Saint Louis Antique

Antique Saint Louis faceted shot glass over two color crown base. A slender bowl engraved with pendant leaf swags lead up to a red and white twisted latticinio rim, terminates in a clear glass collar resting above a two color crown with red and green twisted ribbons alternating with white latticinio twists radiating from a central salmon and blue concentric canes. Diameter 2 1/8", height 3 13/16". [hide]

Rare antique Saint Louis pink aster on a latticinio swirl paperweight. A beautiful aster, with fours tiers of variegated long pink and pointed petals, has a red and white floret at its nexus and sits atop a radically curving, slender stem shared by three ribbed, dark green leaves. Two additional leaves crest the bloom from behind, dark and furled and with a hint of chartreuse at their edges. White double swirl latticinio ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Very slight surface wear. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Uncommon antique Saint Louis pair of plums on a branch paperweight. Two large purple plums ripen on thin yellow stems, hanging from a slender golden branch, with twigs and serrated green leaves. Clear, diamond-cut ground. “One of the less common St. Louis fruit weights” and only rarely seen additionally from Boston & Sandwich Glass Company and Pantin. —The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights, page 257. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Diameter 3 1/16”. [hide]

Important antique Saint Louis dahlia and fuchsias bouquet paperweight. A double-tiered dark pink dahlia, with a rare blue flower picture cane center, is surrounded by assorted flowers and berries, including one pink and one red fuchsia, on gathered dark green stems. The bouquet also includes a pair of dark blue forget-me-not flowers, three white clematis blossoms, a golden-yellow flower, a small yellow bud, and three yellow-tipped cobalt blue berries. Clear, star-cut ground. (See Paperweights: “Flowers which clothe the meadows”, p. 76; No. 207, from the Art Institute of Chicago) Two of the dahlia's petals show slight separation. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet and torsade glass paperweight. The bouquet consists of two clematis flowers, one in red and one in white, and are joined by one blue lamp work bud and two millefiori flowers, several green leaves, on gathered stems, which are encircled by a blue spiral-encased white twist torsade, over clear star-cut ground. Diameter of the paperweight is 2 11/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis pelargonium on clear ground glass paperweight. The flower, with five red petals, two pale green leaves, a yellow and black center and a single short green stem, rests inside a garland of red, white and green complex canes all on clear ground. Diameter 2 11/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis white camomile on pink latticinio paperweight. The large camomile, or pompon, has delicate yellow filament stamens surrounded by several concentric rings of white C-shaped rods. It grows atop a crooked stem, alongside a slender white bud and four light green leaves, on a cushion of double-swirl pink latticinio. Small chip to side of dome and detached lower leaf. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis faceted upright bouquet glass paperweight. The five-flower bouquet consists of lampwork and millefiori flowers, in shades of pink, blue, yellow, and white, with several green leaves, on gathered stems, over clear, diamond-cut ground. All-over circular facets. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis millefiori nosegay with garland on upset muslin paperweight. The nosegay, with four millefiori flowers in white, blue, coral and apricot, grows from two bright green stems and is surrounded by five green leaves, then encircled by a millefiori garland composed of alternating coral and blue complex canes. The design rests on a bed of delicate white upset muslin. Provenance: The Anthony and Priscilla Beadell collection. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori wafer stand. A clear and shallow bowl, with a blue-over-white rim, is shaped with six ruffle lobes and rises from a base filled with scrambled millefiori and latticinio bits, including a complete dog silhouette cane near the center, in the traditional pistachio, chartreuse, coral and light blue colors. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 1/2", height 3 1/2". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis crown paperweight toothpick holder. A pear-shaped upper vessel, the toothpick recipient, is made of vertically draped red and green lattimo twists, white-edged, in alternation with interlacing white latticinio ribbons. It sits atop a small clear pedestal which in turn rests atop a crown weight, it, too, made of red and green twists and white latticinio ribbons, this time all cascading from a six-point star and floret blue and white center cane. Nearly imperceptible surface wear. Diameter 2 7/16", height 4 3/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis upright bouquet faceted miniature paperweight. Lampwork flowers and millefiori canes, in blue, white and pink, cradle within a fan of gathered green leaves. Clear ground. All-over circular faceting. Diameter 2 1/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis nosegay on amber ground faceted paperweight. Four diverse millefiori blossoms, one a Persian blue, one salmon-colored, one ruby and one white, are tucked into the center of five long, crenulated green leaves, trailing stems gathered to create a traditional Victorian nosegay, over translucent amber, diamond cut ground. Eight circular side facets and all-over, large honeycomb faceting to the top. Diameter 3 3/8". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori wafer stand dish. The piece has a clear shallow bowl, with dark red torsade around the scalloped rim. The paperweight-shaped base contains whole and partial complex canes, filigree, and white latticinio. Fine condition. Diameter 2 11/16", height 3 7/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori wafer stand. The piece has a clear shallow bowl, with a pink and white twist torsade around the scalloped rim. The paperweight-shaped base contains whole and partial complex canes, filigree, and white latticinio. Diameter 2 13/16", Height 3 1/16" Very minor surface wear. [hide]

Antique Saint Louis looped millefiori garlands on cerulean blue ground paperweight. An elaborate red, white and green cog cane, with a central blue floret, sits at the heart of the design, which is encircled by 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. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 1/16”. [hide]

Antique Saint Louis bouquet of fruit in latticinio basket paperweight. An informal arrangement of fruit, with an amber apple, an amber pear, a chartreuse pear, three red cherries and several green leaves, rests on a double-swirl white latticinio basket. From the Alschuler Collection. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis pink, blue and white close concentric mushroom faceted paperweight. A small concentric mushroom, whose design departs from a blue and white complex six point star cane, moves to a circle of chartreuse and then pink, white florets with blue six-point star cores framing the design and pulling downward to form the stem. Clear ground. Top facet and three tiers of round side facets. Slight chipping to facets. Diameter 2 13/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis orange clematis on latticinio swirl paperweight. A two-tiered single clematis blossom, with five orange petals striped in black around a purple match-head center and a second tier of five more petals, perches atop a long curving stem flanked by two large serrated green leaves and with a single smaller leaf protruding from behind the bloom. White double-swirl latticinio cushion. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Surface wear. Diameter 2 1/2". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom 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 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 ogee-tipped 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 clear, star-cut ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis fruit bouquet in latticinio basket paperweight. The piece contains a blushing apple, two pears, four red cherries, and green leaves, in an informal arrangement, on a swirling white latticinio basket. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis faceted pink flower paperweight. The flower, with two tiers of shaded pink petals around a white and blue millefiori center, grows from a thick green stem, with three green leaves, over clear ground. Six and one facets. Minor surface wear. Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis faceted upright bouquet and torsade paperweight. A double-tiered white flower with a yellow match-head center crowns the bouquet, surrounded by five cane flowers, and a red and a cobalt blue bud, surrounded by bright green leaves. A blue spiral-encased white twist torsade encircles the design, on clear ground. All-over geometric facets. Diameter 2 13/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis fuchsias on swirling latticinio paperweight. Two dark pink and purple fuchsias bloom on opposite sides of a light green stem, with five green leaves and two slender pink buds, on a cushion of white double-swirl latticinio. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]