Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay faceted paperweight.

miniature paperweight. Four millefiori in white, pink, yellow and blue are at the center of a traditional Saint Louis nosegay with five crowning leaves and a short curved stem. All-over honeycomb faceting and one top facet. Fine condition. Diameter 2 1/8" $400—500

A bouquet of small blue, pink and white millefiori is crowned by five serrated green leaves and tops gathered stems. Clear ground. Eight side facets and geometric faceting to top. Fair condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $350—500

62 Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay faceted paper-

weight. Four contrasting millefiori, including a large pink sawmill cog with a central bull’s-eye, a white stardust cane and two blue complex flowers, are topped by a trio of red berries and gathered on stems with three deeply crenulated green leaves and two smooth leaves. Footed star-cut clear ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $700—1,000

weight. A small fragrant bouquet, the nosegay, is composed of four complex cog cane flowers and five large crenulated green leaves. Diamond-cut clear ground. Six large side facets, topped by a ring of seven small facets and one top facet. Diameter 3" $700—1,000

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65 Antique Saint Louis nosegay with berries pedestal paper-

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66 Antique Saint Louis concentric rose and millefiori faceted

69 Antique New England Glass Company close concentric

paperweight. An unusual pseudo pink and green rose cane, made of hollow tubes, is encircled by a spaced ring of blue and white complex canes, inside a border garland of alternating blue floret and white cog canes. Clear ground. Five top facets connecting a flat top with thumb-print facets around the base. Diameter 2 9/16" $500—800

millefiori paperweight. A central red, white and blue stars and hollow rod complex cane is circled by four rings of complex canes in blue, red, white, pink and light green. Clear ground. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Winter 2014 56th Auction as lot 86. Fine condition. Diameter 2 5/16" $400—600

67 Antique New England Glass Company Louis Kossuth sul-

70 Antique New England Glass Company multi-colored crown

phide paperweight. A white sulphide of the Hungarian politician rests over a clear ground. An inscription on the back of the sulphide commemorates Kossuth’s visit to New York, “EX-GOVERNOR OF HUNGARIA SET AT LIBERTY BY THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1851" From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Fine condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $200—300

paperweight. White spiraling latticinio ribbons alternate with two or three-colored twisted ribbons, in combinations of blue, white, red, white, green and yellow, in a spaced cascade that derives from a central complex cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 3/4" $500—800

68 Antique New England Glass Company millefiori nosegay on latticinio cushion paperweight. Three millefiori, one salmon-pink, one white and another pastel blue, form a small nosegay gathered into four dark green serrated leaves, over a double-swirl white latticinio cushion. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 3" $300—400

71 Antique New England Glass Company two-colored crown paperweight. Red, green and white twisting ribbons alternate with delicate white latticinio weaves in a spaced cascade that derives from a central complex cane. Hollow clear interior. Good condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $500—800

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paperweight. A small bouquet of three complex millefiori, in white, blue, yellow, red and green, is flanked by four variegated leaves and tops a short stem. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 5/8" $400—600

settia paperweight. A white complex cog cane contrasts sharply with two tiers of dark cobalt blue petals that surround it, but complements carefully-placed air bubbles gracefully. Four green leaves surround the bloom and two more leaves flank its short green stem. Clear ground. Diameter 2 7/8" $600—800

73 Antique New England Glass Company millefiori garland paperweight. A pistachio-yellow complex cane centers a border garland of alternating mint and pink complex canes. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion over clear ground. Diameter 2 1/2" $200—300

74 Antique New England Glass Company fruit basket faceted paperweight. Five blushing yellow pears, spaced by four red cherries and green leaves, sit above a double-swirl white latticinio basket in a formal arrangement. All-over geometric faceting. Good condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $300—400

76 Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company pink poinsettia and Lutz rose paperweight. A fine white and green rose cane from Nicholas Lutz, with a translucent pink core, sits at the center of two tiers of six dark pink petals each to create a dew-dotted poinsettia blossom, crowned by three serrated leaves and sitting atop a stem flanked by two more leaves. Clear ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 5/8" $1,200—1,600

77 Rare antique New England Glass Company pink pompon faceted paperweight. Tiers of hollow C-shaped pink canes surround a white and pink cog cane center to form a charming and elegant pompon blossom. The flower sits atop a stem, flanked by two green leaves, below two additional green leaves and a companion bud. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion ground. Geometric side facets. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $1,200—1,600

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78 Paul Stankard 1997 jack-in-the-pulpit, bees, seed pods,

81 Paul Stankard 1977 “First Bouquet” red, white, blue and

flowers and root people paperweight. A tangle of moss sprouts a bouquet of flowers featuring a large jack-in-the-pulpit, with a green and maroon spathe around a thick spadix tongue, a few blue forget-me-not flowers and four white flowers. Various tendrils and leaves, reveal the word canes “scent” and “wet”. Red poisonous seeds cluster in a bed of moss while two root people guard the natural scene from below and tend to the flower’s corm, the tuber root. Two honeybees hover above. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $2,500—4,000

yellow flowers paperweight. Three red St. Anthony’s fire flowers are interspersed with blue forget-me-nots, an array of white chokeberry blossoms, two yellow meadow wreath flowers, blue sprays, red chokeberries and foliage to form a quintessential and delicate bouquet. Clear ground. Signature cane. Dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Summer 2014 57th Auction as lot 94. Diameter 2 7/8" $1,200—1,600

82 Stankard Studio 2007 “Paphiopedilum Orchids” envi-

mental paperweight. Scattered yellow flowers and pink flowers are joined by companion buds and a few orange seeds pods on a network of leafy vines with trailing roots. Sandy earth ground. Signed/dated. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/2" $2,000—3,000

ronmental paperweight, by Katherine Stankard Campbell. A pair of pink-speckled ivory paphiopedilum orchids blooms on opposing sides of a pink-speckled bud, above a cluster of long brown-speckled green leaves and twisted roots. Mottled green, brown, tan and gold aventurine-speckled ground. Signature canes. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $1,500—2,000

80 Paul Stankard 1984 blue morning glories environmental

83 Paul Stankard 1984 lily-of-the valley paperweight. A

paperweight. Two blue morning glories, with white stripes and yellow stamens, are joined by a tightly-closed bud on a curling vine that lies on a sandy ground beside delicately-petalled yellow blooms and pink blossoms. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $1,500—2,000

tiered white bellflower stem starts with three opened flowers and ends with buds of different stages of bloom. It emerges from long bladed green leaves at the end of a short branch with trailing roots. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Dated. Good condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $1,200—1,600

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quet compound paperweight. Three St. Anthony’s fire blooms, with yellow pistil and black filament stamen centers, nestle at the heart of a gathered network of delicate leaves and tight buds. Two black seeds have detached and float away. Clear ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $800—1,200

weight, from the Orchid Series. A yellow orchid bloom droops heavily from beneath four splayed sepals atop a curving stem shared by four shaded green leaves. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #30 of a limited edition of 75. Signature cane. Dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Winter 2014 56th Auction as lot 98. Diameter 3" $600—1,000

85 Paul Stankard 1980 wild flax flower faceted paperweight.

88 Paul Stankard 1973 spring beauty white flower paper-

Faint blue stripes highlight five white petals which are placed around stamens and a pistil to create a flower. The blossom grows on a slender stalk with two companion buds and green leaves. Clear ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $600—1,000

weight. A white flower has five pointed petals around a tuft of red stamens, spaced by a halo of green leaves, and blooms atop a stem flanked by stacked pairs of green leaves. Translucent amethyst ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 2 1/4" $500—800

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89 Paul Stankard 1972 “Bellwort” yellow flower paperweight,

weight. Five blue forget-me-not flowers are gathered at the end of an arching stem, flanked by pistachio-green leaves and sinuous racemes of small buds, while a lone black seed floats away. Opaque white ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $600—1,000

from the American Floral Series. A yellow bellwort flower, with black-dotted yellow stamens, hangs gracefully from a green stem with four green leaves. Cobalt blue ground. Limited edition of 75. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Good condition. Diameter 2 5/8" $400—600

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90 David Graeber 2011 chrysanthemum, Gerbers and bees paperweight. A single salmon-colored chrysanthemum, three red China roses and six orange Gerber daisies are bundled into a pretty bouquet along with two lavender trumpet flowers, six small lavender blossoms and seven furled leaves. Two gossamer-winged bees hover above. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed. Diameter 3 3/16" $2,000—3,000

91 David Graeber 2013 chamomile daisy and bees paperweight.

radiate around three red mulberries, three that are still ripening, four promising splayed pink blossoms and five tightly-shut companion buds A pair of pale silkworms have already started their supper. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. An exceptional effort, this weight was very thoughtfully composed in tribute to the famous Pantin silkworm, displayed previously in the Rubloff Exhibit of the Art Institute of Chicago. Diameter 3 1/4" $2,000—3,000

A pretty two-tiered white chamomile flower, with a cottony tuft of stamens at its center, sits atop a network of furling green leaves generously laced with spiraling tendrils. Three intent bees survey the design from above. Translucent wine-red ground. Signature/ date cane. Signed. Diameter 3 1/4" $2,000—3,000

94 David Graeber 2013 “Rebirth” eggshell and flower wreath

92 David Graeber 2011 “American Bounty” tobacco and

95 David Graeber 2011 “Rose Bouquet” with blue forget-me-

cotton paperweight. Spokes of stylized tobacco leaves, alternating with orange tobacco blossoms and furled companion buds, are joined at their center by three white cotton buds and a twisting array of wheat spears. Black ground. Signature/date cane. Signed. Diameter 3 3/16" $1,600—2,000

93 David Graeber 2012 Artist Proof “Silkworm Tribute” paperweight. Four meticulously veined green mulberry leaves 22

paperweight. In a poetic rendition, a yellow daisy flower is hatched from a fragile light blue eggshell, witnessed by the various daisies, lilac, forget-me-nots, buds and bell flowers of a lush wreath bouquet. Transparent blue ground. Signature/date cane. Signed. Diameter 3 1/4" $2,000—3,000 nots, red berries and morning glories faceted paperweight. A bouquet of pink roses and companion buds includes several clusters of red berries, blue forget-me-not flowers and blue morning glories, gathered together with leaves and tendrils. Translucent dark green ground. Six and one facets. Signature/date cane. Signed. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $2,000—3,000

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99 Nontas Kontes plum trio on lace with torsade paperweight.

miniature paperweight. Three yellow blossoms, with red filament stamen centers, are carefully spaced by two companion buds and four red berries over a fan of five bladed green leaves. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Seven and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 3/16" $1,000—1,400

Three plump purple plums hang on a common stem, spaced by small green leaves, and make room for a promising white blossom, with a yellow and orange stardust cane center. A white torsade surrounds the perimeter. White upset muslin cushion over translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $2,000—3,000

97 Johne Parsley 1988 pair of pansies paperweight. A handsome

100 Nontas Kontes pair of pears faceted paperweight. Two

duo of pansy flowers, each with two upper pink petals above two side white petals and one lower yellow petal, sports perky yellow stamens and orange pistils, atop a network of stems shared by a pink bud and a few sprays of leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $1,000—1,400

blushing golden yellow pears hang from a green stem with leaves that shimmer with aventurine. A yellow blossom, with an orange, blue and white stardust cane center, perpetuates the bounty. White ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $1,400—1,600

98 Johne Parsley 1988 pansy, flower trio and spray bouquet

bouquet of roses includes a blue rose, a pink rose and a white rose, each with pink and yellow filament stamen centers, spaced by companion buds in blue, pink and white, and connected by green sepals and stems. Transparent blue ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $2,000—3,000

paperweight. A spray of red buds and a spray of yellow buds flank a pretty pansy flower, with pink upper petals and white and yellow lower petals, above a spaced trio of one white, one blue and one yellow flowers. The bouquet is gathered on stems with a few trios of green leaves. Transparent blue ground. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $800—1,200

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105 Rick Ayotte 1985 scarlet tanager and yellow tulip tree

paperweight, from the Pond Life series. A green and black frog rests on a lily pad, adjacent to a blossoming white lily, which floats on a murky green pond. Beneath the surface, tadpoles dive about bunches of eelgrasses which grow from an algae-green ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 4" $1,000—1,500

compound paperweight. A scarlet and black tanager perches alertly on a branch with contrasting yellow tulip tree blossoms below, two buds overhead, green leaves and six more flowers in the background. Clear ground. Edition #17 of a limited edition. Signed/dated. Good condition. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,000—1,500

103 Rick Ayotte 2008 “Mountain Bluebirds” magnum paper-

106 Rick Ayotte 1996 “Blueberry Hill” bluebird with worm

weight. A pair of mountain bluebirds protects its nest in an apple tree strewn with white apple blossoms and green leaves. Blue ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. Diameter 4" $1,000—1,500

and fledglings in nest paperweight. A nurturing bluebird perches on a wreath of leafy blueberry branches, with a red worm in its gaping beak. Below it, a nest with three hungry fledglings, heads raised upward with open beaks, sits at the bottom of the wreath, under a shallow dome. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/ dated. Elements of the design were encased separately, resulting and a challenging double-encasement. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,000—1,500

104 Rick Ayotte 1992 “Cedar Waxwings with Fall Foliage” compound paperweight. A pair of cedar waxwings, one of the birds holding a red berry in its beak, perches inconspicuously within autumn foliage, stained crimson by a thicket of red berries. Clear ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. “This design was made especially in celebration of our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. It is my wife’s favorite Northern bird.” —Songs Without Words. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,000—1,500

107 Rick Ayotte 1991 “Scissor-tailed Flycatcher & Baby” paperweight. Incorporating the state tree, flower and bird of Oklahoma, a scissor-tailed flycatcher perches within a mistletoe-hung pink bud tree, while a lone fledgling poses just below, yellow beak wide apart in an obvious plea for dinner. Clear ground. Edition #40 of a limited edition. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 15/16" $1,000—1,500

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111 Rick Ayotte 2002 golden-crown sparrows and red berries

paperweight. A yellow-throated warbler calls to his friends, beak agape, from his perch within a clump of three purple irises with buds and bladed green leaves. Clear ground. Edition #11 of a limited edition. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $1,000—1,500

paperweight. Two golden-crown sparrows, en couple, regard one another across a thick cluster of crimson berries and dark red-tinted green leaves. Snowy white ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4" $1,000—1,500

109 Rick Ayotte 1989 rose-bellied bunting with double cherry blossoms paperweight. A blue bunting, with a pink belly, displays itself proudly amidst three magnificent cherry blossoms and leafy sprays. Clear ground. Edition #25 of a limited edition. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 11/16" $1,000—1,500

paperweight. Two titmice, with fossil gray plumes and brown tinged white breasts, perch one atop the other, one right-facing and the other left, and survey the pickings as they hop through holly leaves and berries that have come to rest on a patch of snowy white ground. Limited edition. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $800—1,200

110 Rick Ayotte 1993 “Above the Canopy” Amazon parrot and

113 Rick Ayotte 1993 female cardinal bird and berries min-

paradise flowers paperweight, from the Tropical Bird series. A brilliant green and yellow Amazon parrot perches on a crimson splay of tropical paradise blooms with attendant buds and leaves, over an opaque blue-over-white ground. Limited edition. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $800—1,200

iature paperweight. A brown and rust-red female cardinal walks on a branch of red berries and dark green leaves that has fallen on a snowy white ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/16" $500—600

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117 Rick Ayotte 1987 “Grassland Yellow Finch with Wild

miniature paperweight. A bright red cardinal perches on a branch, with brown-tipped white dogwood blossoms and green leaves, over a clear ground. Signed/dated. This design was the official 1991 Paperweight Collectors Association Convention paperweight. Diameter 2 3/16" $500—600

Barberry Flowers” miniature paperweight. A grassland yellow finch frames itself amidst a cluster of yellow barberry flowers, two above and three below, with dark green leaves adding contrast to the hideout. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 15/16" $500—600

115 Rick Ayotte 1986 “Black-cap Chickadee on a Holly Branch”

118 Rick Ayotte 1991 starthroat hummingbird miniature

miniature paperweight. A black-cap chickadee perches attentively on a holly branch sprinkled with red berries. Opaque white ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 15/16" $500—600

paperweight. An aventurine green starthroat hummingbird, with a yellow belly and blue wings, regards a red mirabilis flower blooming on a branch among colorful surrounding buds and greenery. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/8" $500—600

116 Rick Ayotte 1996 orange tiger lily miniature paperweight. A flower has two tiers of bright orange petals, dusted with black pollen from its perky stamens, and is the lone jewel that shines above a halo of six thin dark green leaves. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 2" $500—600

119 Rick Ayotte 1994 hummingbird and fuchsia miniature paperweight. A purple-throated sapphire hummingbird sips the sweet nectar of a white and purple fuchsia blossom. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/8" $500—600

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120 Mike Hunter 2023 “Pillar” close packed millefiori, silhouettes, picture canes and murrini cylindrical paperweight. A spectacular offering of the artist’s most impactful canes, including murrini of various characters and birds, “The Beano” dafties comic characters, silhouettes of people, animals and insects, roses, pansies, daisies, hearts and complex canes, is pressed on the surface of a clear pillar, the top flat with more of the dazzling close packed pattern, centered by an impressive portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Edition #1 of 1. Signature canes. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 9/16", height 2 1/2" $1,200—1,600 www.selman.com

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124 Debbie Tarsitano pompon and pansy bouquet faceted

tiful splayed passionflower has an outer halo of deep-purple petals, followed by a tier of white striped petals, centered by a cage of cobalt blue filament stamens that conceals a trio of stigmas with yellow anthers. The bloom tops a vine that supports a few closed buds, an emerging bud, leaves and curly tendrils. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $800—1,000

paperweight. A charming bouquet has a purple pansy next to a fluffy pink pompon camomile, two small yellow filament tuft flowers, small blue buds and a stem of yellow buds, gathered on leafy stems. Star-cut clear ground. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/8" $800—1,000

122 Delmo Tarsitano spider on a wreathed nest paperweight. A plump-bodied spider, in mottled brown and with long threadlike legs, sits atop a white nest of webs, poetically wreathed by a semi-circle of spaced bladed leaf clusters, two of which sprout cattails. Sand and scattered rocks over translucent green moss ground. The nest glows red when lighted from underneath. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/8" $1,000—1,500

123 Debbie Tarsitano bee and clematis paperweight. A foraging bee nestles at the center of a basket of long yellow stamens, inside a cup of pink arching petals. Two more tiers of petals finish the clematis flower, which shares a branch with crenulated leaves and stems of blue buds. Star-cut clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 3/8" $500—800

125 Debbie Tarsitano pansy and ranunculus bouquet faceted paperweight. A lovely pansy, with two purple upper petals and three yellow, orange and purple lower petals and framed by five green sepals, shares a forking stem with two small pink ranunculus blossoms, each concealing a densely-packed cane of thin petals, as well as with three crenulated green leaves. Star-cut clear ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Winter 2014 56th Auction as lot 113. Fine condition. Diameter 2 3/4" $600—800

126 Delmo Tarsitano frog paperweight. A green frog, with a brown belly, perches on all fours on a rocky and mossy earth ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $600—800

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130 Chris Buzzini 1987 “Red Azalea” bouquet paperweight.

to-cut paperweight. A bountiful bunch of branches carries three plump blueberries, two ripe raspberries, an orange bellflower and its bud, a yellow daisy, curling tendrils and assorted leaves to form a sublime and well-balanced dimensional bouquet. Clear ground. Mosaic-cut frosted exterior with top facet for viewing. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 1/2" $2,500—3,000

Red azaleas, yellow blossoms, stems of small purple flowers, buds and green leaves radiate outward from a nucleus of twisted stems. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—800

128 Chris Buzzini 1989 “Aster Bouquet” morning glory and daisy arching bouquet paperweight. A shaded blue morning glory trumpet is joined by three buds on an arching vine, with tendrils and leaves, decorated below by two pink daisies and buds, three red flowers, a spray of yellow blooms and very small blue berries. Clear ground. Edition #33 of a limited edition of 75. Signature/ date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $2,000—3,000

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131 Chris Buzzini 1988 yellow mullein bouquet paperweight. Three lavender-colored blossoms are surrounded by radiating pink bellflowers, yellow mullein, blue heather and assorted green leaves. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $700—1,000

132 Chris Buzzini 1987 epiphytic orchid paperweight. A mauve-spotted white epiphytic orchid, with a red and yellow center, grows from a long stem, with a closed bud, slender green leaves sprouting from bulbous stems and trailing roots. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $600—800

weight. Two graceful white orchids, with long pointed sepals, a bulbous magenta labellum center and a yellow anther cap, grow on a winding stem shared by five carefully articulated leaves and trailing beige roots. Clear ground. Edition #32 of a limited edition of 40. Signed/dated. Good condition. Diameter 3 5/16" $800—1,000 www.selman.com

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paperweight. Three very particular flowers, each different from the next, are bound into an exotic bouquet with small red berries, orange and yellow buds and a cluster of green leaves. One flower is a many-tiered blue daisy, another an orange and yellow tiger lily and yet a third is a stalk of lavender bellflowers. The bouquet sits within a clear ground with mitre-cuts around the lower perimeter. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2013 55th Auction as lot 188. Diameter 3 5/16" $600—800

weight. A curving stem, lined with green variegated leaves, sprouts exotic blooms in scarlet, orange and yellow against a star-cut clear ground. Rare diamond-cutting to perimeter. Signature cane. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Winter 2013 53rd Auction as lot 181. Diameter 3 3/8" $700—1,000

134 Ken Rosenfeld 2012 morning glory and clematis flower bouquet paperweight. A large purple morning glory trumpet is the highlight of a dimensional bouquet with three multi-tiered clematis flowers, each with a perky tuft of filament stamens, small white forget-me-not flowers, striped green leaves and tangled tendrils. Green ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/8" $700—1,000

135 Ken Rosenfeld 2012 blueberry bouquet paperweight. Two

137 Ken Rosenfeld 2013 goldfish paperweight. A stunning dimensional goldfish, with lacey fins and detailed body scales, passes by a clump of seagrass. Transparent blue ground. Signature/ date cane. Good condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $600—800

138 Ken Rosenfeld 2005 “Flowers and Bee” paperweight. A honeybee, with black latticinio wings, alights on a curved vine, bearing blossoms of pink and white, which rests next to a large double-tiered blue flower, with long pink stamens. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/2" $500—600

large fully-splayed pink blossoms are joined by scattered pink buds on braided stems with a few blueberries, white rose cane buds, small purple forget-me-nots and attending leaves. Black ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 7/16" $700—1,000 30

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142 Randall Grubb 2000 yellow daffodil paperweight. A single

paperweight. A bouquet of violets, red roses, white sprays, green leaves and stems, is revealed inside a lavender purple-over-white double overlay with six and one facets. Clear ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $800—1,000

yellow daffodil, with several long green leaves, stands proudly at the end of a long stem, over a clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—800

140 Randall Grubb 1990 red rose bouquet paperweight. Five

daisy-like flowers, one yellow and one white, are accompanied by two buds, a wilting flower and bladed green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Good condition. Diameter 3" $600—800

red roses, with yellow stamens, are carefully spaced on a stem with four furled red buds and white-rimmed green leaves. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $600—800

141 Randall Grubb flowering pea plant paperweight. An open pod, displaying a string of delicate peas nestled within, dangles from a listing stem adorned with three white blossoms, green leaves and curling tendrils. Clear ground. Signature cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $500—600

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144 Randall Grubb 1989 mistletoe paperweight. A festive bouquet of mistletoe sprigs, with white berries and green leaves, is tied by a velvety red bow. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $500—800

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148 Victor Trabucco 1998 caterpillar and bouquet paperweight.

A black and yellow striped bee flies towards a bouquet of lavender and red blossoms that grows from a curved branch, with purple berries and green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $700—1,000

A fuzzy caterpillar makes its way on a dimensional bouquet, with a yellow China rose, blue bell flowers, pink bell flowers, tendrils and green leaves, which rests on a soft bed of white upset muslin. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $500—800

146 Victor Trabucco 2008 blue morning glory bouquet paperweight. A large blue morning glory trumpet, in satin light blue with white stripes, is joined by a furled satin blue bud and two trios of spiraling pink rose buds on a stem with variegated leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $600—800

147 Victor Trabucco 2002 pale blue morning glory on upset muslin paperweight. A pale blue morning glory trumpet faces down in the company of a furling light blue bud, four thick mottled and curving green leaves and spiraling tendrils, on a forking bending woody stem. White upset muslin ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $600—800

149 David & Jon Trabucco 1994 camellias and berries faceted paperweight. A bouquet focusing on two large lavender camellias, with yellow stamen centers, is finished with small blue blossoms and buds as well as a cluster of scarlet berries, all with attendant greenery, over a clear ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $500—800

150 David & Jon Trabucco 1993 frog paperweight. A mottled brown frog rests on sandy ground next to two stacked black and white stones. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—500

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paperweight. A coiled brown rattlesnake, spotted with black and white, terminates in an alarming rattle. It contemplates the white skeleton of a departed lizard on a rock-strewn desert floor. A blue and black flower softens the scene. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $500—800

weight. An intent blue jay, with outstretched wings and impressive black talons, alights near a hapless pale green and yellow caterpillar that crawls across a brown branch enlivened by a sprig of leaves and a pink bloom, under a blue sky strewn with a hint of fluffy white clouds. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $800—1,000

152 Jim D’Onofrio 1994 red frog and bamboo paperweight. An agile red frog, with markings of blue and white, crawls on a fanning bamboo trellis towards a vine of pink flowers. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $800—1,000

153 Jim D’Onofrio 1998 Artist Proof equestrian and show horse paperweight. A brown horse, carefully dressed in a beige saddle and a coiffed mane, is at the command of an agile rider, with white pants, black boots and a typical red coat, as it prepares a showy jump through a mossy ground, below a cloudy sky. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $600—800

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155 Jim D’Onofrio 1991 large blue crab with a seashell and a green plant paperweight. A dimensional blue crab, with orange edging details and green spots, is comfortably burrowing in a sandy patch of seafloor, behind a tuft of seagrass and a few twigs. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $800—1,000

156 Jim D’Onofrio 2006 “Bald Eagle” bird in flight paperweight. A dimensional bald eagle flies over a blue river, bordered by marshland. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $800—1,000

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eggs paperweight. A black and white Gila monster, its tiny scales painstakingly placed in perfect position, discovers three coral snake eggs that lie prey to its curiosity, perhaps both scientific and culinary, camouflaged among a cluster of rocks, against a moss-covered sandy desert floor. Signed. Dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $3,000—4,000

weight. Three multi-tiered blood-red roses spring from a common nexus along with six sheathed buds and three stems of fanning furling green leaves, five to a stem. Clear ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $2,000—3,000

158 Gordon Smith 1997 Artist Proof tarantula on red desert

An olive tree branch, with long bladed green leaves, is lush with dimensional olives in different stages of ripening from yellow to dark maroon. Clear ground. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $2,000—3,000

floor paperweight. A brown tarantula appears within the bucolic confusion of three yellow blooms springing from fans of succulent leaves, on a terra cotta-colored desert floor strewn with tiny pebbles. Signature cane. Dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $2,000—3,000

159 Gordon Smith 1991 tang fish and coral paperweight. A pink tang fish, with colorful detailed facial, belly and fin features, is at home in a coral reef of algae-covered rocks with purple and white coral. Transparent aqua blue ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $800—1,000

161 Gordon Smith 2012 olive branch with fruit paperweight.

162 Gordon Smith 1985 pale yellow and green tropical lady’s-slipper orchids paperweight. A pair of lady’s-slipper orchids, each with pretty green-striped white sepals and a large speckled green labellum, rises on slender stems from three furling mottled-green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $600—800

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166 Mayauel Ward 2008 braided stems flower and blueberry

berry bouquet paperweight. Bright apple-green berries intermingle with purple loganberry in a bouquet of various colorful flowers, including large purple roses. The fruits and blooms are braided together on stems into a semi-circle arch. Pressed black ground. Signed/dated. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 5/16" $1,200—1,600

bouquet paperweight. Braided stems gather red and pink flowers into a bouquet with ripe dark purple blueberries, tendrils and attending leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $600—800

164 Mayauel Ward 2004 spotted lizard environmental paperweight. A black-spotted red lizard hides among purple berries, green leaves, tendrils, pebbles and assorted flowers, including a sunflower and a morning glory, all gathered on a sandy floor. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $800—1,000

165 Mayauel Ward 1995 flower bouquet with pink bow faceted paperweight. A yellow and orange lady’s-slipper orchid, three yellow roses and assorted blossoms and buds in pink, white and lavender, grow on leafy stems tied with a pink bow, displayed against a dramatic black ground. Front facet. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Winter 2013 53rd Auction as lot 156. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,000—1,500

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167 Mayauel Ward 1993 orchid bouquet paperweight. Three mauve orchids are centered among two yellow, orange and green lady’s-slipper orchids, two orange bellflowers, a spray of small blue flowers, buds and assorted green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $600—800

168 Mayauel Ward 2011 lady’s-slipper orchids pedestal paperweight. Two pink lady’s-slippers hang from opposite sides of a forking stem with striped leaves and trailing white root system. Footed white base. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/8" $500—600

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172 Bob Banford snake and flower paperweight. A black snake,

lilac paperweight. White lilies, white lilacs, lime-green buds and variegated leaves are gathered into a bouquet and set against a dramatic black ground. Limited edition of 15. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $1,000—1,500

with dorsal stripes the length of its body in rust-red, orange and yellow, is interrupting his sinuous slithering to gaze at an upright red flower, with yellow stamens, which has emerged from a fountain of satin green leaves next to several brown twigs. A ladybug hides in the shade of the plant, hoping to stay incognito. Pebbly earth ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $600—800

170 Melissa Ayotte 2011 Artist Proof “Daisy Bouquet” paperweight. A colorful bouquet of pink, white, yellow and purple flowers, including daisies and red bud accents, is prettily contrived to look freshly picked from the garden. Clear ground. Limited edition of 15. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,000—1,500

171 Melissa Ayotte 2006 “Forbidden Fruit” caterpillars and rosary peas paperweight. Two grayish green caterpillars crawl across a patch of pink flowers and rosary pea pods, with scattered red and black peas, on an earth ground. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $600—800

173 Ray Banford “Cabbage Rose Bouquet” faceted paperweight. Three dimensional pink cabbage roses bloom on stems, with variegated green leaves, over an opaque white ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 11/16" $500—800

174 Ray Banford pink rose cross bouquet ovoid faceted paperweight. Five pink roses are arranged into a cross pattern, each seated on a few well-placed green leaves, above a cobalt blue ground. Flute-faceting to side and one top facet. Signature cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 3/16", height 2 5/8" $400—600

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178 Eric Hansen 2013 blue morning glory bouquet paper-

strawberries burst out from a mouth-watering cluster of ripe fruit, including blushing apples and beige peaches. Small pink blossoms perpetuate the bounty, which sits on a bed of green leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $800—1,000

weight. Three blue and white morning glories, each with a yellow stamen, emerge from a cluster of sinuous vines and green leaves with companion buds. Mottled pink ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $500—800

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179 Eric Hansen 2012 mauve flower bouquet paperweight.

paperweight. An attractive spray of orange and yellow drooping buds is flanked by arching branches of purple blossoms, brown flower buds and striped leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $800—1,000

Light purple flowers and their buds are scattered in a network of stems, vines, tendrils and leaves. Mottled blue and white ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600

177 Clinton Smith 2012 heron in marsh paperweight. A heron

murrini paperweight. A complex murrini of a red-headed man represents the famous artist, Vincent van Gogh, below a rendition of his stunning night sky painting composed of a field of vortexes, yellow and blue, representing stars, moon and clouds. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 5/16" $400—600

is master of his domain in a marsh with cattail reeds, bright orange bell flowers in a shrub, a dark bush of white flowers and a fallen tree trunk. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $800—1,000

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184 Cathy Richardson 2011 blue and orange flowers over rocks

petite black-striped green lizard lazily suns himself amidst rocks and a variety of blooming cacti and succulents. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $1,000—1,500

paperweight. A small mound of barren gray stones is giving way to lush clusters of blue bell flowers and bright orange succulent flowers. Aventurine and rust-red pebble ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $800—1,000

182 Cathy Richardson 2006 orange fish and coral orb. A dense garden of various corals, in vibrant mixtures of yellow, pink and blue, is visited on one side by four black-eyed orange fish. Mottled seabed ground. Edition #9 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,000—1,500

183 Cathy Richardson 2021 yellow cypripedium orchids paperweight. Bright yellow labella, dotted with orange speckles, stand out in an otherwise concealed bouquet of spun green sepals, long stems and bladed leaves of cypripedium orchids. Shaded blue and orange ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $800—1,000

185 Cathy Richardson 2014 lemons and blossoms all-over bouquet marble. Three ripening lemons hang in a dimensional branch of variegated green leaves, below promising light pink blossoms and buds. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/16" $500—800

186 Cathy Richardson 2013 tropical foliage and pink flowers paperweight. A tropical croton plant, with deeply variegated pink, blue and yellow leaves, has sprouted a cluster of attractive pink blossoms. Mottled transparent blue ground. Edition #4 of a limited edition of 8. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $700—1,000

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190 Colin Richardson 2013 Fall tree paperweight. Growing

A blue crab, with an orange-gray head, wedges comfortably inside a ring of green eel grass blades and strewn seashells. Sandy seabed ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $800—1,000

from an aventurine rocky ground, an arching tree gracefully bows to display the remnants of variegated fall-colored leaves, many of which are scattered about its exposed roots. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $300—500

188 Cathy Richardson 2020 “Mini Turtles” turtle and blossoms miniature paperweight. A pair of green and chartreuse turtles pauses beside a clump of leafy succulents boasting two white blossoms, over a sandy ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/4" $400—600

189 Cathy Richardson 2019 “Mini Water Garden” frog and water lily pond scene miniature paperweight. A beautiful mauve water lily unfolds its petals to reveal delicate yellow stamens, while a little green frog observes from a nearby lily pad. Two pink buds, leaves and two additional lily pads also float upon a transparent blue pond ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/8" $400—600

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191 Colin Richardson 2011 tropical flowers and fruit paperweight. A woody branch supports three robust red blooms and two sprigs of plump orange berries. in a bouquet with a spray of purple flowers. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $400—600

192 Colin Richardson 2015 “Bumblebee Roses” and pink blossoms on a stem paperweight. Yellow roses, accented with thin black lines, combine on a curved green stem, shared by variegated green leaves. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $400—600

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193 Mike Hunter 2020 close concentric millefiori and panda picture cane paperweight. An adorable picture cane of a black and white panda bear is encircled by five rings of contrasting complex millefiori. White hollow stave basket. Clear ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $600—800

194 Mike Hunter 2013 close concentric millefiori with seagull and butterfly silhouette canes paperweight. A central seagull silhouette cane is ringed by maroon moss canes and then by a circle in blues and white. Heathers ensue and then a ring of complex canes alternating with eleven butterfly silhouettes. A border garland in red, white and blue completes the design which rests on a flat blue and white stave basket. Translucent blue ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $500—800

195 Mike Hunter 2013 close concentric millefiori with rose and pansies paperweight. Concentric rings of complex canes are punctuated with a central red rose cane and a spaced ring of seven pansy canes, defining a radial pattern of green rod bundle canes inside two border garlands of blue complex canes. White and red hollow star stave basket. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $500—800

196 Mike Hunter 2012 close concentric millefiori, pansy cane

pansy cane, ringed in white, four concentric rings of complex canes, each different from the next and in shades of blue, pink, and yellow, rest on a flat hollow white star stave basket. Eight butterfly silhouette canes are integrated into one of the central rings. Translucent mottled blue ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 11/16" $500—800

197 Mike Hunter 2014 close concentric millefiori rabbit silhouette, roses and pansies paperweight. A sweet black bunny silhouette cane is rimmed with yellow tubular cogs, then a ring of blue complex canes and, finally, alternating golden roses and yellow and white pansies. A blue and green torsade frames the motif and is in turn framed by a ring of pink and purple complex canes. Translucent blue ground. Flat hollow white star stave basket. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $600—800

198 Mike Hunter 2011 close concentric millefiori, red and russet roses and daisy paperweight. A white floret sits at the center of six red roses, surrounded by a circle of thirteen russet-colored roses, a ring of complex canes in heather and white and finally a ring of complex canes in blues and heather, all resting on a flat blue and white star cane stave basket. Translucent green ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Spring 2012 51st Auction as lot 245. Diameter 2 11/16" $500—800

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202 Saint Louis 1986 two-colored crown paperweight. Red

of lavender C-shaped canes are arranged to resemble a beehive in a cascade around a white signature/date cane that presides at the summit. The lowest tier is pulled downward into a stave basket. Edition #38 of a limited edition of 50. Diameter 3 3/16" $850—1,200

and purple latticinio twists alternate with twists of white latticinio ribbons in a cascade originating at a signature/date cane at the apex and ending at the base. Clear ground. Edition #132 of a limited edition of 250. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2012 52nd Auction as lot 227. Diameter 2 7/8" $700—1,000

200 Saint Louis 1954 close packed millefiori mushroom overlay fancy-cut faceted paperweight. A colorful assortment of close packed complex canes is pulled downward from its tuft to create a tapered mushroom stem. The mushroom sits over a clear ground within a red-over-white double overlay. Mitre-cuts to top and bottom perimeter creates a zigzag overlay pattern and a star top facet. Signature/date cane. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $600—800

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201 Saint Louis (c. 1974) set of two seal handles. Central trans-

overlay faceted paperweight. A complex signature/date cane sits at the center of a mushroom, surrounded by six close concentric rings of assorted complex canes, atop a faded blue stem. Tealover-white double overlay. Five and one facets. Made in blue, red, yellow and white in a limited edition of 800. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $600—800

lucent interiors, one cobalt blue and the other ruby red, are encased in white latticinio and swathed in a layer of clear glass to form the handles of letter seals. Footed clear bases. Limited edition of 1,000; 500 produced in each color. Acid-etched insignias. Diameter 1 1/2", height 4 1/4" $400—500

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latticinio ribbons, with alternating twists of blue and chartreuse and others of red and green, emanate from a central signature/ date cane to form a regal crown reminiscent of the iconic antique design. Limited edition of 400. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—500

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208 Saint Louis 1997 “Pansies of Colette” flowers and millefiori

eted paperweight. A large white lotus, with three tiers of petals and a yellow complex cane center, displays atop a floating bed of seven green lily pads along with two buds just beginning to emerge from relenting sepals. Opaque light blue ground over green base. Six and one facets. Edition #285 of a limited edition of 450; made for the Museum of Giverny. Signature/date cane. Fine condition with internal flaw. Diameter 3 3/16" $400—600

garland faceted paperweight. Two wine-red and yellow pansies, and a bud, grow from leafy stems, encircled by a border garland of pink and white complex millefiori. Opaque blue ground. Two tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Edition #15 of a limited edition of 100. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/16" $500—800

206 Saint Louis 1979 orange pears, cherries and plums in a latticinio basket faceted paperweight. A fruit still-life, consisting of two orange pears with six red cherries above them and five purple plums below, rests inside a double-swirl white latticinio basket. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 250. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600

207 Saint Louis 1978 upright bouquet on a basket faceted paperweight. An upright bouquet of three lampwork flowers, in red, white and blue, sits on a fanning bed of green leaves, pulled downward into gathered stems that center a double-swirl white latticinio basket. Two flowers have a stardust cane center and the third has a signature/date cane center. Clear ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 350. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—600 42

209 Saint Louis 1976 Clichy-type yellow roses paperweight. Two Clichy-type yellow millefiori roses, each with a pink center, are joined by a yellow bud and grow from long stems with green leaves and thorns. Opaque cobalt blue ground. Limited edition of 400. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—800

210 Saint Louis 1990 “Ophrys” orchids paperweight. Exotic purple-striped yellow and magenta orchids display against a fan of bladed variegated leaves at whose crest emerges a plump companion bud. Opaque white ground. Edition #230 of a limited edition of 400. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 5/16" $500—800

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paperweight. A large yellow sunflower, with a central cluster of brown millefiori canes, artfully reminiscent of seeds, floats above a carpet ground of green and white complex canes framed by concentric rings of brilliant blue and white millefiori canes. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Spring 2013 53rd Auction as lot 223. Diameter 3 1/4" $800—1,000

weight. A formal arrangement, with nine flowers of different colors, nestled among dark green leaves on gathered stems, stretches down to a clear ground. Lavender-over-white double overlay, with five and one facets. Edition #15 of a limited edition of 50. Signature/ date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—800

212 Saint Louis 1983 Valentine bouquet with heart-shaped

laced millefiori paperweight. A crisscrossing pattern of interrupted spaced rows of yellow complex canes and white latticinio ribbons is pressed into an opaque green ground. Edition #118 of a limited edition of 400. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $500—800

millefiori garland paperweight. A symmetrical arrangement of flowers, including two white blooms, two blue and one pink is centered by a large two-tiered red companion. Each flower has a delicate millefiori complex cane at its nexus, and ten dark green leaves add depth to the design. Framed within a heart-shaped millefiori garland and presented on opaque pink ground. Limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $600—800

213 Saint Louis 1985 four-flower bouquet on blue latticinio paperweight. A bouquet of four red-tipped white flowers, each with a complex millefiori center, along with two buds and green leaves, is gathered by the ends of slender stems and rests on a double-swirl light blue latticinio cushion. Limited edition of 250. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $600—800 www.selman.com

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216 Saint Louis 1979 Tutankhamen gold inclusion and millefiori garland faceted paperweight. A 24-karat gold death mask of the pharaoh is encircled by a white, blue, red and yellow complex millefiori garland. Blue ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 300. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $500—800

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220 Baccarat 1973 scattered zodiac millefiori on carpet ground

paperweight. A pink flower, made of small hollow C-shaped cane cells around a white stardust cane, perches atop a curved stem shared by two leaves, an additional fan of five leaves framing the bloom and flanking a companion bud. A garland of complex millefiori in shades of pink, green and white encloses the design. Star-cut clear ground. Edition #49 of a limited edition of 150. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $800—1,000

paperweight. Twelve complex silhouette canes, each representing a sign of the zodiac, are scattered on a carpet of white and green ruffle canes. Edition #87 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $600—800

218 Baccarat 1982 hyacinth blossom trio paperweight. Three pink and white hyacinth blossoms, emerging from long sheath-like green sepal leaves, sprout from rich black pebbled earth. Edition #7 of a limited edition of 175. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Spring 2014 56th Auction as lot 207. Diameter 2 13/16" $600—800

219 Baccarat 1970 “Church Weight” zodiac silhouettes and millefiori paperweight. Very fine silhouettes of all twelve zodiac symbols are scattered throughout a colorful close packed design of assorted complex canes. Edition #59 of a limited edition. Acidetched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Fair condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $700—1,000 44

221 Baccarat 1970 scattered zodiac millefiori on yellow star carpet ground paperweight. Twelve complex silhouette canes, each representing a different sign of the zodiac, are scattered on a carpet of yellow and white star canes. Edition #221 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/ date cane. Dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—800

222 Baccarat 1981 “Groupe de 3 fleurs de crocus” pink flowers paperweight. Three pink-shaded crocus bells sheathe delicate orange filament stamens over a cold snow-covered white ground. The blooms share a forking green stem with two opposing leaves. Edition #3 of a limited edition of 150. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $300—400

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223 Baccarat 1977 water lilies paperweight. A large three-dimensional white water lily, with long yellow stamens, floats on a translucent green pond near a small white flower and green lily pads. Edition #20 of a limited edition of 250. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $500—800

canes, including one ring of the eighteen different Gridel silhouettes, on parallel white latticinio tubes. Edition #437 of a limited edition of 1200. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/ date cane. Dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Spring 2014 56th Auction as lot 215. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600

224 Baccarat 1974 green frog on a pond paperweight. A red-

227 Baccarat 1970 close concentric millefiori paperweight.

striped green frog rests near an upright white water lily, on a translucent green ground with a few silvery rocks. Edition #88 of a limited edition of 240. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3" $500—800

225 Baccarat 1973 maroon and brown salamander paperweight. A maroon and brown salamander, with a narrow white stripe on each side, skitters across a yellow and green pebbled ground, scattered with silver rocks and layered over translucent blue. Edition #111 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—800

226 Baccarat 1972 Gridel squirrel close concentric millefiori paperweight. A large central white squirrel silhouette, on a black cane, is encircled by several concentric rings of assorted complex www.selman.com

Ten concentric rings of millefiori, each different from the next and in shades of heather, green, ocher and white, enclose a whiteringed ocher center cane and rest on a flat stave basket. Edition #260 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the underside. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600

228 Baccarat 1971 circular millefiori garlands paperweight. A central pink complex cane is encircled by a garland of cobalt blue canes, which is surrounded by a spaced ring of six circular millefiori garlands of various colors, on white upset muslin, over transparent pale green ground. A large complex cane centers each of the circular garlands, all of which vary in color as well. Edition #12 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600

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weight. Defined by turquoise cables, twenty-five checkerboard squares host twenty-five complex canes of various colors and design, over an opaque white ground. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $1,200—1,600

weight. Assorted canes in pink, green, red and white, are arranged in spaced concentric rings on a purple stardust carpet ground, encircled by a red and pink torsade. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/8" $700—1,000

230 Parabelle Glass 1997 open concentric hearts and roses

garlands paperweight. A large maroon pansy cane presides at the center of a ring of seven white edelweiss canes, in turn ringed by a pattern of two edelweiss canes followed by a pansy cane. An edelweiss garland frames the design. Clear ground. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 2 9/16" $400—600

moss ground paperweight. A large center cane, with a heart at its focus inside a ring of tiny white rose cane, is ringed by nine pink Clichy-type roses, each with green aventurine sepals, then by a spaced circle of sixteen more roses and, finally, by a spaced border garland in an alternating pattern of roses and hearts. Edelweiss-studded moss ground. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $1,200—1,600

231 Parabelle Glass 1992 Artist Proof flower bouquet cruciform and millefiori garland on latticinio paperweight. A central grouping of four burgundy pansy canes forms the heart of a cruciform of green aventurine branches and leaves, each dotted with a different cog cane bud. The cross is surrounded by a garland of alternating green and pink cog canes. Double-swirl white latticinio ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $700—1,000 46

233 Parabelle Glass 1992 open concentric millefiori and pansy

234 Julie Scrutton Lewis 2000 Artist Proof close concentric millefiori and torsade paperweight. Two concentric rings of canes, including green moss, purple star bundles and crimp canes, surround a yellow and green aventurine rose cane. A border garland of gold, white and pink twisted ribbon, closed by a pink crimp cane on each side, surrounds the design. Very light pink ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $400—600

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238 Drew Ebelhare 2008 millefiori coral on seabed with rocks

Assorted complex flower canes, including pompons, pansies and primroses in contrasting hues of purple, yellow and pink are gathered together into a dimensional prairie. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 9/16" $500—800

paperweight. Red, green and gray pebbles cover a sandy seabed and intersperse large gray and brown sedimentary rocks. Cheerful millefiori coral, some long tubes and others shorter flowers and stars enliven the otherwise barren scene. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $500—800

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239 Drew Ebelhare 2005 millefiori and gold on rocky hill

paperweight. A large purple rose dominates a lively profusion of fantasy flowers, some made of sliced canes and others made at the torch, buds and a few ripe raspberries. Red ground. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 11/16" $500—800

paperweight. Stacked jagged sedimentary rocks are softened by the presence of blooming millefiori in purple, red and blue, with small green cane leaves, interspersed between pebbles and a bit of gold nuggets. Sandy earth ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $600—800

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240 Drew Ebelhare 1992 three-colored crown paperweight.

paperweight. A mauve rose centers a ring of purple, blue, white and pink cane and lampwork flowers, spaced by cane, latticinio and lampwork buds, including a red raspberry and a few green leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $500—800

Twists of orange and pink alternate with translucent yellow latticinio ribbons and emanate from a central complex cane of yellow honeycombs and maroon tubes. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Made in Houston. Diameter 2 5/8" $400—500

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244 Damon MacNaught 2016 pansy and millefiori garland

turkey silhouette paperweight. A small turkey silhouette cane centers four close concentric rings of contrasting canes, including cog canes and honeycomb canes. The design is held a bright pistachio-green cog cane stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $500—800

paperweight. A pretty pansy flower perches at the top of a slender stem, with a companion bud to one side and a leaf to the other. A spaced border garland of alternating pink and blue canes encircles the bloom. White upset muslin ground. Signature cane. Signed/ dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 7/16" $400—600

242 Damon MacNaught 2017 blue millefiori carpet ground

245 Jim Brown 2007 green, brown and white millefiori carpet

paperweight. A large pink filament bundle cane centers a ring of small pink dogwood canes, followed by a field of blue trefoil canes, interrupted by a spaced ring of blue and pink dogwood canes. The outer ring of trefoils is pulled downward into a stave basket. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $500—800

ground paperweight. A large pink-cell pompon cane, encircled by a ring of white ruffle canes, lays at the center of a cambered prairie of close-packed brown-centered green and white cog canes. The outer ring of canes is pulled downward into a stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $500—800

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246 Jim Brown 2007 white and blue millefiori carpet ground

pink stave basket paperweight. A pink filament cane center is ringed by pink honeycomb canes, white cog canes, complex canes, hollow cog and tube canes, inside a pink ruffle cane stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $500—800

faceted paperweight. A white and blue cog and tube complex cane centers a ring of white sawmill cog canes, inside a ring of blue cog and tube canes, on a carpet of white sawmill cog canes. White hollow cog stave basket. Clear ground. Eight large side flute facets and one top facet. Signed/dated. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $400—600

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250 Jim Brown 2005 yellow millefiori carpet ground paper-

weight. Short twisted ribbon segments change colors progressively, from blue and amber, to red and green, to orange and purple, to green and amber, and finally to blue with white filament, spaced by white complex cog and arranged in parallel stripes. Clear ground in blue and white jasper basket. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8" $500—800

weight. A complex cane centers a ring of white and green complex canes and another ring of purple cog canes, at the center of a cambered carpet of yellow ruffle canes. Five spaced blue and white complex cane dot the homogenous prairie. Yellow stave basket. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $500—800

248 Jim Brown 2011 close packed millefiori faceted paper-

251 Jim Brown 2017 green millefiori carpet ground faceted

weight. Assorted canes in pastel colors shimmer like fireworks with the occasional appearance of green aventurine. The design is held in a hollow cog pink stave basket. Two tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $500—800

paperweight. A central white complex cane is surrounded by a ring of white cog canes, which is then surrounded by a lovely carpet of light green ruffle canes, which is accented by a ring of spaced magenta complex canes, all held within a light green stave basket. Eight large side flutes and one top facet. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $500—800

249 Jim Brown 2005 close packed millefiori paperweight. Assorted complex canes, in white, green, pink, blue, red, yellow and purple, are held in a stave basket of blue-lined hollow white crimp rods. The design includes a green shamrock cane, a pink pompon cane, a honeycomb cane and a signature cane. Signed/ dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $500—600

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252 Jim Brown 2007 close concentric millefiori paperweight. A lined cog cane centers six concentric rings of hollow tube canes, cog canes, stardust and sawmill cog canes, in pink, white, yellow, green, blue and purple. The outermost ring is pulled downward into an alternating blue and white stave basket. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 15/16" $500—800

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256 Steven Lundberg Glass Art 1998 “Caribbean Dream”

Steve and Justin Lundberg. A lovely array of Clichy-type roses, in pink, red, yellow, lilac and white, shimmers with dichroic veils and sits within a mottled field of green and white. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600

black angelfish and coral reef compound paperweight. A yellow-striped latticinio black angelfish circles his domain of green seaweed, red coral and white anemones. Transparent blue ground with spaced air bubbles. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4" $500—800

254 Lundberg Studios 2007 “Red Opium Poppies” compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Two red opium poppies bloom on slender curved stems, with a closed bud and green leaves, over a dark green ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $500—800

255 Lundberg Studios 1990 pink morning glories paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. Two pink morning glories, two twisted pink buds, heart-shaped crenulated green leaves and tendrils grow from a curved green vine. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 3/16" $500—800

257 Lundberg Studios 1991 school of angelfish and starfish orb, by Daniel Salazar. An underwater world features six blue angelfish casually blowing air bubbles above a blue-shaded ground of three purple starfish among white barnacles. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $500—800

258 Lundberg Studios 2011 white crane and iris compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A white crane is in flight over blue irises and long green leaves. Translucent cobalt blue ground, with swirls of pale blue fog. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $500—800

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262 Lundberg Studios 2007 “Sweet Pea Bouquet on Green”

weight, by Daniel Salazar. A salmon and orange pansy shares a network of sinuous stems with three buds and three crimped leaves. The bloom is encircled by a border garland of spaced Clichy-type rose canes and orange complex canes. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16" $400—600

compound paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Shaded pink sweet pea blossoms grow from slender vines with buds, tendrils and striped green leaves. Emerald green ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3" $500—800

260 Lundberg Studios 1988 two daffodils paperweight, by Steven Lundberg. Two luminous daffodils, with bright yellow trumpet centers and translucent petals, grow from a bundle of three bladed green leaves. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/ dated. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $500—800

weight, by Daniel Salazar. A scattering of variegated yellow sundrops, with deeply scalloped petals, blooms on dark stems with green leaves. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Signed/ dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Spring 2014 56th Auction as lot 285. Diameter 3" $400—600

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264 Lundberg Studios 1996 lavender columbine compound

by Steven Lundberg. A white daffodil flower, with a traditional yellow center, rises from five bladed leaves, over a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 1/16" $300—500

paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. A lavender and white columbine blossom, with yellow stamens, is positioned perpendicularly over an accompanying bud and three delicate clusters of five ribbed green leaves. Opaque pink ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $300—400

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268 Orient & Flume 1982 copulating rabbits paperweight, by

ers. A red betta fish, its body laced with white latticinio, swims through an underwater seascape of large white pastry mold cane anemones and four scrolling green sea ferns, golden bubbles dotted throughout the scene. Edition #143 of a limited edition of 250. Signed. Diameter 3 5/16" $400—600

Ed Seaira. Two rabbits, one black and the other white, disport themselves amorously in a cheerful garden of earthly delights and a few millefiori flowers, over a light aqua-blue cushion ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600

266 Correia Art Glass 2010 green frog sculpture holding red

paperweight. An exotic pink lily flower, with variegated and notched petals, grows on a wispy stem with three curling leaves. Black ground. Edition #10 of a limited edition of 100. Signed/ dated. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $300—500

heart paperweight. A three-dimensional black-spotted green frog, hands clasped around a red heart, straddles the crest of an opaque black dome above a ring of spaced green lily pads. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2014 57th Auction as lot 357. Diameter 2 5/16" $300—400

267 Orient & Flume 1983 white passionflower paperweight, by Bruce Sillars. A lavender-centered white passionflower, with an orange and yellow filament center, a white bud, green leaves, stems and spiraling tendrils, blooms atop an opaque black ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $300—500

269 Correia Art Glass 1983 Artist Proof pink spider lily flower

270 Bridgeton Studios 1978 orange butterfly surface design paperweight, by Chris Buzzini. An orange and purple butterfly soars through lavender-gray waves and swirls as it approaches five long strands of brown vines with white cane blossoms and green leaves. The design is encased by a thin clear layer, over a teal ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 13/16" $300—500

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274 Denali Crystal 1996 “Golden Leaf” upright abstract leaf-

white orchid has a tier of three smooth white petals that alternates with a tier of three ruffled and ribbed white petals, one of which conceals a yellow beard. The bloom emerges from a contrasting bright red cushion ground, enlivened with gold foil. Top facet. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8" $300—400

shaped sculpture. A curved leaf-shaped front facet reveals an angular yellow pointed shape, created by the refraction of two sinuous facets, cut into two clear back panels, variegated with three radial lines. Mirrored yellow base. Signed/dated. Height 3 7/8" $400—600

272 Chris Sherwin 2012 blue iris paperweight. A brilliant blue

paperweight. Three spaced dimensional pink trumpet flowers, each with three pointed leaves flaring outward to reveal a yellow spadix center, emerge from green stem from a mound of tangled dark vines. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 9/16" $400—600

iris, with ribbed petals and three slender yellow beards, cradles within two sets of long bladed leaves. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/16" $300—400

273 Chris Sherwin 2016 eastern dogwood paperweight. A white eastern dogwood bloom, its four scalloped petals tipped in brown, is centered by a green and yellow stamen cage and shares a forking stem with two companion buds and three pairs of leaves. Mottled blue ground. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $200—300

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275 Lotton Studio 2006 pink trumpet flowers compound

276 Pairpoint 1972 yellow crimp rose with etched base pedestal paperweight. A large crimp rose, with yellow petals, is cupped within a cage of open green sepals and sits within a clear dome. The dome rests atop a footed clear base, etched with grape clusters and vines. Edition #62 of a limited edition. Dated. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/8", height 4 3/8" $300—400

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277 Paul Ysart three ducks on a pond pedestal paperweight. A trio of three-dimensional ducks, with orange bodies and pink wings, floats atop a translucent pale blue pond alongside a pink water lily. Beneath the surface of the pond lies a scattering of sparkling white pebbles and a signature cane. Footed translucent blue base. Made at Caithness Glass, as shown by paper label, “CG Made in Scotland”. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/4" $700—1,000

278 Paul Ysart clematis bouquet in a latticinio basket paper-

at Caithness Glass, as shown by paper label, “CG Made in Scotland”. Good condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $500—800

280 Paul Ysart two ducks on a pond paperweight. Two three-dimensional blue ducks, with blue wings cupping their bodies, float atop a very fine translucent blue pond alongside a pink water lily, beneath which a scattering of sparkling white pebbles is layered over a sandy ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 13/16" $700—1,000

weight. A large ochre clematis, with thick red-striped petals and a stardust cane center, sits at the heart of a bouquet, with a crown of six small flowers in pink, white and blue, accompanied by green leaves and a gathering of stems. The bouquet floats within a white latticinio stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Made at Caithness Glass, as shown by paper label, “CG Made in Scotland”. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $600—800

281 Paul Ysart pair of aventurine fish paperweight. A pair of

279 Paul Ysart double-tiered clematis flower in a latticinio

weight. A whimsical green fish, with aventurine fins sprouting here and there from his tapering body, is surrounded by a border garland of alternating complex canes in pink and complex canes in different hues of blue. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $500—800

basket paperweight. Two tiers of five petals, each variegated pink and surrounded by orange and beige, surround a white complex cane with a yellow center, thus forming a floating double clematis, perched atop a green stem that is crooked at the bottom and flanked by two green variegated leaves. The flower floats within a white latticinio stave basket. Clear ground. Signature cane. Made 54

dimensional aventurine fish, one red and one green, each have yellow eyes, aventurine fins and a row of spaced dorsal dots on each side. The fish swim through tranquil waters above a sandy ground strewn with colorful rocks and seashells. Signature cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $800—1,200

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286 Paul Ysart open concentric millefiori paperweight. A central

A butterfly has a green aventurine body, topped by a red head and orange antennae, and flanked by large yellow cog forewings and smaller pink cog hindwings. A border garland of pink and white complex canes encircles the pollinator. Signature cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 3" $400—600

purple and white complex cane is encircled by three rings of complex canes in orange, green, pink, yellow and white. Translucent mottled dark honey-colored ground. Fair condition with internal flaws. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400

284 Paul Ysart two flower bouquet in white latticinio basket

An amber-colored flower, with five ribbed petals and green sepals around a sparkling gold aventurine center, is encircled by a millefiori border garland of alternating pink and green complex canes. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Summer 2013 54th Auction as lot 193. Fair condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600

paperweight. Two partly entwined flowers, one with five pointed red petals and the other with five round off-white petals, arch away from each other towards their respective companion bud. The bouquet floats atop a white latticinio stave basket, decorated by a spaced ring of tiny air bubbles. Signature cane. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Summer 2013 54th Auction as lot 195. Diameter 2 13/16" $500—800

285 Paul Ysart pink clematis flower in yellow and white stave basket paperweight. Two tiers of variegated rounded pink clematis petals have a red and white complex cane at their center and perch atop a curved stem shared by three green leaves. The resulting flower floats within a yellow and white latticinio stave basket. Signature cane. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Spring 2013 53rd Auction as lot 198. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $400—600 www.selman.com

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288 Paul Ysart patterned close packed millefiori and radial twists paperweight. A central cluster of close packed millefiori, inside a border of alternating salmon-pink canes and white hollow cog canes, is ringed by radial aventurine and white latticinio tubes, spaced by large white, red and yellow canes. Jasper green ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400

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292 Peter McDougall 2010 radial flower bouquet on latticinio

paperweight. A colorful assortment of summer fruits, including bananas, cherries, grapes, tomatoes, plums and pears, is arranged in a dimensional bouquet. Clear ground. Transparent red overlay. Two tiers of six side facets and one top facet. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/8" $800—1,000

paperweight. A large double-tiered flower, with a complex cane center around a ring of yellow scalloped petals inside a ring of pointed pink petals, centers radiating stems of various flowers and buds. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion. Clear ground. Edition #19 of a limited edition of 35. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3" $400—600

290 Peter McDougall 2011 millefiori alphabet chequer paperweight. All 26 letters of the alphabet appear each in a cog cane and are spaced in the cells of ten crisscrossing cobalt blue cables, along with an initial cane, a signature/date cane, a few heart canes and a rod bundle cane. Opaque black ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $500—800

291 Peter McDougall 2010 pink flower branch bouquet faceted paperweight. A tree branch, made up of a network of three stems, is flush with splayed pink flowers, each with a central complex cane and a halo of green sepals, and floats above a V-groove starcut clear ground. Two tiers of six side facets and one top facet. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $500—800

293 Peter McDougall 2011 fuchsia paperweight. Gracefully drooping fuchsia blossoms, in pink and lavender with red-dotted yellow stamens, share a long matrix stem with a pink bud and green leaves. Blue and white upset muslin cushion ground. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $500—800

294 Peter McDougall (2006) pink flower and circular vine paperweight. A flower, with six sculpted pink petals around a complex cane center, grows on a circular vine, with pink buds and green leaves, on a white upset muslin cushion ground. Edition #33 of a limited edition of 35. Signature cane. Diameter 2 11/16" $500—800

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298 William Manson 1993 floating swan faceted paperweight.

textured faceted paperweight. Two aventurine fish, one blue and one green, display golden fins and dorsal spots to each other as they pass in endless circles over colorful sea life, including a yellow starfish, blue and pink anemones, various corals and seashells, strewn on a sandy ocean bed. Mottled transparent black overlay to textured exterior. Top facet. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/16" $600—800

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. Clear ground. Top facet and front display facet. Edition #3 of a limited edition of 50. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Spring 2014 56th Auction as lot 316. Diameter 3" $400—500

296 William Manson 1998 “Aventurine Mallard” duck and

ket paperweight. An intricate butterfly, with pink-centered aqua and white complex millefiori wings and a green aventurine body, hovers at the center of a golden-yellow stave basket. Edition #33 of a limited edition of 250. Signed/dated. Good condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $600—800

cattails textured faceted paperweight. A copper aventurine duck, with a little turquoise head, swims on a pond near cattails and a yellow water lily. Textured translucent blue ground. Top facet and front display facet. Edition #18 of a limited edition of 100. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/4" $400—500

297 William Manson Senior 2003 aventurine beetle and white flower paperweight. A shimmering green aventurine beetle feeds on the nectar of a fully-splayed white flower, with pink dipped petals around a yellow filament bundle cane center. Star-cut transparent amber ground. Edition #39 of a limited edition of 50. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8" $300—400 www.selman.com

299 William Manson 1981 millefiori butterfly in a stave bas-

300 William Manson 1981 “Lilac” pink flower cluster paperweight. Small variegated pink buds are gathered into a single dense spray on a green stem with a fan of four green leaves. Translucent amethyst ground. Edition #109 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $300—400

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304 John Deacons 1999 double-tiered pink flower encased

majestic hawk bird, with detailed brown-scalloped white plumage, brown wings, yellow talons, a black-tipped beak and a sharp glare, poses on a sturdy branch with a few green leaves. White upset muslin cushion ground. Green-over-white double overlay. Two tiers of six side facets and one top scalloped facet. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/8" $500—800

overlay faceted paperweight. A pink double clematis, with single white stripes on each petal and a crown of leaves, sits atop a short curved leafy stem over a crown cushion of white latticinio staves. Blue-over-white double overlay, with two tiers of four facets, spaced by fancy-cutting and one top facet, encased in a clear layer. Two tiers of eight side facets and one top facet. Signature/ date cane. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Summer 2014 57th Auction as lot 310. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 3/8" $400—500

302 John Deacons 2012 three butterflies with patterned millefiori and roses paperweight. A large stardust cane centers a ring of eight yellow and white rose canes, inside a ring of alternating red and yellow canes, at the apex of a border garland of three large crimson butterflies spaced by three turquoise roses. White upset muslin cushion ground. Signature/date cane. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Summer 2014 57th Auction as lot 314. Diameter 3 1/4" $400—500

305 John Deacons 2010 Clichy-type roses on upset muslin ground paperweight. A colorful assortment of Clichy-type roses, in red, green, blue and purple, rests upon a white upset muslin cushion ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 9/16" $300—400

303 John Deacons 2005 blue titmouse encased overlay faceted

306 John Deacons 2013 close packed millefiori with torsade

paperweight, by Gordon Taylor. A blue and yellow titmouse perches on a brown branch, with two dark green leaves, on a white upset muslin cushion, within a blue-over-white double overlay. The overlay is cut to resemble the curved petals of a flower which gently cup the interior motif. Clear-encased exterior, with six and one facets. Signature/date cane. Signed. Fine condition. Diameter 3 5/16" $400—500

paperweight. Close packed millefiori and silhouette canes, including a rooster, a stag, a bird and a hedgehog, as well as shamrock, thistle, heart and Clichy-type rose canes, are framed by a double swirl white latticinio torsade and rest on a translucent cobalt blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8" $400—500

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310 Whitefriars 1972 close concentric millefiori faceted paper-

Five latticinio rods form a pentagon which encloses a blue and pink millefiori design, with a green complex cane at the center, and is encircled by a garland of purple complex canes. Cobalt blue ground. Fancy diamond-cut facets, with perimeter mitre-cuts, and one top facet. Signature/date cane. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/6" $300—400

weight. A pink star and cog cane is ringed by six yellow star and cog canes, then by six large blue and white daisy and cog canes, spaced by purple star and cog canes, inside a border garland of purple star and cog canes. Clear ground. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $200—300

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311 Post-classic English red, white and blue close concentric

weight. Completely covering a small cobalt blue ground, a carpet of purple honeycomb canes surrounds a ring of alternating green and blue complex canes, of different sizes, and a pink center cane. An aqua-marine and yellow complex cane garland borders the design. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400

millefiori paperweight. A large red and white crimp cane sits at the center of four rings of smaller red, white and blue cog and crimp canes, all within a red stave basket. Pressed clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400

309 Whitefriars 1970 close concentric purple millefiori faceted

pedestal paperweight. A large collared hollow red and white quatrefoil cane, edged in pistachio-yellow, is surrounded by three loosely concentric rings of millefiori, including cog, quatrefoil and wagon wheel canes. Footed clear base. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2002 29th Auction as lot 83. Fine condition. *Shipping priced at cost* Diameter 4 5/16" $300—400

paperweight. A central cluster of blue complex millefiori is surrounded by concentric rings of very fine complex canes in yellow, green and purple. Clear ground. Five and one facets. Signature/ date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $300—400

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the other orange and yellow, are joined by four companion buds splayed between the jagged edges of three ribbed green leaves. Grid-cut clear ground. Transparent red overlay, with geometric side faceting and one large top facet. Limited edition of 300; 214 made. Signed. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Summer 2012 51st Auction as lot 333. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $500—800

318 Perthshire Paperweights (1990) butterfly and flower overlay

frosted oval-shaped faceted paperweight. Two snowmen, with red and green scarves, have lost their cane that now lays on patchy snow. Clear ground. Frosted exterior with a viewing facet opposing two engraved stars. Edition #95 of a limited edition of 250. Signed. Diameter 2 3/8", height 3 1/4" $600—800

faceted paperweight. A butterfly in profile, with detailed blue and yellow wings, hovers close to a blue double clematis, on a stem with buds and green leaves. Clear ground. Red-over-white double overlay, with two tiers of eight side facets and a notched top facet. Limited edition of 300; 132 made. Signature cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 7/8" $500—600

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314 Perthshire Paperweights (1997) “Snowmen” Christmas

and patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. A central glass transfer of a red train engine is encircled by a star-shaped pattern of orange, green and blue complex canes and radial twists. White upset muslin ground. Top facet. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $500—800

316 Perthshire Paperweights 1988 radial bouquet on swirl paperweight. A large double-tiered white flower, with ten redtipped petals and a cluster of yellow star cane stamens, is at the focus of a radial bouquet of buds and blooms, all tethered to their protagonist with green stems and leaves. Transparent pink cushion ground, threaded with a black swirl. Limited edition of 350; 189 made. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—600

317 Perthshire Paperweights (1994) flower bouquet overlay

faceted paperweight. Three dimensional yellow-striped purple wildflowers, with tufts of yellow filament stamens, their buds and green leaves, rest on a transparent ruby ground. Two tiers of six side facets and one top facet. Edition #19 of a limited edition of 175. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/8" $400—500

320 Perthshire Paperweights (1984) “Caterpillar” on green leaves faceted paperweight. A green millefiori caterpillar, its body made of a string of round black-dotted green millefiori ending with a red head, stretches across two green leaves. Clear ground. Four long side facets, framed by four smaller facets each, and one top facet. Limited edition of 300; 208 made. Signature cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $500—800

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and white, then pink and white, on a transparent ruby ground. Top facet. Edition #197 of a limited edition of 350; 292 made. Signature/date cane. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Fall 2013 55th Auction as lot 344. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $300—400

326 Perthshire Paperweights (2000-2002) patterned millefiori

gracefully drooping fuchsia blossom, in pink and lavender, shares a long matrix stem with three pink buds and eight green leaves on a cushion of white upset muslin. Edition #193 of a limited edition of 300. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16" $400—600

and radial latticinio paperweight. Three rings of concentric white and pink complex cog canes surround a central signature cane and are the focus of sixteen radial latticinio rods that define narrow panels of four cogs each, which graduate from small to large as they move outward to the perimeter. Opaque black ground. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3" $300—400

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322 Perthshire Paperweights 1993 “Fuchsia” paperweight. A

eted paperweight. A central white flower is encircled by a spaced ring of six more white flowers, alternating with light green leaves. Cobalt blue ground. Six and one facets. Edition #19 of a limited edition. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $300—400

324 Perthshire Paperweights 1975 orange millefiori butterfly paperweight. A large butterfly, with a pink body and black antennae, orange millefiori wings, with contrasting eyespots, rests on a ribbed opaque orange ground and is encircled by a border garland of alternating mauve and blue complex canes. Limited edition of 450; 372 made. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 15/16" $300—400

325 Perthshire Paperweights 1978 patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. A central pink and white millefiori cane is surrounded by eight dark pink and white petal shaped canes and encircled by two border garlands of complex canes, first green www.selman.com

radial latticinio faceted paperweight. A complex cane centers a ring of seven C-shaped pink canes from which radiate twelve white latticinio rods, separating panels of three stacked canes, graduated in size from small to big. A ring of more C-shaped canes encloses the center design into a flower pattern and is encircled by a double border garland of orange and purple complex canes. Translucent blue ground. Six and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 3" $300—400

328 Perthshire Paperweights 1980 patterned millefiori and radial twists paperweight. A large complex cane, surrounded by a ring of cogs, launches six radiating spokes of small pink and blue millefiori, each framed by orange, white and yellow twists to form triangular multi-colored millefiori panels, topped by another twist. Translucent amethyst ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3" $300—400

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329 Perthshire Paperweights 2001 two-colored crown and flower paperweight. A white lampwork flower, with a complex cane center, is surrounded by ten amethyst, blue and white twists, separated by ribbons of white latticinio, over a powder-blue cushion ground. Edition #140 of a limited edition 150. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 3/4" $350—500

of pink, yellow and green canes encircles the bloom. Transparent ruby ground. Eight and one facets. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $300—400

334 Perthshire Paperweights 1981 “Blue Gentian” on white

weight. A large aqua, pink, purple and white complex cane tops a crown cushion of alternating red and yellow filament twists and white, red and yellow filament twists. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Edition #33 of a limited edition. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 9/16" $300—400

latticinio strips paperweight. A cobalt blue gentian flower, with a complex cane center, rests on a bed of parallel white latticinio strips, encircled by a border garland of blue and white complex millefiori, pulled downward into a stave basket. Transparent purple ground. Limited edition of 400; 265 made. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 13/16" $300—400

331 Perthshire Paperweights (1990) “Miniature Crown” blue,

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330 Perthshire Paperweights 1999 two-colored crown paper-

yellow and white twists paperweight. Dark blue, yellow and white twists, alternating with white latticinio ribbons, radiate from beneath a pink pompon cane and cascade down to the base to create a regal crown. Clear ground. Edition #35 of a limited edition of 400; 224 made. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/4" $350—500

332 Perthshire Paperweights (1987) “Snowdrops” overlay faceted paperweight. Three white snowdrop flowers, with green stamens, grow from stems, with green leaves, over a clear ground. Green-over-white double overlay, with eight spiral-cut side facets and a top facet. Limited edition of 300; 294 made. Signature cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 1/2" $300—400

333 Perthshire Paperweights 1984 “Millefiori Petal” flower and garland faceted paperweight. A flower has six cobalt blue petals, each topped by a white latticinio and red and white twist segment, and a complex millefiori nexus. A double border garland 62

fiori garland faceted paperweight. Two lavender tipped white blossoms, with two companion buds, and two lavender blossoms conjoin at the stem and swing outward away from one another in a delicate floral circle framed first by a pink, white and yellow torsade and then by a border garland of pink and blue complex canes. Transparent red ground. Six and one facets. Signature/date cane. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Summer 2013 54th Auction as lot 325. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400

336 Perthshire Paperweights 1979 “Sunflower” paperweight. A large central yellow sunflower, with eleven cupped petals and a green and white complex cane stamen, is ringed by a garland of alternating golden and green complex canes, each supported by two green leaves. Burnt-orange ground. Limited edition of 350; 303 made. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4" $400—500

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341 Perthshire Paperweights 1983 “Posy Ring” millefiori

patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. A millefiori nosegay, in primary colors with green lampwork leaves and stem, is surrounded by six spaced radial twists that separate panels of assorted canes and is further encircled by a double border garland. White upset muslin ground. Six and one facets. Edition #190 of a limited edition. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/2" $500—600

garland faceted paperweight. Five variously colored millefiori flowers alternate with pairs of green leaves on a circular green vine, atop a cushion of white upset muslin. A garland of alternating blue and yellow cogs surrounds the border. Eight side facets and two tiers of ten side facets encircle a single top facet. Limited edition of 300; 187 made. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/16" $300—400

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342 Perthshire Paperweights (1989) cat picture cane and mille-

radial twists faceted paperweight. A pink complex cane, with a green center, is the hub from which six green, white and blue twists radiate, separating panels of purple, orange, green and pink complex canes and striking blue and white C-shaped canes. A border garland of yellow and white canes encircles the design. Transparent ruby ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 300; 191 made. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16" $400—500

fiori garland paperweight. A central picture cane of a marmalade cat, impressively composed of more than 5,000 individual glass rods, is surrounded by two spaced rings of complex millefiori, first in purple, then in blue. A purple and yellow millefiori garland loops around the design. Transparent green ground. Signature cane. Fine condition. Diameter 2 11/16" $400—500

339 Perthshire Paperweights (1982) “Star Pattern” millefiori

paperweight. A periwinkle and yellow pansy shares a forking branch with companion buds and leaves. White upset muslin ground. Eight and one facets. Limited edition of 400; 280 made. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 1/16" $250—300

honeycomb faceted paperweight. A signature cane rests at the center of purple complex canes, arranged in two concentric rings, which are further encircled by one turquoise ring, from which eight evenly spaced triangles of pink canes radiate to form the points of a star. V-groove star-cut clear ground. Honeycomb side faceting and one top facet. Limited edition of 300; 237 made. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 3/8" $300—400

340 Perthshire Paperweights 2000 square-patterned millefiori faceted paperweight. Repeating squares, with rows of complex millefiori alternating with white latticinio rods, sit on a translucent emerald ground. Four and one facets. Edition #79 of a limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/16" $300—400 www.selman.com

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344 Perthshire Paperweights (1996) double purple flower and millefiori garland miniature faceted paperweight. A delightful magenta flower, fading to pale pink at the tip, has two tiers of six pointed petals around a yellow stardust nexus. It tops a cleaved stem with a lone leaf to the left and a sheathed companion bud to the right. Green millefiori border garland. Frosted star-cutting to clear ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 400. Signed. Diameter 2 1/16" $150—200

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349 Selkirk Glass 1982 “Snowdrops” flowers and latticinio

paperweight, by William Manson, from the Traditional Collection. Delicate branches of sparse leaves, in both green and in gold aventurine, boast one sole pink pear blossom and give perch to a green and yellow partridge. The scene is framed in a pink millefiori border garland. Opaque white ground. Six and one facets. Edition #319 of a limited edition of 500; 382 made. Signed. Diameter 3 1/16" $200—300

garland paperweight. A trio of white snowdrop bell blossoms springs from three thin green stems, with two bladed leaves, inside a latticinio border garland. Very dark translucent purple ground. Edition #60 of a limited edition of 250. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $150—200

346 Caithness Glass 1978 “Mistletoe” millefiori garland faceted paperweight, by William Manson, designed by Colin Terris. A sprig of mistletoe, with slender green leaves and white berries, floats above a white complex millefiori garland, which rests on dark purple ground. Five and one facets. Edition #55 of a limited edition of 500. Date cane. Signed. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/8" $200—300

347 Caithness Glass (1986) “Candida” pink and white flowers paperweight, by Allan Scott, from the Whitefriars Collection. Two white flowers, with pink ruffled centers around white complex canes, bloom on thin stems with two companion buds and two pairs of green leaves. Star-cut clear ground. Edition #9 of a limited edition of 250; 152 made. Signature cane. Signed. Diameter 2 7/8" $150—200

348 Phoenix Paperweights 2003 three blue daffodils on translucent blue ground faceted paperweight. Three blue daffodils, with brilliant yellow trumpet centers, spring from a slightly curving leafy stem cluster, over a star-cut translucent blue ground. Two tiers of seven side facets and one top facet. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 20. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Winter 2013 53rd Auction as lot 354. Diameter 2 11/16" $300—400 64

350 Selkirk Glass 2000 blue clematis over stave basket faceted paperweight, by Peter Holmes. A blue flower, with five notched petals, blooms on a forking stem with a pair of companion buds and a few green leaves, above an alternating green and blue latticinio stave basket. Five and one facets. Edition #1 of 1. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8" $350—500

351 Selkirk Glass 1999 pink wild rose paperweight, by Peter Holmes, from the Hedgerow series. A rose, with a pink and white cog cane center surrounded by five pink-speckled white petals, blooms alongside a pair of pink buds and green leaves, over a clear ground. Edition #66 of a limited edition of 500. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 9/16" $150—200

352 Selkirk Glass 1986 Christmas flowers and holly paperweight, by Peter Holmes. A pastel green and blue Christmas rose rests on green aventurine holly leaves and red berries and is encircled by five spaced white blossoms, over a basket of blue and white latticinio rods. Edition #32 of a limited edition of 75. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16" $200—300

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357 Chinese fisherman on a raft plaque paperweight. A fisher-

cascade of white spikey waves is striped in the colors of the rainbow and descends from a tight sea urchin-like cluster to an unfurled umbrella. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/8" $250—400

man holds a fishing rod as he sits on a brown raft on placid waters in a pastoral scene with green hills and pink cherry blossom trees. White plaque ground. Etched “China”. Fair condition. Diameter 2 9/16" $200—300

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358 Chinese blooming tree branch plaque paperweight. A

has rounded petals that proceed from blue to orange in a faded rainbow fashion, above a transparent aqua ground. Diameter 1 1/16" $150—200

dark tree branch contrasts with light green foliage and splashes of yellow and orange blooms, painted on a white plaque. Fine condition. Diameter 2 5/8" $200—300

355 James Alloway 2013 multi-colored rainbow spiral marble paperweight. A deeply-grooved parachute cushion is striped with colorful bans in the colors of the rainbow and cascades on the entire interior of a clear glass marble, cut flat at the base. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 1/8" $150—200

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360 Assorted set of three millefiori and rose miniature paper-

and ladybugs compound paperweight. Diaphanous flowers, in orange, pink, white and green, and green murrini leaves float over a patch of flowers, leaves and hearts along with scattered ladybugs. Blue and orange abstract ribbons and latticinio ground. Signed/ dated. Diameter 3 7/16" $600—800

weight pins. A very small millefiori design, on a blue ground, a pink rose with sepals, on an aventurine-strewn mauve ground, and a blue rose with sepals, on a white ground, are each encased in clear glass and mounted on a metal clasp. Diameters 9/16" - 11/16" $100—150

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Green hills part to allow passage to two small junk sail boats, each with a single passenger, on calm waters in view of pink cherry blossom trees. White plaque ground. Fair condition. Diameter 2 3/16" $200—300

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