Modern Baccarat

Baccarat 1967 "Church Weight" zodiac millefiori paperweight. Silhouettes of all twelve zodiac symbols are scattered throughout a colorful close packed design of assorted complex canes. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Date cane. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Baccarat 1975 Gridel baby chick millefiori paperweight. A central baby chick silhouette cane is encircled by a ring of white complex canes and then a ring of the other seventeen Gridel silhouettes; a border garland of white millefiori completes the design, on a translucent blue ground. Edition #197 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16”. [hide]

Baccarat 1971 Gridel rooster and concentric millefiori paperweight. A large Gridel rooster silhouette cane presides at the center of several concentric rings of millefiori, including one ring of the eighteen different Gridel silhouettes, on white upset muslin. Signature/date cane. Edition #1132 of a limited edition of 1200. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Baccarat (presumed 1958) zodiac "Church Weight" close packed millefiori and "8" cane faceted paperweight. A colorful close packed gathering of millefiori is achieved with a wide palette of predominantly pastel hues and a variety of complex canes, including an "8" cane. A revisiting of the classic antique "Church Weight". Ten side thumbprint facets round the base. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Diameter 3". [hide]

Baccarat 1975 Gridel pheasant open concentric millefiori paperweight. A central pheasant silhouette cane is encircled by a ring of yellow complex canes and then a ring of the other seventeen Gridel silhouettes. A border garland of yellow millefiori completes the design. Transparent cobalt blue ground. Edition #122 of a limited edition of 350. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

Baccarat 1976 Gridel white monkey and millefiori panels paperweight. A large central Gridel white monkey silhouette cane is surrounded by alternating panels of blue and green millefiori, divided by six spokes, which contain the other seventeen Gridel silhouette canes and a signature/date cane, on opaque milk white ground. Edition #95 of a limited edition of 350. Acid-etched with the Baccarat insignia on the base. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori on clear ground glass paperweight. Four spaced concentric rings of complex canes in sky blue, pink, and green, encompass a collection of complex canes at the weight's center, over clear ground. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

Baccarat 1975 blue and white irises double-swirl latticinio paperweight. A balanced pair of large blue and white irises blooms atop tall green stems, along with three blue buds and two leaves. White double-swirl latticinio cushion ground. Edition #2 of a limited edition of 260. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Baccarat 1976 basket of fruit faceted paperweight. Two pink and yellow pears, a strawberry and a purple plum rest in a woven brown basket, with a curved handle, on white ground. Six and one facets. Edition #112 of a limited edition of 300. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Signature/date cane. Dated. Diameter 3". [hide]

Baccarat 1970 yellow flower and leaf paperweight. A mottled pink cane sits at the nexus of five petals, each dotted at the tip by a white-rimmed green dot, to form an enigmatic bloom perched atop a long straight stem with one leaf to the left and a long stem with five more leaves to the right. Translucent dark aqua blue ground. Edition #106 of a limited edition. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Backwards signature cane. Dated. Pictured in the 1974 PCA Bulletin on page 24. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Baccarat Dupont circlet-patterned millefiori paperweight. A circlet of green, pink and white complex star canes, around a central ruffle cane, is encircled by a ring of three green, white and red bull's-eye complex cane circlets, each with a complex star center cane and spaced by circlets of blue ruffle canes, each in turn with a complex cog center. Clear ground. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Baccarat Harry Truman sulphide faceted paperweight. A cameo of President Harry Truman floats over clear grid-cut ground, within a faceted blue-over-white double overlay. Five and one facets with beveled printies. LE of 400 in 1973. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on base. Diameter 3". [hide]

Baccarat "Dupont" looped millefiori garland paperweight. Eight contrasting loops of either eight or seven millefiori are joined into a circle around a ring of red and white cog canes, with little green cross centers, around a concentric ring of red, white and blue stardust and bull's-eye complex canes, centered around single purple and white stardust cane. Clear ground. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

Baccarat 1973 100th anniversary memorial Evangeline H. Bergstrom sulphide faceted paperweight. A white cameo of Mrs. Evangeline Bergstrom is centered on translucent amethyst footed ground. Six and one facets. Edition# 195 of a limited edition of 250. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the underside. In memoriam 1872-1958. Fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16". [hide]

Baccarat Dupont millefiori circlets paperweight. Six millefiori circlets of salmon-colored blue white and green canes each with a green pastry mold complex cane at its center encircle a seventh circlet with a large green cog center. Clear ground. Some surface wear. Diameter 2 5/8". [hide]

Baccarat spaced concentric millefiori paperweight. Four spaced concentric rings of millefiori, in pink, white, blue and pale yellow, focus on a center cane in brilliant blue and white. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

Baccarat Pope Pius sulphide overlay faceted paperweight. A profile of Pope Pius in prayer floats above a star-cut, translucent red footed base. Five and one facets with gold edge in a white overlay. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Baccarat spaced zodiac millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. A spaced concentric arrangement of colorful and complex millefiori, two of which feature a zodiac cane, rests on a light bed of white upset muslin. Diameter 2 11/16". [hide]

Baccarat "Dupont" open concentric millefiori paperweight. Four spaced concentric rings of millefiori, in pink, white, blue and pale green, focus on a central complex cane of the same colors. Clear ground. Acid-etched Baccarat insignia on the base. Fine condition. Diameter 2 3/4”. [hide]

Baccarat "Dupont" circlet-patterned millefiori and butterfly picture canes paperweight. A circlet of pink complex star canes, each cane centered by a tiny red butterfly picture in the image of the antique Gridel silhouette example, surrounds a central red complex cane and is surrounded by six circlets, each dotted by a red and green complex cane of bull's-eyes and stars, alternating between white and green. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

Baccarat 1966 Will Rogers sulphide double overlay faceted paperweight. A white cameo of the humorist, Will Rogers, floats over clear, star-cut ground. Green-over-white double overlay, with a top facet and spiral-cut sides. Limited edition of 383. Dated. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Baccarat clear egg-shaped paperweight, with square stand. A clear egg is decorated on the upper half with five concentric rings of spaced mitre-cuts that radiate around the top, in graduated size. Clear square stand. Acid-etched Baccarat insignias. Diameter 1 3/4", Height 2 5/16". [hide]

Baccarat 1969 Adlai Stevenson sulphide purple overlay faceted paperweight. A white sulphide of Stevenson rests on clear, sunburst-cut ground, within a transparent purple overlay. Top facet and four side facets, alternating with pairs of star cuts. Limited edition of 472. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Baccarat "Dupont" close concentric millefiori miniature paperweight. A complex red, blue and white cane, sits at the center of four rings of yellow, blue and pink millefiori. Clear ground. Flat base. Fine condition. Diameter 1 15/16". [hide]