Antique Baccarat

Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom and torsade paperweight. A dense cluster of varied millefiori canes forms a colorful cap and long stem for a blooming mushroom. The base of the stem is encircled by a blue-encased white torsade with two mercury rings. Star-cut ground. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Antique Baccarat pink dogrose faceted paperweight. A white and red stardust and bull's-eye cane centers five notched double-tiered petals, each made of white-rimmed pink and cupped by a white second tier, to form a dogrose haloed by a crown of five green leaves and growing from a curved stem with two opposing branches of three leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Six and one facets. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat white and blue wallflower glass paperweight. The wallflower, with five cobalt blue-rimmed white petals and an arrowhead/star cane center, blooms atop a short green stem, with a cobalt blue bud and three green leaves. Five, spaced, shaded green leaves surround the flower, on clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat pink dogrose paperweight. A white and red stardust and bull's-eye cane centers five notched double-tiered petals, each made of white-rimmed pink and cupped by a white second tier, to form a dogrose haloed by a crown of five green leaves and growing from a curved stem with two opposing branches of three leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 2 11/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat pansy and bud with millefiori garland faceted paperweight. A Type III pansy, with two large dark-purple upper petals and three black-striped purple-tipped yellow lower petals, has a white stardust/red bull’s-eye cane center. Three spaced green sepals emerge from behind the flower, as it grows on a thick green stem, with a purple and yellow bud and several green leaves. A complex millefiori garland encircles the pansy, with red and white crimped/star canes, alternating with white and red cog/bull’s-eye canes, over clear star-cut ground. Six and one facets. From the George Kulles Collection. Three chips on edges of facets. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Antique Baccarat blue primrose paperweight. A brilliant blue primrose, its five petals slightly cupped and edged in white, has white stardust stamens at its core, they, in turn, centered by a red and white bull's-eye cane. It blooms atop a thick, curving stem which is flanked by two trios of ribbed, green leaves. An additional five leaves, asymmetrically assigned, crown the flower which floats within a clear, star-cut ground. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3". [hide]

Antique Baccarat blue primrose paperweight. The flower, with five, heart-shaped, white-rimmed blue petals around a red and white stardust/bull's-eye cane center, is crowned with five spaced green leaves. It blooms atop a curved stem with additional green leaves, three on either side, over clear star-cut ground. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Antique Baccarat type III pansy and bud paperweight. A nicely formed pansy, with two velvety purple upper petals and three amber lower petals striped in black and stained with patches of purple, and with a white stardust center cane dotted with a red bull's-eye, sits atop a pertly curving stem shared by a companion bud and four leaves, an additional three leaves symmetrically crowning the bloom, over clear, star-cut ground. Provenance: The Arturo Schroeder collection. See "The French Connection In Mexico. The Improbable Paperweight Path". Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat wheatflower miniature paperweight. A wheatflower, with two tiers of ridged blue-spotted white petals around an arrowhead and stars complex cane, is crowned by four green leaves. The uncommon flower shares a stem with two additional green leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Good condition. Diameter 2 1/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat Type III pansy and a bud paperweight. A large Type III pansy, with two lush purple upper petals and three yellow lower petals, spotted with purple and striped with black, has a white stardust cane stamen with a red bull's-eye core and a crest of four radiating green leaves. It sits atop a thick, curving stem flanked by a sprig of three leaves on one side and four leaves and a two-colored bud on the other. Clear ground. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 15/16”. [hide]

Antique Baccarat pink clematis buds paperweight. Five pink clematis buds, in profile, grow from a vine with four shaded green leaves, over clear, star-cut ground. Minor chip to basal rim and minor surface wear. Cullet. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat cinquefoil millefiori paperweight. A cinquefoil garland, comprised of alternating complex canes either of white stars with pink bull's-eye canes or alternating pink bull's-eye canes and stars with a negative star center, hosts at its center a complex cane made of white stars and green canes with blue arrows, encircled by white star complex canes with tiny lavender bull's-eye cores. Each of the outer voids created by the cinquefoil hosts a blue and white pastry mold cane. Clear ground. See "The French Connection; The Improbable Paperweight Path", by Anthony B. Beadell - 2012 PCA Bulletin. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat interlaced millefiori trefoil garlands paperweight. A trefoil garland of white and red stars and bull's-eyes complex canes interlaces with a trefoil garland of blue cogs. Their center void is occupied by a ring of red, blue and white floret canes that surround a central six-point star complex cane. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 3 13/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat Type III pansy and bud paperweight. A nicely formed pansy, with two velvety purple upper petals and three amber lower petals striped in black and stained with patches of purple and with a white stardust center cane dotted with a red bull's-eye, sits atop a pertly curving stem shared by a companion bud and leaves over clear, star-cut ground. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Antique Baccarat close concentric millefiori and roses miniature paperweight. A central red and white bull’s-eye cane is surrounded by two rings of tiny white star canes, a ring of green and white arrow millefiori, a ring of Baccarat roses and a border garland of alternating red and white cog canes and white stardust with blue bull’s-eye centers, on clear ground. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Chips to the base and near the base. Diameter 2". [hide]

Antique Baccarat madonna and Christ sulphide faceted paperweight. A pristine white sulphide of the Virgin Mary holding an infant Jesus Christ on a cloud of cherubs stands against a transparent ruby ground. Top facet. Fair condition. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Antique Baccarat Type III pansy and bud paperweight. A nicely formed pansy, with two velvety purple upper petals and three amber lower petals striped in black and stained with patches of purple and with a white stardust center cane dotted with a red bull's-eye, sits atop a pertly curving stem shared by a companion bud and leaves over clear, star-cut ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat Dupont miniature garland paperweight. A large complex center cane, its outer canes blue and tipped in tiny white stars, is ringed first by red sawmill canes with blue and white star cane centers, and then by a garland of pink cogs, again centered by stars in blue and white, on clear ground. Surface wear, cullet. Diameter 2". [hide]

Antique Baccarat Type III pansy and bud paperweight. A pansy, with two velvety purple upper petals and three amber lower petals striped in black and stained with patches of purple and with a white stardust center cane dotted with a red bull's-eye, sits atop a pertly curving stem shared by a companion bud and leaves over ground. Fine condition. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameter 2 11/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat Type III pansy and bud paperweight. An excellent Type III pansy, with two lush prune-purple upper petals and three yellow lower petals that are spotted with purple and striped with black, has a white complex star cane nexus, with a red bull's-eye core, and is crested by four radiating green leaves. It sits atop a curving stem flanked by a sprig of two leaves on one side and three leaves and a bud on the other. Clear, star-cut ground. Good condition. Diameter 2 5/8". [hide]