Baccarat Antique

Rare antique Baccarat flat bouquet faceted paperweight. Rare antique Baccarat flat bouquet faceted paperweight, with a dazzling and rare floral group. A large central white buttercup forms the center, with a bundle of yellow star rods making up the stamen. It is flanked by two Type-I pansies, with shaded purple upper petals and a trio of cobalt blue and white arrowhead cane lower petals. The bouquet is crowned by a white double clematis, with a star cane center. A light green vine bearing a blue bud and green leaves entwines the central dark green stem. Six and one faceting. Star cut base. A broken stem below the clematis. "In contrast to the work of the other French factories, Baccarat produced conspicuously formal floral arrangements. These masterfully portrayed flowers combine to form a delightful garden. The millefiori cane sections that compose the bottom of the pansies indicate that this weight was produced in the early part of the classic period." --The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Antique Baccarat four-flower bouquet with pansies, clematis and primrose paperweight. A red and white primrose, with honeycomb center cane, is flanked by two Type I pansies and crested by a white double clematis with a white stardust and yellow bull's-eye cane. The flowers share a cadmium green network of leaves and stems, over clear star-cut ground. Good condition. Diameter 3 5/8". [hide]

Very nice antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly over clematis paperweight. The butterfly, with turquoise eyes and four multicolored marbled millefiori wings extending from an amethyst latticinio body, hovers above a white double clematis with a red, green and white star center and white bud, framed by the bud and five radial green leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. "butterflies are placed above floral motifs encased in clear glass to create the illusion of their hovering in space." [hide]

Lovely antique Baccarat looped garland and rose cane paperweight. A rare pink and green Baccarat rose cane is ringed by a slightly spaced circle of red, white and blue complex star canes at the center of the weight. 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". [hide]

Antique Baccarat yellow buttercup and red bud faceted paperweight. A double-tiered buttercup blossom, with yellow-colored petals and a white stardust stamen, is haloed by five green leaves and blooms atop a curving green stem with opposing leaves and a surprising red bud. Alternating green and white millefiori form a border garland around the flower. Clear, star-cut ground. Two rows of seven side facets and one top facet. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat yellow pompon and red bud paperweight. Numerous tiers of thin C-shaped canes, in pale yellow, radiate around a central green arrowhead cane to form a delicate pompon blossom that grows from a green curved stem, with two opposing leaves, and is crowned with five leaves and a contrasting red bud. Alternating white and red canes form a border garland around the flower. Clear, star-cut ground. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat aqua buttercup and bud with millefiori garland paperweight. Six deeply hollowed aqua petals ring five deeply hollowed white petals from whose core rises a straight thicket of yellow stamens, forming a traditional Baccarat buttercup motif. The flower is haloed by five green leaves and sits atop a curving stem flanked by additional green leaves and an aqua companion bud. Alternating green and white millefiori form a border garland around the buttercup. Clear, star-cut ground. Painted accession number 1965.83. Good condition. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly over clematis paperweight. A butterfly, with turquoise eyes and four multicolored marbled millefiori wings extending from an amethyst latticinio body, hovers above a white double clematis with a red, green and white arrowhead cane center. A white bud and four radial green leaves crown the flower, which blooms atop a curvy stem, flanked by two leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. "Butterflies are placed above floral motifs encased in clear glass to create the illusion of their hovering in space." --"Glass Paperweights in the Art Institute of Chicago". See "Antique French Paperweights," p. 78. Diameter 3 1/6" [hide]

Very fine antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly garland over upset muslin paperweight.The 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 upset muslin. Crack to base. "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. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Antique Baccarat butterfly and millefiori garland paperweight. [hide]

Antique Baccarat millefiori circlet paperweight. A central circlet with a blue arrow cane core ringed by complex white stardust canes with pink bull's-eye cores, is encircled by an additional six circlets, alternating between white stardust canes and dark-colored cogs, over translucent ruby ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Diameters 3 1/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat yellow wheatflower paperweight. Two tiers of round, black-dotted petals have a white complex star cane with a red bull's-eye at their nexus and are crowned by five apple green leaves. The wheatflower sits atop a short, leaning stem flanked by two additional leaves, over clear, star-cut ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Very minor chipping to star cut. Diameter 2 7/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat scattered millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. An assortment of colorful complex canes, including a pale pink rose picture cane, is scattered across white upset muslin. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]

Antique Baccarat yellow wheatflower paperweight. A yellow wheatflower is haloed by a lush crown of seven leaves and dressed with a slightly curving stem and its attendant foliage of symmetrical trios of leaves. Its two tiers of six brown-dotted yellow rounded petals are joined at their nexus by a complex white stardust cane with green bull’s-eye core. Clear ground. "This uncommon Baccarat flower is seen in two color combinations. Most of these flowers have pointed petals but examples with rounded petals are known." —Baccarat Paperweights; Two Centuries of Beauty. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Diameter 2 1/2". [hide]

Antique Baccarat scattered millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. An unusual panoply of colorful and diverse millefiori complex canes includes one cane with tiny pink rose-like bull's-eyes ringed with yellow stars and a white border, another of alternating pink and yellow bull's-eyes, sawmills and a central quatrefoil, as well as the more ubiquitous arrow canes and cogs, over a beautifully arranged white upset muslin ground. Provenance: The Arturo Schroeder collection. See "The French Connection In Mexico. The Improbable Paperweight Path". Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat entwined double trefoil on translucent green ground faceted paperweight. A red bull's-eye cane ringed by two circles of white star canes forms the center of a design that next moves to a spaced circle of white pastry mold canes. This central motif is framed by two interlacing trefoil garlands, one of complex millefiori made from alternating pink and white star canes and with pink bull's-eye cores, and the other made entirely of white stars, again with pink bull's-eye cores. Translucent green ground. Eight side facets. Small cullet. From the George Kulles collection. Diameter 3". [hide]

Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom paperweight. The tuft of a mushroom is composed of assorted complex canes, including arrowheads, bull's-eyes, stardust, six-point stars, quatrefoil, trefoil and rods, in a variety of colors. The mushroom's stem is encircled by a cobalt blue spiral-encased white latticinio torsade, bordered by two mercury rings. Clear, star-cut ground. Fair condition. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat interlaced trefoil millefiori garlands paperweight. A central red cross/white stardust complex cane is encircled by a ring of white and green stardust/bull's-eye canes and bordered by a pair of interlaced trefoil garlands, one of white and blue canes and the other of white and pink canes. A complex stardust cane rests within each of the six outer loops of the garlands, on clear ground. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat red and white dogrose miniature paperweight. A white dogrose, its slightly cupped petals rimmed in red, has a very pale yellow star/honeycomb cane at its nexus and sits atop a short, thick stem flanked by two ribbed leaves, one of them folded gracefully at the top. Four spaced leaves crown the flower, which rests over clear, star-cut ground. Diameter 1 15/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat pink crossed clematis buds paperweight. Six symmetrically spaced pink clematis buds, with variegated petals, grow upwards on three stems from lower crossed stems and two leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Antique Baccarat close concentric millefiori 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 close packed millefiori mushroom faceted paperweight. An assortment of colorful canes, including six-point stars, whorls, arrowheads and trefoils, forms a densely packed mushroom, with a white-encased blue torsade at the perimeter of the base. Clear ground. Six and one facets. Very minor surface wear. Diameter 2 15/16". [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]